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July 2020 Newsletter

NOW Decadal Planning

NOW white paper “Ocean Worlds Exploration and the Search for Life”
- Released June 29th
- To read / comment / endorse please visit https://oceanworlds.space/whitepaper

NOW Steering Committee Meeting (June 15^th): Agenda

NOW Quarterly Lecture Series, June 15^th2pm ET/ 11am PT via Webex (205 attendees)
- Episode 2: “Life on the seafloors and in the oceans” lectures by Dr. Julie Huber, WHOI and by Dr. Kevin Hand, NASA JPL, YouTube link: https://youtu.be/QNkLx3zjp_I

Upcoming NOW Events

July 13^th NOW StComm meeting 2pmET / 11am PT. Discussion topic: Diversity and Inclusivity for Ocean Worlds – What can we do as a Network to be a force for good?
July 14^th Decadal Survey white papers due. For more information see http://nas.edu/planetarydecadal
- OPAG https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal/opag/
- LPI https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal_whitepaper_proposals/

Meetings, Workshops and Activities

Continuously Updated: NASA Coronavirus Response Information: nasa.gov/coronavirus
July8-10 NASA Exploration Science Virtual Forum [Virtual] https://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/nesf2020/
July23 Planetary Geologic Mappers' Meeting [Virtual] https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/pgm2020/
Aug 15-22 COSPAR 2020 POSTPONED: https://www.cospar2020.org/
Sept 1-2 OPAG: Seattle area [TBC] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/announcements/
Sept 8-9 Ocean Worlds 5 POSTPONED: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/events/ocean-worlds-5/
Sept 21-Oct 9 Europlanet Science Congress 2020 [Virtual]: https://www.epsc2020.eu/
May 9-14, 2021, Save the Date for AbSciCon, Atlanta: https://www.agu.org/abscicon

Science Highlights and Recent Publications

Are Planets with Oceans Common in the Galaxy? It’s Likely, NASA Scientists Find, https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/are-planets-with-oceans-common-in-the-galaxy-it-s-likely-nasa-scientists-find

Huybrighs, H.L.F., Roussos, E., Blöcker, A., Krupp, N., Futaana, Y., Barabash, S., et al. (2020). An active plume eruption on Europa during Galileo flyby E26 as indicated by energetic proton depletions. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087806. https://doi.org/10. 1029/2020GL087806

Lu, G-S., LaRowe, D.E., Fike, D.A., Druschel, G.K., Gilhooly, W.P., Price, R.E., & J.P Amend (2020). Bioenergetic characterization of a shallow-sea hydrothermal vent system: Milos Island, Greece. PLOS ONE, 15(6), e0234175. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234175

Meadows, V., Arney, G., Schmidt, B., & D.J. Des Marais (2020). Planetary Astrobiology, University of Arizona Press, Space Science Series, 9780816540068.

Quick, L.C, Roberge, A., Mlinar, A.B., & M.M Hedman, (2020). Forecasting Rates of Volcanic Activity on Terrestrial Exoplanets and Implications for Cryovolcanic Activity on Extrasolar Ocean Worlds, PASP,132:084402, https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab9504

Rhoden, A.R., Hurford, T.A., Spitale, J., Henning, W., Huff, E.M., Bland, M.T. & S. Sajous (2020). The formation of Enceladus’ Tiger Stripe Fractures from eccentricity tides,’ EPSL, 544, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116389

Tutolo, B.M., Seyfried, W.E. & N.J. Tosca (2020). A seawater throttle on H₂production in Precambrian serpentinizing systems, PNAS, 201921042; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921042117

Career Opportunities

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Proposal Calls

NOAA Ocean Exploration: NOAA-OAR-OER-2021-2006431 (Step 1: July 8)
NASA MATISSE, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-MATISSE (Step 2: July 17)
NASA Cassini Data Analysis: NNH20ZDA001N-CDAP (Step 2: July 9)
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools: NNH20ZDA001N-PDART (Step 2: July 24)
NASA Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research: NNH20ZDA001N-PSTAR (Step 1: August 14, Step 2: October 9)

Education and Outreach

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June 2020 Newsletter

NOW Steering Committee Meeting (May 18^th): Agenda

Discussions on whether to proceed with the OW5 meeting (please email with comments)
Decadal Survey and focus of NOW led white paper (see below)

