Habitability of Oceans and Aqueous Systems on Icy Satellites

Project Information

Habitat-OASIS

Grant agreement ID: 724908

DOI

10.3030/724908

Project closed

EC signature date 13 January 2017

Start date 1 February 2017

End date 30 April 2023

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 995 250,00

EU contribution

€ 1 995 250,00

Coordinated by

FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN
Germany

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (28)

Evolution of Thrace Macula on Europa: Strike-Slip Tectonic Control and Identification of the Youngest Terrains

Author(s): Pietro Matteoni, Alicia Neesemann, Ralf Jaumann, Jon Hillier, Frank Postberg
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2023, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1029/2023je007905

Developing a Laser Induced Liquid Beam Ion Desorption Spectral Database as Reference for Spaceborne Mass Spectrometers

Author(s): Fabian Klenner, Muhammad Umair, Sebastian H. G. Walter, Nozair Khawaja, Jon Hillier, Lenz Nölle, Zenghui Zou, Maryse Napoleoni, Arnaud Sanderink, Wilhelm Zuschneid, Bernd Abel, Frank Postberg
Published in: Earth and Space Science, 2022, ISSN 2333-5084
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1029/2022ea002313

Is there such a thing as a biosignature?

Author(s): Christophe Malaterre, Inge Loes ten Kate, Mickael Baqué, Vinciane Debaille, John Lee Grenfell, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Nozair Khawaja, Fabian Klenner, Yannick J. Lara, Sean McMahon, Keavin Moore, Lena Noack, C.H. Lucas Patty, Frank Postberg
Published in: Astrobiology, 2023, ISSN 1531-1074
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2023.0042

OLYMPIA-LILBID: A New Laboratory Setup to Calibrate Spaceborne Hypervelocity Ice Grain Detectors Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Author(s): Arnaud Sanderink, Fabian Klenner, Illia Zymak, Jan Žabka, Frank Postberg, Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Bertrand Gaubicher, Ales Charvat, Bernd Abel, Miroslav Polášek, Barnabé Cherville, Laurent Thirkell, Christelle Briois
Published in: Analytical Chemistry, 2023, Page(s) 3621 - 3628, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c04429

Moonraker: Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission

Author(s): O. Mousis, A. Bouquet, Y. Langevin, N. André, H. Boithias, G. Durry, F. Faye, P. Hartogh, J. Helbert, L. Iess, S. Kempf, A. Masters, F. Postberg, J.-B. Renard, P. Vernazza, A. Vorburger, P. Wurz, D. H. Atkinson, S. Barabash, M. Berthomier, J. Brucato, M. Cable, J. Carter, S. Cazaux, A. Coustenis, G. Danger, V. Dehant, T. Fornaro, P. Garnier, T. Gautier, O. Groussin, L. Z. Hadid, J.-C. Ize, I. Kol
Published in: The Planetary Science Journal, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2632-3338
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/psj/ac9c03

Discriminating Aromatic Parent Compounds and Their Derivative Isomers in Ice Grains From Enceladus and Europa Using a Laboratory Analogue for Spaceborne Mass Spectrometers

Author(s): N. Khawaja, T. R. O’Sullivan, F. Klenner, L. H. Sanchez, J. Hillier
Published in: Earth and Space Science, 2023, ISSN 2333-5084
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1029/2022ea002807

Toward Detecting Biosignatures of DNA, Lipids, and Metabolic Intermediates from Bacteria in Ice Grains Emitted by Enceladus and Europa

Author(s): Marie Dannenmann, Fabian Klenner, Janine Bönigk, Miriam Pavlista, Maryse Napoleoni, Jon Hillier, Nozair Khawaja, Karen Olsson-Francis, Morgan L. Cable, Michael J. Malaska, Bernd Abel, Frank Postberg
Published in: Astrobiology, 2022, Page(s) 60-75, ISSN 1531-1074
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2022.0063

Detection of phosphates originating from Enceladus’s ocean

Author(s): Frank Postberg, Yasuhito Sekine, Fabian Klenner, Christopher R. Glein, Zenghui Zou, Bernd Abel, Kento Furuya, Jon K. Hillier, Nozair Khawaja, Sascha Kempf, Lenz Noelle, Takuya Saito, Juergen Schmidt, Takazo Shibuya, Ralf Srama, Shuya Tan
Published in: Nature, 2023, Page(s) 489–493, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05987-9

Mass Spectrometric Fingerprints of Organic Compounds in NaCl-Rich Ice Grains from Europa and Enceladus

Author(s): Maryse Napoleoni, Fabian Klenner, Nozair Khawaja, Jon K. Hillier, Frank Postberg
Published in: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2023, Page(s) 735 - 752, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00342

Oxidation processes diversify the metabolic menu on Enceladus

Author(s): Christine Ray, Christopher R. Glein, J. Hunter Waite, Ben Teolis, Tori Hoehler, Julie A. Huber, Jonathan Lunine, Frank Postberg
Published in: Icarus, Issue 364, 2021, Page(s) 114248, ISSN 0019-1035
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114248

