
First Identification of Calcium Sulfide in the Interstellar Medium
An international team of scientists led by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, has achieved the first identification of CaS in the interstellar medium. This

DNA fragments could survive in Martian rocks for more than 100 million years
A recent study, led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, reports that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) can preserve biological information even after millions of years

The rise of the galactic empire: JWST discovers the nine most distant galaxies known
A study led by Pablo Pérez-González at the Centro de Astrobiología, (CAB), CSIC-INTA (Spain) recently discovered nine galaxies that are candidates to being the most

A new step towards the origin of life: Clays and the Moon, key to RNA formation
A recent study led by the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, proposes a new approach to the origin and replication of ribonucleic acid (RNA) on
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Miguel Sanz-Novo, awarded the Miller Prize at the International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Juan de la Cierva researcher at CAB, Miguel Sanz-Novo, has been awarded the 2025 Miller Prize at the 78th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy (ISMS),

Marina Fernández Ruz, CAB student, wins “Yo investigo, Yo soy CSIC 2024” award
Marina Fernández Ruz, a doctoral student from CAB, has been awarded the “Yo investigo, Yo soy CSIC 2024” prize annually granted by the Department for

Carla Alejandre and Marina Fernández Ruz, CAB students, win the “Best Poster Communication” and “My thesis in 3 minutes” awards respectively at the “XXIV Congreso de Física Estadística FISES’23”.
Carla Alejandre, student of the Prebiotic Chemistry and Physics of Complex Systems Group of the CAB, has received the “Best Poster Communication” award at the

Víctor Rivilla and Eduardo Cueto win the award for best virtual poster 2021 from EANA
Centro de Astrobiología researchers Víctor Rivilla (Interstellar and Circumstellar Medium Group) and Eduardo Cueto (Prebiotic Chemistry Group) have won the 2021 Poster Award of the