Upcoming NOW Events

July 4^th Decadal Survey white paper due. For more information see https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/planetary-science-and-astrobiology-decadal-survey-2023-2032
- OPAG https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal/opag/
- LPI https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal_whitepaper_proposals/
NOW Decadal Survey white paper plans
- NOW white paper (authored/ endorsed by Steering Committee, details tbd)
- “Umbrella” white paper to advocate for a coherent OW program
- Target circulation date: early June
NOW Quarterly Lecture Series, June 15^th2pm ET/ 11am PT via Webex

Episode 2: “Life on the seafloors and in the oceans” lectures by Dr. Julie Huber, WHOI and by Dr. Kevin Hand, NASA JPL

Meetings, Workshops and Activities

Continuously Updated: NASA Coronavirus Response Information: nasa.gov/coronavirus
June 1-2 Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG), VIRTUAL: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/sbag/meetings/
June 16^th, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Deep Submergence Facility, Science in the Abyss, online workshop: https://ndsf.whoi.edu/alvin/workshop-alvin-in-the-abyss/
June 28-July 4 AOGS CANCELLED: http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/index.asp
Aug 15-22 COSPAR 2020 POSTPONED: https://www.cospar2020.org/
September 1-2 OPAG: Seattle area [TBC] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/announcements/
Sept 8-9 Ocean Worlds 5 Meeting at WHOI (Woods Hole, MA) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SUSPENDED: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/events/ocean-worlds-5/
Sept 21-Oct 9 Europlanet Science Congress 2020 VIRTUAL: https://www.epsc2020.eu/
May 9-14, 2021, Save the Date for AbSciCon, Atlanta: https://www.agu.org/abscicon

Science Highlights and Recent Publications

McCartney, G., Newly Reprocessed Images of Europa Show ‘Chaos Terrain’ in Crisp Detail, https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/newly-reprocessed-images-of-europa-show-chaos-terrain-in-crisp-detail/
Leong, J.A.M. and E.L. Shock, Thermodynamic constraints on the geochemistry of low-temperature, continental, serpentinization-generated fluids, doi: 2475/03.2020.01AJS OnlineMarch 2020 vol. 320 no. 3 185-235
Astrobiologists Aid in Fighting the Coronavirus: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/astrobiologists-aid-in-fighting-coronavirus-2/
Ask an Astrobiologist Episode 32: Dr. Kevin Hand, https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/

Career Opportunities

July 1 2020 NPP Fellowship Deadline (https://npp.usra.edu)
July 1 2020 New Astrobiology Early Career Opportunity: NPMP Fellowship with NExSS

Proposal Calls

NASA MATISSE, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-MATISSE (Step 1: April 17, Step 2: June 19)
NASA Cassini Data Analysis: NNH20ZDA001N-CDAP (Step1: May 7, Step 2: July 9)
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools: NNH20ZDA001N-PDART (Step 1: May 15, Step 2: July 10)
NASA Planetary Science and Technology Through Analog Research: NNH20ZDA001N-PSTAR (Step 1: August 14, Step 2: October 9)

Education and Outreach

Please submit additional information

May 2020 Newsletter

NOW Steering Committee Meeting (April 20^th): Agenda

Decadal Survey and focus of NOW led white paper (see below)
NOW Sub-Committee Membership and Google Forms

Upcoming NOW Events

July 4^th Decadal Survey white paper due. For more information see https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/planetary-science-and-astrobiology-decadal-survey-2023-2032
- OPAG https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal/opag/
- LPI https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal_whitepaper_proposals/
NOW Decadal Survey white paper plans
- NOW led white paper (authored/ endorsed by Steering Committee, details tbd)
- “Umbrella” white paper to advocate for a coherent OW program
May 18^th: NOW StComm Monthly Business Meeting: continuing NOW-led white paper discussions
June 15^th NOW Quarterly Lecture Series, Episode 2: Life on the seafloors and in the oceans

Meetings, Workshops and Activities

NASA Coronavirus Response Information: nasa.gov/coronavirus
May 14 In Situ Science & Instrumentation for Europa VIRTUAL: https://www.europa-insitu.caltech.edu/
May 24-28 JpGU VIRTUAL: http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2020/
June 28-July 4 AOGS CANCELLED: http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/index.asp
Aug 15-22 COSPAR 2020 POSTPONED: https://www.cospar2020.org/
September 1-2 OPAG: Seattle area [TBC] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/announcements/
Sept 8-9 Ocean Worlds 5 Meeting at WHOI (Woods Hole, MA) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SUSPENDED: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/events/ocean-worlds-5/
Sept 27-Oct 2 Europlanet Science Congress 2020 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SUSPENDED: https://www.epsc2020.eu/