The Science Case for a Return to Enceladus

Author(s): Morgan L. Cable, Carolyn Porco, Christopher R. Glein, Christopher R. German, Shannon M. MacKenzie, Marc Neveu, Tori M. Hoehler, Amy E. Hofmann, Amanda R. Hendrix, Jennifer Eigenbrode, Frank Postberg, Linda J. Spilker, Alfred McEwen, Nozair Khawaja, J. Hunter Waite, Peter Wurz, Jörn Helbert, Ariel Anbar, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Jorge Núñez
Published in: The Planetary Science Journal, Issue 2/4, 2021, Page(s) 132, ISSN 2632-3338
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/psj/abfb7a

Mass Spectrometric Fingerprints of Organic Compounds in Sulfate-Rich Ice Grains: Implications for Europa Clipper

Author(s): Maryse Napoleoni, Fabian Klenner, Lucía Hortal Sánchez, Nozair Khawaja, Jon K. Hillier, Murthy S. Gudipati, Kevin P. Hand, Sascha Kempf, Frank Postberg
Published in: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2023, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00098

The Enceladus Orbilander Mission Concept: Balancing Return and Resources in the Search for Life

Author(s): Shannon M. MacKenzie, Marc Neveu, Alfonso F. Davila, Jonathan I. Lunine, Kathleen L. Craft, Morgan L. Cable, Charity M. Phillips-Lander, Jason D. Hofgartner, Jennifer L. Eigenbrode, J. Hunter Waite, Christopher R. Glein, Robert Gold, Peter J. Greenauer, Karen Kirby, Christopher Bradburne, Samuel P. Kounaves, Michael J. Malaska, Frank Postberg, G. Wesley Patterson, Carolyn Porco, Jorge I. Núñez,
Published in: The Planetary Science Journal, Issue 2/2, 2021, Page(s) 77, ISSN 2632-3338
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/psj/abe4da

Macromolecular organic compounds from the depths of Enceladus

Author(s): Frank Postberg, Nozair Khawaja, Bernd Abel, Gael Choblet, Christopher R. Glein, Murthy S. Gudipati, Bryana L. Henderson, Hsiang-Wen Hsu, Sascha Kempf, Fabian Klenner, Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer, Brian Magee, Lenz Nölle, Mark Perry, René Reviol, Jürgen Schmidt, Ralf Srama, Ferdinand Stolz, Gabriel Tobie, Mario Trieloff, J. Hunter Waite
Published in: Nature, Issue 558/7711, 2018, Page(s) 564-568, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0246-4

In situ collection of dust grains falling from Saturn’s rings into its atmosphere

Author(s): Hsiang-Wen Hsu, Jürgen Schmidt, Sascha Kempf, Frank Postberg, Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer, Martin Seiß, Holger Hoffmann, Marcia Burton, ShengYi Ye, William S. Kurth, Mihály Horányi, Nozair Khawaja, Frank Spahn, Daniel Schirdewahn, James O’Donoghue, Luke Moore, Jeff Cuzzi, Geraint H. Jones, Ralf Srama
Published in: Science, Issue 362/6410, 2018, Page(s) eaat3185, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat3185

Close Cassini flybys of Saturn’s ring moons Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Pandora, and Epimetheus

Author(s): B. J. Buratti, P. C. Thomas, E. Roussos, C. Howett, M. Seiß, A. R. Hendrix, P. Helfenstein, R. H. Brown, R. N. Clark, T. Denk, G. Filacchione, H. Hoffmann, G. H. Jones, N. Khawaja, P. Kollmann, N. Krupp, J. Lunine, T. W. Momary, C. Paranicas, F. Postberg, M. Sachse, F. Spahn, J. Spencer, R. Srama, T. Albin, K. H. Baines, M. Ciarniello, T. Economou, H.-W. Hsu, S. Kempf, S. M. Krimigis, D. Mitchell
Published in: Science, Issue 364/6445, 2019, Page(s) eaat2349, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.aat2349

Analogue spectra for impact ionization mass spectra of water ice grains obtained at different impact speeds in space

Author(s): Fabian Klenner, Frank Postberg, Jon Hillier, Nozair Khawaja, René Reviol, Ralf Srama, Bernd Abel, Ferdinand Stolz, Sascha Kempf
Published in: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2019, ISSN 0951-4198
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8518

Analog Experiments for the Identification of Trace Biosignatures in Ice Grains from Extraterrestrial Ocean Worlds

Author(s): Fabian Klenner, Frank Postberg, Jon Hillier, Nozair Khawaja, René Reviol, Ferdinand Stolz, Morgan L. Cable, Bernd Abel, Lenz Nölle
Published in: Astrobiology, Issue 20/2, 2020, Page(s) 179-189, ISSN 1531-1074
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2019.2065

Ice-Ocean Exchange Processes in the Jovian and Saturnian Satellites

Author(s): Krista M. Soderlund, Klára Kalousová, Jacob J. Buffo, Christopher R. Glein, Jason C. Goodman, Giuseppe Mitri, G. Wesley Patterson, Frank Postberg, Marc Rovira-Navarro, Tina Rückriemen, Joachim Saur, Britney E. Schmidt, Christophe Sotin, Tilman Spohn, Gabriel Tobie, Tim Van Hoolst, Steven D. Vance, Bert Vermeersen
Published in: Space Science Reviews, Issue 216/5, 2020, ISSN 0038-6308
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00706-6

