Join the movement to explore how and where life evolves in planetary systems
Our Research Focus
Co-Evolution of
Life and Planet
What physical conditions does life require to start and to flourish, and where are the settings to find such conditions?
Planets and Atmospheres
How does life begin and evolve through its interaction with atmospheric, surface, and subsurface nutrient pathways?
CPSH Calendar
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Latest Events
Monday, October 12, 2026 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Time-Lapse of Exoplanets: Watching Sub-Neptunes Evolve with JWST
Saugata Barat
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Texas at Austin
Monday, September 28, 2026 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Organic Reactivity on the Surface of Ceres
JESSICA WEBER
Research Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology
Latest Updates
- Fall 2026 Planetary Peer Network Events
Are you interested in planetary science, habitability, space exploration or astrobiology? Would you like to meet other peers with similar research interests? Join the Planetary Peer Network! The Planetary Peer Network… - 40 for 40: Support CPSH Student Travel Grant and Fellowship Campaign Today!
For students at the Center for Planetary Systems Habitability, opportunities to travel, collaborate, and share their research can be career-defining. Today, we invite you to… - TAPS Logo Design Contest
The Center for Planetary Systems Habitability is excited to host the fourth annual Texas Area Planetary Science (TAPS) Meeting on August 20-21, 2026 at the University… - How Microbes Got Their Crawl
An in‑depth look at CPSH’s Brett Baker’s team and their discovery of oxygen‑using Asgard archaea, reshaping our understanding of early eukaryotic evolution.
Elsewhere in Planetary Habitability Sciences
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