Science Highlights and Recent Publications

Moulana A, Anderson RE, Fortunato CS, Huber JA. 2020. Selection is a significant driver of gene gain and loss in the pangenome of the bacterial genus Sulfurovum in geographically distinct deep-sea hydrothermal vents. mSystems 5:e00673-19. https://doi.org/ 10.1128/mSystems.00673-19.
Howell, S., Sotin, C, Carpenter, K., Fleurial, J-P., Hand, K. & Klesh, A. Diving into Ocean Worlds. Environment: Coastal and Offshore, May/June 2020, 26-29, in press.

Career Opportunities

July 1 2020 NPP Fellowship Deadline (https://npp.usra.edu)

Proposal Calls

NASA Exobiology, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-EXO (NOI: April 22, Proposals: May 22)
NASA MATISSE, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-MATISSE (Step1: April 17, Step2: June 19)
NASA XRP, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-XRP (Step1: March 20, NOIs: Mar 27, Step 2: May 29)
NASA Cassini Data Analysis: NNH20ZDA001N-CDAP (Step1: May 7, Step2: July 9)
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools: NNH20ZDA001N-PDART (Step 1: May 15, Step 2: July 10)

Education and Outreach

April 30^th Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Student Experiences Aboard Ships (STEMSEAS) https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/careers-employment/apply-to-undergraduate-stemseas-program/
May 7^th Early Career Webinar on how to write and submit white papers to the decadal survey Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 - Writing White Papers for the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey: Overview and Perspectives from the Experts (Early Career Webinar #2)

April 2020 Newsletter

NOW Steering Committee Meeting (March 23^th): Agenda

1st Quarterly Lecture Series (135 attendees on Webex)

Episode 1: Introduction to Cryospheres: The Ocean Worlds and Earth

- “Earth’s Cryosphere: Water, Ice, Life” by Jill Mikucki, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- “Ocean Worlds: Water, Ice, Life?” by Cynthia Phillips, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EUX0yXHQkE

Thank you to the NOW lecture series sub-committee and the presenters!

Upcoming NOW Events

Decadal Survey and white paper plans
- OPAG https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal/opag/
- LPI https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal_whitepaper_proposals/
- “Umbrella” white paper to advocate for a coherent OW program (authored by ROW co-chairs & NOW Co-leads with input from NOW StComm)
NOW Website and Communication sub-committee: need additional StComm volunteers
April 20^th: NOW StComm monthly business meeting: Decadal Planning
June 15^th NOW Quarterly Lecture Series, Episode 2: Life on the seafloors and in the oceans

Meetings, Workshops and Activities

NASA Coronavirus Response Information: nasa.gov/coronavirus
April 14-16 Titan through Time Workshop POSTPONED: https://titanthroughtime.org
April 28-30 In Situ Science & Instrumentation for Europa POSTPONED: https://www.europa-insitu.caltech.edu/
May 24-28 JpGU NOW VIRTUAL: http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2020/
June 28-July 4 AOGS CANCELLED: http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/index.asp
Aug 15-22 COSPAR 2020 POSTPONED: https://www.cospar2020.org/
September 1-2 OPAG: Seattle area [TBC] https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/announcements/
Sept 27-Oct 2 Europlanet Science Congress 2020 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SUSPENDED: https://www.epsc2020.eu/
Sept 8-9 Ocean Worlds 5 Meeting at WHOI (Woods Hole, MA) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS SUSPENDED: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/events/ocean-worlds-5/

Science Highlights and Recent Publications

Update from The Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science (CAPS)
- Key topic of discussion: OW retention within New Frontiers 5 announcement.
- Day 1, Amanda Hendrix (PSI): new work since NF4 - specific focus on Enceladus.
- Day 2, Curt Niebur (NASA HQ): overview of current NASA research related to OW.

