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We are pleased to share that support for the Network for Ocean Worlds (and all other RCNs) will be continuing in FY2026. But the associated funding for the NOW leadership team will not arrive before Oct 1. With that in mind, we are going to hit “pause” now, through the end of September, with the exception of one more NOW Steering Committee meeting already planned for August 20th. When we start back up in the Fall it will be with fewer resources than before. In terms of what NOW Affiliates most directly benefit from, it would be useful to learn how valuable you find the monthly Newsletter. To provide your feedback please fill out THIS SURVEY over the summer.
NOW Newsletter
Meetings, Activities, and Workshops
- March 31-April 3 Exploring Abiotic Background for Life Detection Workshop
- April 27- May 2 EGU General Assembly
- May 8- Aug 8 NASA Planetary Science Summer School
- June 3-13 Traces of Early Life Summer School
- June 10-13 Astrobiology Graduate Conference (Abstracts due 3/31/2025)
- July 6-11 Goldschmidt
- July 14-18 Progress in Understanding the Pluto System (Abstracts due 4/18/2025)
- August 11-15 PI Launchpad: From Science Idea to NASA Mission In Person Workshop (Appl. due 4/7/2025)
Recent Ocean Worlds Research Publications
Ishan Mishra et al 2025 “An Assessment of Organics Detection and Characterization on the Surface of Europa with Infrared Spectroscopy”. Planet. Sci. J. 6 130
Howett C. J., G. M. Miles and L. C. Quick, 2025. "Constraining the Mass and Energy of Enceladus’ Dissipation Systems." Space Science Reviews 221 (5): 56, do: 10.1007/s11214-025-01181-7
Cartwright, R. J., Quick, L. C., Neveu, M., Becker, T. M., Raut, U., Castillo-Rogez, J., Craft, K. L., Villanueva, G. L., 2025. "Assessing Ocean World Habitability with HWO". ArXiv, arXiv:2507.07128, doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2507.07128
Christopher R. Glein, Ngoc Truong, Phosphates reveal high pH ocean water on Enceladus, Icarus, Volum 441, 2025, 116717, ISSN 0019-1035, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116717.
Ewert, M., Nunn, B. L., Firth, E., & Junge, K., Metabolic Responses, Cell Recoverability, and Protein Signatures of Three Extremophiles: Sustained Life During Long-Term Subzero Incubations. Microorganisms (2025), 13(2), 251
Gentilhomme, A. S., Dhakar, K., Timmins-Schiffman, E., Chaw, M., Firth, E., Junge, K., & Nunn, B. L., Proteomic Insights into Psychrophile Growth in Perchlorate-Amended Subzero Conditions: Implications for Martian Life Detection. Astrobiology (2025)
Vitkova, A., Vu, T. and Lambert, J., Extended Longevity Photoactivated Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for the Detection of Biosignatures on Icy Worlds and Martian Polar Caps, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy (2025)
Yoder, Meg (2025) Life and Science at Sea: Advice for your First Scientific Research Cruise from Experienced Oceanographers. Boston, MA, Meg Yoder, 32pp.
Anvita U. Kerkar et al. Non-viral predators of marine picocyanobacteria. Trends in Microbiology (2024)
Lesage, E., Howell, S.M., Neveu, M. et al. Identifying signatures of past and present cryovolcanism on Europa. Nat Commun 16, 1886 (2025)
