International Astrobiology Summer School

The Josep Comas i Solà International Astrobiology Summer School is co-organized by the NASA Astrobiology Program and the Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB, CSIC-INTA), sponsored by NASA, INTA, ESA and the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP)

Held annually in Santander, Spain, since 2003, it has become a tradition in the astrobiology community. The week-long program for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows provides lectures from international experts, round-table discussions, student projects, night-sky observations, and a half-day field trip to a nearby site of astrobiological interest.

Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo Santander
Events UIMP

2025

XXI International Summer School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Origins to Organisms: Understanding Life’s Beginnings

2024

XX International Summer School in Astrobiology focused on exoplanet habitability

2023

XIX International Summer School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Searching for Life on Ocean Worlds

2022

XVIII International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Searching for life on Mars: Techniques and challenges

2019

XVII International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: From Astrochemistry to the Origin of Life

2018

XVI International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Biomarkers, Signs of Life through Space and Time

2017

XV International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Exoplanet Habitability

2016

XIV International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Earth Analog Environments and the Search for Life Beyond the Earth

2015

XIII International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: The Origin of Life. From Monomers to Life

2014

XII International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Habitable Environments in the Universe

2013

XI International School of Astrobiology «Josep Comas I Solà»: Biosignatures: The Fingerprints of Life

2012

X International School of Astrobiology ‘Josep Comas i Solà’: Origins of the building blocks for Life

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