Experimental and Simulation Efforts in the Astrobiological Exploration of Exooceans

Author(s): Ruth-Sophie Taubner, Karen Olsson-Francis, Steven D. Vance, Nisha K. Ramkissoon, Frank Postberg, Jean-Pierre de Vera, André Antunes, Eloi Camprubi Casas, Yasuhito Sekine, Lena Noack, Laura Barge, Jason Goodman, Mohamed Jebbar, Baptiste Journaux, Özgür Karatekin, Fabian Klenner, Elke Rabbow, Petra Rettberg, Tina Rückriemen-Bez, Joachim Saur, Takazo Shibuya, Krista M. Soderlund
Published in: Space Science Reviews, Issue 216/1, 2020, ISSN 0038-6308
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-0635-5

Discriminating Abiotic and Biotic Fingerprints of Amino Acids and Fatty Acids in Ice Grains Relevant to Ocean Worlds

Author(s): Fabian Klenner, Frank Postberg, Jon Hillier, Nozair Khawaja, Morgan L. Cable, Bernd Abel, Sascha Kempf, Christopher R. Glein, Jonathan I. Lunine, Robert Hodyss, René Reviol, Ferdinand Stolz
Published in: Astrobiology, 2020, ISSN 1531-1074
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2019.2188

Low-mass nitrogen-, oxygen-bearing, and aromatic compounds in Enceladean ice grains

Author(s): N Khawaja, F Postberg, J Hillier, F Klenner, S Kempf, L Nölle, R Reviol, Z Zou, R Srama
Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Issue 489/4, 2019, Page(s) 5231-5243, ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2280

Key Technologies and Instrumentation for Subsurface Exploration of Ocean Worlds

Author(s): Bernd Dachwald, Stephan Ulamec, Frank Postberg, Frank Sohl, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Christoph Waldmann, Ralph D. Lorenz, Kris A. Zacny, Hugo Hellard, Jens Biele, Petra Rettberg
Published in: Space Science Reviews, Issue 216/5, 2020, ISSN 0038-6308
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00707-5

Charged Ice Particle Beams with Selected Narrow Mass and Kinetic Energy Distributions

Author(s): Anatolii Spesyvyi, Ján Žabka, Miroslav Polásek, Ales Charvat, Jürgen Schmidt, Frank Postberg, Bernd Abel
Published in: Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2023, Page(s) 878 - 892, ISSN 1044-0305
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00357

Abundant phosphorus expected for possible life in Enceladus’s ocean

Author(s): Jihua Hao, Christopher R. Glein, Fang Huang, Nathan Yee, David C. Catling, Frank Postberg, Jon K. Hillier, Robert M. Hazen
Published in: PNAS, Issue 39, 2022, ISSN 1091-6490
Publisher: PNAS
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2201388119

Complementary Mass Spectral Analysis of Isomeric O-bearing Organic Compounds and Fragmentation Differences through Analog Techniques for Spaceborne Mass Spectrometers

Author(s): Nozair Khawaja, Jon Hillier, Fabian Klenner, Lenz Nölle, Zenghui Zou, Maryse Napoleoni, Rene Reviol, Frank Postberg
Published in: The Planetary Science Journal, Issue 11, 2022, ISSN 2632-3338
Publisher: American Astronomical Society
DOI: 10.3847/psj/ac97ed

Exploration of Enceladus and Titan: investigating ocean worlds’ evolution and habitability in the Saturn system

Author(s): Giuseppe Mitri, Jason Barnes, Athena Coustenis, Enrico Flamini, Alexander Hayes, Ralph D. Lorenz, Marco Mastrogiuseppe, Roberto Orosei, Frank Postberg, Kim Reh, Jason M. Soderblom, Christophe Sotin, Gabriel Tobie, Paolo Tortora, Veronique Vuitton, Peter Wurz
Published in: Experimental Astronomy, 2021, ISSN 0922-6435
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-021-09772-2

Ménec Fossae on Europa: A Strike-Slip Tectonics Origin Above a Possible Shallow Water Reservoir

Author(s): Pietro Matteoni, Alicia Neesemann, Ralf Jaumann, Jon Hillier, Frank Postberg
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 2023, ISSN 2169-9097
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1029/2022je007623

Book chapters (2)

The Geochemistry of Enceladus: Composition and Controls

Author(s): C. R. Glein, F. Postberg, S. D. Vance
Published in: Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn, 2018, Page(s) 39 - 56, ISBN 9780-816537075
Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816537075-ch003

Plume and Surface Composition of Enceladus

Author(s): F. Postberg, R. N. Clark, C. J. Hansen, A. J. Coates, C. M. Dalle Ore, F. Scipioni, M. M. Hedman, J. H. Waite
Published in: Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn, 2018, Page(s) 129 - 162, ISBN 9780-816537075
Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816537075-ch007