Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) 2026

The Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) is a biennial community-organized conference that unites the astrobiology community to share research, collaborate, and plan for the future. It provides a forum for reporting on new discoveries, sharing data and insights, advancing collaborative efforts, initiating new projects, and educating the next generation of astrobiologists. The conference brings together scientists from diverse fields including physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, oceanography, and geology to consolidate the collective understanding of life and its potential throughout the universe. The 2026 meeting focuses on topics such as Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Biosignatures, characterizing habitable environments, energy sources and metabolic pathways, evolution and diversification of life, missions to Mars, ocean worlds, philosophy, history, education and community development, returned sample science, star-planet-planetary system interactions, subsurface habitability and life, transition to prebiotic chemistry, and understanding the early Earth.