Astrobiology

Astrobiology and Astrochemistry

The "Exobiology and Astrochemistry" theme focuses on selected solar system objects, in particular Mars, Titan and comets, as well as exoplanets, all of which are of great interest for exobiology and astrochemistry. The team's main scientific objectives are 1.) the search for molecular compounds in extraterrestrial objects, and 2.) the study of processes and reactivity leading to an understanding of the chemical composition of the objects studied. We develop laboratory experiments and numerical models simulating extraterrestrial environments, and participate in the design and production of chemical analysis instruments for space missions.

Publications

P.T. Doran , A. Hayes , O. Grasset , A. Coustenis , O Prieto-Ballesteros , N. Hedman , O. Al Shehhi , E. Ammannito , M. Fujimoto , F. Groen , J.E. Moores , C. Mustin , K. Olsson-Francis , J. Peng , K. Praveenkumar , P. Rettberg , S. Sinibaldi , V. Ilyin, Francois Raulin, Y. Suzuki , K. Xu , L.G. Whyte , M. Zaitsev , J. Buffo , G. Kminek , B Schmidt

The COSPAR Planetary Protection Policy for missions to Icy Worlds: A review of history, current scientific knowledge, and future directions
Life Sciences in Space Research

Wednesday 1 May 2024
Benjamin Fleury, Murthy Gudipati, Isabelle Couturier-Tamburelli

Experimental investigations of diacetylene ice photochemistry in Titan’s atmospheric conditions
Astronomy & Astrophysics

Friday 29 March 2024
Helgi Hrodmarsson, Martin Schwell, Nicolas Fray, Jean-Claude Guillemin, Majdi Hochlaf, and Emilie-Laure Zins

Vacuum Ultraviolet Single Photon Ionization and Decomposition of 2-Aminopropionitrile in Astrophysical Objects
The astrophysical Journal

Tuesday 12 March 2024
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News

On the night of November 1 to 2, 2024, at 4:40 a.m. French time, a Space X Falcon 9/Dragon rocket will take off from Cape Canaveral (Florida/USA), bound...
Tuesday 22 October 2024
UPEC is a member of SPACE-IDF, the future "Space Academy of Ile de France", through the involvement of LISA researchers.     The Paris Air...
Tuesday 27 June 2023
After a first paper published this summer, JWST reveals new results through 5 papers. The first data were processed by an international consortium (more...
Thursday 27 April 2023