This Telluride Science & Innovation Center workshop will bring together cross-disciplinary experts interested in condensed phase prebiotic chemistry in non-Earth-like planetary environments - the potential chemistries governing life as we don't know it.

This workshop aims to identify specific directions, principles, and methodological developments needed for future investigations of condensed-phase chemistry potentially relevant to life as we do not know it. Studying such hypothetical processes presents significant methodological challenges in both experimentation and theory. A key objective is to foster connections between scientists studying radically different yet astrobiologically significant planetary environments, such as Titan and Venus. The workshop will facilitate discussions on how the budding field of computational astrobiology can be developed, with a particular emphasis on how computational can be used to address specific chemical questions that are testable through experimentation or observation. Participants will help formulate and explore critical questions surrounding the identification and investigation of signatures of alternative biochemistries. For instance: "What properties might alternative biomolecules possess to fulfill essential life functions in different environments?" and more broadly, "Given the speculative nature of astrobiology, what qualifies as a scientifically valid question?"