Research into the environmental limits of life and the workings of extreme ecosystems is ongoing, enabling researchers to better predict what planetary environments might be most likely to harbor life ...
The systematic search for possible life outside of Earth is a valid multidisciplinary scientific endeavor. The University of Glamorgan, UK, started just such a degree in 2006, and the American governm ...
Main article: Rare Earth hypothesisThis hypothesis states that based on astrobiological findings, multi-cellular life forms found on Earth may actually be more of a rarity than scientists initially as ...
People have long speculated about the possibility of life in settings other than Earth, however, speculation on the nature of life elsewhere often has paid little heed to constraints imposed by the na ...
Planetary habitability Main article: Planetary habitabilityWhen looking for life on other planets like the earth, some simplifying assumptions are useful to reduce the size of the task of the astrobio ...
Astrobiology is etymologically derived from the Greek ?στρον, astron, "constellation, star"; β?ο?, bios, "life"; and -λογ?α, -logia, study. The synonyms of astrobiology are diverse; how ...
Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe: extraterrestrial life and life on Earth. This interdisciplinary field encompasses the search for h ...