Researchers will trace the volatile elements that form the atmospheres of planets, establishing a scientific foundation for detecting the signatures of life on other worlds.
Rebecca Prescott, a UH Manoa microbiology student who recently received her PhD, has won a prestigious National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship award for her project.
UH Hilo student Nicolette Thomas looks at organisms that first arrive on lava flows to set an upper limit on biomass expectations for scientists searching for life on Mars.
Nader Haghighipour, an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy, has been elected president of Division F (planetary systems and astrobiology) of the International Astronomical Union.