Career Opportunities

Please provide additional information

Proposal Calls

NASA Exobiology, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-EXO (NOI: April 22, Proposals: May 22)
NASA MATISSE, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-MATISSE (Step1: April 17, Step2: June 19)
NASA XRP, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-XRP (Step1: March 20, NOIs: Mar 27, Step2: May 29)
NASA Cassini Data Analysis: NNH20ZDA001N-CDAP (Step1: May 7, Step2: July 9)
NASA Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools: NNH20ZDA001N-PDART (Step 1: May 15, Step 2: July 10)

Education and Outreach

CANCELLED 2020 International Summer School in Astrobiology https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/events/2020-international-summer-school-in-astrobiology-s/

March 2020 Newsletter

NOW Steering Committee Meeting (Feb 24^th): Agenda

Updates from Ocean Sciences (NOW press event, mixer & poster session, NASA town Hall)
Decadal Survey plans -OW white papers posted on
- OPAG https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal/opag/
- LPI https://www.lpi.usra.edu/decadal_whitepaper_proposals/
NOW quarterly lecture series (see below)
[Following StComm] Decision to setup NOW Website and Communication sub-committee

Upcoming NOW Events

Save the Date: March 23^rd 1st Quarterly Lecture Series (details provided via email)
“Umbrella” white paper to advocate for a coherent OW program (authored by ROW co-chairs & NOW Co-leads with input from NOW StComm)
Sept 10 NOW StComm Annual In PersonMeeting at WHOI (Woods Hole, MA)

Meetings, Workshops and Activities

March 16-29 LPSC CANCELLED: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/
April 14-16 Titan through Time Workshop POSTPONED: https://titanthroughtime.org
April 28-30 In Situ Science & Instrumentation for Europa: https://www.europa-insitu.caltech.edu/
May 24-28 JpGU: http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2020/
June 28-July 4 AOGS: http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/index.asp
Aug 15-22 COSPAR 2020: https://www.cospar2020.org/
September 1-2 OPAG: Seattle area [TBC]
Sept 8-9 Ocean Worlds 5 Meeting at WHOI (Woods Hole, MA) – abstract intel to follow
Sept 27-Oct 2 Europlanet Science Congress 2020, Deadline May 13, https://www.epsc2020.eu/

Science Highlights and Recent Publications

Wagner, J.K.S. et al., (2020), Discovery and Mapping of the Triton seep site, Redondo Knoll: fluid flow and microbial colonization within an oxygen minimum zone, Frontiers in Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00108
Elements Magazine: Abiotic hydrogen and hydrocarbons in planetary lithospheres

https://www.geochemsoc.org/news/2020/03/04/elements-abiotic-hydrogen-and-hydrocarbons-planetary-lithosp

Glein, C.R., Waite, J.H., (2020), The carbonate geochemistry of Enceladus’ ocean, Geophysical

Research Letters, e2019GL085885, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085885

Career Opportunities

NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award, Deadline April 1, 2020 https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/education/ecc/

Proposal Calls

NASA Exobiology, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-EXO (NOI: April 22, Proposals: May 22)
NASA MATISSE, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-MATISSE (Step1: April 17, Step2: June 19)
NASA XRP, Solicitation: NNH20ZDA001N-XRP (Step1: March 27, Step2: May 29)

Education and Outreach

2020 International Summer School in Astrobiology, Deadline March 16, https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/events/2020-international-summer-school-in-astrobiology-s/

February 2020 Newsletter

NOW Steering Committee Meeting (Jan 27^th): Agenda

Now Lecture Series
Upcoming Meeting Updates
NOW Sub-Committees Roles & Membership

Upcoming NOW Events

February 24^th Monthly Steering Committee meeting

Plans & Preparations for Decadal Survey

March 23^rd 1st Quarterly Lecture Series

Episode 1 Introduction to Cryospheres: The Ocean Worlds, and Earth

Sept 10 NOW StComm Annual In PersonMeeting at WHOI (Woods Hole, MA)

Meetings, Workshops and Activities

Feb 3-4 OPAG: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/opag/
Feb 18 AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences: https://www.agu.org/Ocean-Sciences-Meeting

Press Event / Poster Session MG24A / NASA Town Hall / Social Event

NOW featured on NASA Hyperwall @ Exhibition Hall

March 13-15 Microsymposium 61 at LPSC: https://www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary_news/2020/01/21/microsymposium-61-planets-underground/
March 15 Subsurface Needs for Ocean Worlds (SNOW) II at LPSC:
March 16-29 LPSC: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/
April 14-16 Titan through Time Workshop: https://titanthroughtime.org
April 28-30 In Situ Science & Instrumentation for Europa: https://www.europa-insitu.caltech.edu/
May 24-28 JpGU: http://www.jpgu.org/meeting_e2020/ (abstracts due Feb 18^th)
Aug 15-22 COSPAR 2020: https://www.cospar2020.org/ (abstracts due Feb 14^th)
Sept 8-9 Ocean Worlds 5 Meeting at WHOI (Woods Hole, MA) – abstract intel to follow

