Astrobiology is the most-cited peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the understanding of life's origin, evolution, and distribution in the universe, with a focus on new findings and discoveries from interplanetary exploration and laboratory research.

Astrobiology coverage includes:
Astrophysics
Astropaleontology
Astroplanets
Bioastronomy
Cosmochemistry
Ecogenomics
Exobiology
Extremophiles
Geomicrobiology
Gravitational biology
Life detection technology
Meteoritics
Planetary geoscience
Planetary protection
Prebiotic chemistry
Space exploration technology
Terraforming

Editor-in-Chief
Sherry L. Cady, PhD
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marine Sciences Laboratory 
MSL5 – 218/219
Sequim, WA  98382
astrobiologyeditors@gmail.com
Managing Editor
Lawrence P. Cady 
Journal Editorial Office
Kennewick, WA
Deputy Editors
Gerda Horneck, PhD
DLR German Aerospace Center
Cologne, Germany
Christopher P. McKay, PhD 
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
Asian Editor
Kenichiro Sugitani, DSc
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Australian Editor
Martin J. Van Kranendonk, PhD
University of New South Wales 
Kensington, Australia
Senior Editors 
Penelope J. Boston, PhD
NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI)
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
Charles Cockell, PhD 
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lewis R. Dartnell, PhD —  Review Articles
The Centre For Planetary Sciences at UCL/Birkbeck Earth Sciences
London, United Kingdom
Jack F. Mustard, PhD 
Brown University
Providence, RI
Victor Parro, PhD
Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA)
Madrid, Spain
Radu Popa
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Margaret S. Race, PhD — Commentaries
SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA 
Petra Rettberg, PhD 
DLR German Aerospace Center
Cologne, Germany
John D. Rummel, PhD 
SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA
Nita Sahai 
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio
Daniella Scalice, PhD — Education Articles 
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC

Dirk Schulze-Makuch, PhD
Technical University of Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Sara Seager, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Norman Sleep, PhD — Hypothesis Articles
Department of Geophysics
Stanford University 
Stanford, CA
Michael C. Storrie-Lombardi, MD
Kinohi Institute, Inc. 
Santa Barbara, CA
Jorge L. Vago, PhD
ESA/ESTEC 
Noordwijk, Netherlands
Frances Westall, PhD
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire
CNRS, Orléans, France
Editorial Board
Abigail Allwood
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA
Luther Beegle
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA

Steven A. Benner
Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution
Alachua, FL
Daniella Billi 
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Rome, Italy
Nathalie A. Cabrol
SETI Institute Carl Sagan Center
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
Barbara Cavalazzi
Università di Bologna
Bologna, Italy 

Elias Chatzitheodoridis 
National Technical University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Christopher Chyba
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

Catharine A. Conley
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
David W. Deamer
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
Pascale Ehrenfreund
DLR German Aerospace Center
Cologne, Germany
and Space Policy Institute
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Franco Ferrari
CASA*, University of Szczecin
Szczecin, Poland
Douglas Galante
Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS)
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Christos D. Georgiou
University of Patras
Patras,  Greece

Rainer E. Glaser
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Ruth Hemmersbach
DLR German Aerospace Center
Cologne, Germany

Nancy W. Hinman
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
Nils G. Holm
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden 

Reggie Hudson
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 
Greenbelt, MD 

Fumio Inagaki
JAMSTEC
Kochi, Japan
James F. Kasting
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Nancy Y. Kiang, PhD
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
Gerhard Kminek
ESA/ESTEC 
Noordwijk, Netherlands 

Kensei Kobayashi
Yokohama National University
Yokohama, Japan 
Doron Lancet
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Yangting Lin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China

Charles H. Lineweaver
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Craig P. Marshall
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Zita Martins 
Instituto Superior Técnico 
Lisbon, Portugal
Shigenori Maruyama 
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo, Japan
Victoria S. Meadows, PhD
Astronomy Department, University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Michael A. Meyer
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC

Ralf Moeller 
DLR German Aerospace Center
Cologne, Germany
Gian Gabriele Ori, PhD
University G.d'Annunzio
Pescara, Italy
Carolyn Porco, PhD
Space Science Institute
Boulder, CO

Richard Quinn
SETI Institute Carl Sagan Center
Mountain View, CA
Sean N. Raymond 
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France 
Michael Russell
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
Mitch Schulte
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC
Mark A. Sephton
Imperial College
London, United Kingdom
Russell Shapiro 
California State University
Chico, CA
Seth Shostak
SETI Institute
Mountain View, CA 
Helga Stan-Lotter
Institute of Genetics and General Biology
Salzburg, Austria
Carol Stoker
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA
Roger E. Summons
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA

Inge L. ten Kate
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Feng Tian
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China

Hojatollah Vali
McGill University
Montreal, Canada  
Hikaru Yabuta
Hiroshima University
Hiroshima, Japan