- NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)
Partnership between NASA and academic or other research organizations to promote, conduct, and lead integrated multi-disciplinary astrobiology research and train young researchers.
astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai
- Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (PSARC)
Established in 1998 as part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) to promote the exciting frontier science field of Astrobiology.
psarc.geosc.psu.edu
- Astrobiology Program at Arizona State University
Member of NASA's Astrobiology Institute, it includes faculty researchers and students at all levels from the departments of geological sciences, chemistry and biochemistry, biology, and microbiology and plant biology.
astrobiology.asu.edu
- Carnegie Institution of Washington: NASA Astrobiology Institute
Addressing: How does life begin and evolve? Is there life elsewhere in the Universe? What is the future of life on Earth and beyond?
astrobiology.ciw.edu
- UCLA IGPP Center for Astrobiology
Research focuses on four themes: extrasolar planetary systems, habitability within the solar system, Earth's early environment and life, and evolution of biological complexity.
www.astrobiology.ucla.edu
- Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL)
Team of scientists who are building computer simulated Earth-sized planets to discover the likely range of planetary environments for planets around other stars.
vpl.ipac.caltech.edu
- Goddard Center for Astrobiology (GCA)
Working to understand how organic compounds are created, destroyed, and altered during stellar evolution leading up to the origin of life on a planet, such as Earth.
astrobiology.gsfc.nasa.gov
- Astrobiology at the University of Washington
Investigating the wide range of multidisciplinary factors that may influence the origin and evolution of life on Earth and beyond.
depts.washington.edu/astrobio
- IPTAI: Indiana Princeton Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative
Collaboratively investigating physical and chemical limitations on life beneath the subsurface of Earth.
www.indiana.edu/~deeplife
- University of Hawaii Astrobiology Lead Team
Tracing the history of water from its formation in the ISM to incorporation in the solar system, how it reaches the terrestrial planets, and its role in life.
www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI
- University of Rhode Island Astrobiology Institute
Works to gain a fundamental understanding of the life that inhabits Earth's deeply buried marine sediments.
www.gso.uri.edu/astrobiology
- Michigan State University (MSU) Astrobiology
Center for genomic and evolutionary studies on microbial life at low temperatures and member of NASA's Astrobiology Institute.
www.astrobiology.msu.edu
- Center for Astrobiology at the University of Colorado
Coordinate astrobiology research, teaching, and outreach activities.
argyre.colorado.edu/life
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