Science Highlights and Recent Publications

Please provide information for next newsletter

Career Opportunities

NASA Postdoctoral Program (deadline March 1, 2020) https://npp.usra.edu/
Please provide information for next newsletter

Proposal Calls

Please provide information for next newsletter

Education and Outreach

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NASA Coronavirus Response Information

July 8-10 NASA Exploration Science Forum VIRTUAL
https://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/nesf2020/

July 23, 2020 Planetary Geologic Mappers' Meeting VIRTUAL
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/pgm2020/

August 15-22, 2020 COSPAR POSTPONED
COSPAR 2020

September 1-2, 2020 OPAG
OPAG: Seattle area [TBC]

September 8-9, 2020 OW5 POSTPONED
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/events/ocean-worlds-5/

September 21-October 9, 2020 EPSC
Europlanet Science Congress 2020 VIRTUAL

May 9-14, 2021 Save the Date for AbSciCon, Atlanta
https://www.agu.org/abscicon

Recent Ocean Worlds Research Publications

Are Planets with Oceans Common in the Galaxy? It’s Likely, NASA Scientists Find, https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/are-planets-with-oceans-common-in-the-galaxy-it-s-likely-nasa-scientists-find
Huybrighs, H.L.F., Roussos, E., Blöcker, A., Krupp, N., Futaana, Y., Barabash, S., et al. (2020). An active plume eruption on Europa during Galileo flyby E26 as indicated by energetic proton depletions. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087806. https://doi.org/10. 1029/2020GL087806
Lu, G-S., LaRowe, D.E., Fike, D.A., Druschel, G.K., Gilhooly, W.P., Price, R.E., & J.P Amend (2020).Bioenergetic characterization of a shallow-sea hydrothermal vent system: Milos Island, Greece. PLOS ONE, 15(6), e0234175. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234175
Meadows, V., Arney, G., Schmidt, B., & D.J. Des Marais (2020). Planetary Astrobiology, University ofArizona Press, Space Science Series, 9780816540068.
Quick, L.C, Roberge, A., Mlinar, A.B., & M.M Hedman, (2020). Forecasting Rates of Volcanic Activity onTerrestrial Exoplanets and Implications for Cryovolcanic Activity on Extrasolar Ocean Worlds, PASP,132:084402, https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab9504
Rhoden, A.R., Hurford, T.A., Spitale, J., Henning, W., Huff, E.M., Bland, M.T. & S. Sajous (2020). The formation of Enceladus’ Tiger Stripe Fractures from eccentricity tides,’ EPSL, 544, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116389
Tutolo, B.M., Seyfried, W.E. & N.J. Tosca (2020). A seawater throttle on H₂production in Precambrian serpentinizing systems, PNAS, 201921042; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921042117
McCartney, G., Newly Reprocessed Images of Europa Show ‘Chaos Terrain’ in Crisp Detail, https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/newly-reprocessed-images-of-europa-show-chaos-terrain-in-crisp-detail/
Leong, J.A.M. and E.L. Shock, Thermodynamic constraints on the geochemistry of low-temperature, continental, serpentinization-generated fluids, doi: 2475/03.2020.01AJS OnlineMarch 2020 vol. 320 no. 3 185-235
Astrobiologists Aid in Fighting the Coronavirus: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/astrobiologists-aid-in-fighting-coronavirus-2/
Ask an Astrobiologist Episode 32: Dr. Kevin Hand, https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/
Moulana A, Anderson RE, Fortunato CS, Huber JA. 2020. Selection is a significant driver of gene gain and loss in the pangenome of the bacterial genus Sulfurovum in geographically distinct deep-sea hydrothermal vents. mSystems 5:e00673-19. https://doi.org/ 10.1128/mSystems.00673-19.
Howell, S., Sotin, C, Carpenter, K., Fleurial, J-P., Hand, K. & Klesh, A. Diving into Ocean Worlds. Environment: Coastal and Offshore, May/June 2020, 26-29, in press.