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The Tartan Tardigrade Podcast
Listen to the podcast brought to you by the UK Centre for Astrobiology – the Tartan Tardigrade. The Tartan Tardigrade is a podcast, hosted by our Membership & Website Officer – Mia Belle Frothingham, where she interviews astrobiologists and other scientists from...
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Elizabeth Gardner Fellowship
“We at the UKCA are keen to support applicants for this four-year fellowship in any area of astrobiology, but particularly those whose academic background is a natural fit for teaching and research in the School of Physics and Astronomy. This fellowship has been created...
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ASB Summer Internships 2024! Now Open!
We are excited to announce that applications are now welcome for internships in the summer of 2024. Once a researcher/research group has agreed to host an internship, the applicant should download and fill out the application form and send it to astrobiosoc@gmail.com by the...
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ASB9 report
The 9th meeting of the ASB was held at Birkbeck, University of London, over the 7th and 8th ofSeptember 2023, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the society’s formation. With over 90 attendees, some of whom travelled a great distance to join us in person, across a...
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Open call for opportunities, news and for our new feature fieldnotes from…
We are happy to advertise relevant jobs, meetings, summer schools, and other postgraduate opportunities that are of interest to the UK astrobiology community. Likewise, if you have any astrobiology-related news we are happy to share this! Fieldnotes from…We would love to hear...
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"The Universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space"
Carl Sagan, American astronomer and planetary scientist
About us
The Astrobiology Society of Britain is a learned society for people interested in the relationship between life and its cosmic environment. This covers a vast diversity of topics and research methodologies, encompassing observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, geological expeditions and laboratory-based microbiology and prebiotic chemistry.
The ASB is affiliated with the journal Life (ISSN 2075-1729, CiteScore: 4.0 (2019)), an international open access journal published quarterly online by MDPI. It publishes scientific studies related to fundamental themes in life sciences, especially those concerned with the origins of life and evolution of biosystems. Other areas of interest include synthetic biology and astrobiology.
Upcoming Events & Conferences
26 – 29 June 2025: The Astrobiology Graduates in Europe (AbGradE) with OoLEN (Origin of Life Early Career Network) is organising a meeting for students and early career scientists called FALCON (Frontiers in Astrobiology and origins of Life Conference) in Reykjavik, Iceland. More information here.
1 – 5 July 2025: The second Biennial European Astrobiology Conference (BEACON) will take place at the Harpa Conference Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland. More information here.
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