Nature Astronomy, Published online: 28 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02157-9 A low atmospheric carbon abundance can be a ‘habiosignature’ and indicate the presence of substantial surficial liquid water, tectonic activity and/or a biomass in temperate rocky exoplanets. It can potentially be detected

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 20 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02176-6 Spinning a faraway tale ————— Free Secure Email – Transcom Sigma Transcom Hosting Transcom Premium Domains

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 20 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02182-8 Author Correction: Io’s polar volcanic thermal emission indicative of magma ocean and shallow tidal heating models ————— Free Secure Email – Transcom Sigma Transcom Hosting Transcom Premium Domains

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 14 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02167-7 Budget pressures at NASA, specifically arising from the increasing costs of several planetary science mission programmes, have rendered the Venus orbiter VERITAS as collateral damage. Currently on subsistence funding, mission scientists worry

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 14 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02175-7 It’s been an eventful year for robotic missions. From probes of Solar System bodies to large-scale cosmic structures, advances in our understanding of the formation and evolution of the Universe gather speed.

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 14 December 2023; doi:10.1038/s41550-023-02170-y The NANOGrav collaboration has found light-years long gravitational waves from, most likely, the mergers of millions of supermassive black holes. To keep watching this cosmic dance, we need sustained funding for black