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Earth, our living planet : the Earth system and its co-evolution with organisms

Philippe Bertrand, Author ; Louis Legendre, Author | Cham : Springer | Frontiers collection | 2021

The habitability of a planet is its capacity to allow the emergence of organisms. What astronomical and geological conditions concurred to make Earth habitable 4 billion years ago, and how has it remained habitable since? What have been the resp[...]

Geoforming Mars : how could nature have made Mars more like Earth? A treatise on some important factors involved in assessing the habitability of terrestrial planets that may aid us in our search for habitable terrestrial exoplanets

Robert Malcuit, Author | Cham : Springer | 2021

This book offers an exercise in theoretical planetology, presenting five different scenarios to assess the evolution of habitable conditions on Mars to assess planetary terraforming potential and to give insight into the ongoing search for habit[...]

Planet formation and panspermia

Vukotić Branislav, Editor ; Richard Gordon, Editor ; J. Seckbach, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley | Astrobiology perspectives on life of the universe | 2021

The novel approach presented in this book gives new insights into the panspermia theory and its connection with planetary formation and the evolution of galaxies. This offers a good starting point for future research proposals about exolife and [...]

Astrobiology on the International Space Station

Jean-Pierre De Vera, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space life sciences | 2020

This volume on astrobiology of the Springer Briefs in Life Sciences book series addresses the three fundamental questions on origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe: how does life begin and evolve? Is there life beyond[...]

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The Genesis Quest : the geniuses and eccentrics on a journey to uncover the origin of life on earth

Michael Marshall, Author | London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson | 2020

'The story of the quest to understand life's genesis is a universal one, in which everyone can find pleasure and fascination. By asking how life came to be, we are implicitly asking why we are here, whether life exists on other planets, and what[...]

Report of the Europa Lander science definition team

K.P. Hand, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2017

This report focuses on the science of a mission concept for landing on the surface of Europa. The first seven chapters of this report detail the science, and science considerations, of the mission concept. Chapters 8, 9, and 10 then go into deta[...]

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NASA astrobiology strategy

Lindsay Hays | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2015

This science strategy identifies questions to guide and inspire astrobiology research on each of these topics—in the lab, in the field, and in experiments flown on planetary science missions—over the next decade. The strategy also identifies maj[...]

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Soviet space dogs

Olessya Turkina, Author | London (United Kingdom) : FUEL Design | 2014

Tells the true stories of Laika, Belka, Strelka, and the other space dogs who were sent on experimental space flight explorations by the Soviet Union between 1951 and 1956

Five billion years of solitude : the search for life among the stars /

Lee Billings, Author | New York (United States) : Current | 2013

An intimate history of Earth and the quest for life beyond the solar system traces the discoveries of thousands of "exoplanets" throughout the past two years, including some with Earth-like characteristics that could possibly support life

Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own /

David M. Toomey, Author | [S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company | 2013

Astrobiology : a brief introduction

Kevin W. Plaxco, Author ; Michael Gross, Author | Baltimore (United States) : The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2011

Emphasizing the biochemical nature of astrobiology, Plaxco and Gross expand their examination of the origin of chemical elements, the developments that made the Universe habitable, and how life continues to be sustained. They discuss in great de[...]

Astrobiology of Earth : the emergence, evolution, and future of life on a planet in turmoil /

J. Gale, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | Oxford Biology | 2009

The search for life continued : planets around other stars

Barrie William Jones | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2008

At present we have evidence only of life on Earth. New instruments and techniques are being developed not only to detect exoplanetary systems but that are also capable of analyzing the environments on discovered exoplanets to tell us whether a [...]

Strategies for life detection

Olivier Botta ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

An astrobiology strategy for the exploration of Mars

Commitee on an Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration on Mars ; Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on life sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2007

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Exploring organic environments in the solar system

Task Group on Organic Environments in the Solar System ; Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Division on Earth and Life Studies | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2007

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The limits of organic life in planetary systems

Commitee on the Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems ; Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life ; Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on life sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2007

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Planetary systems and the origin of life

Ralph E. Pudritz, Editor ; Paul G. Higgs, Editor ; J. R. Stone, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge astrobiology | 2007

Beginning with how planetary are discovered, the text examines how these systems formed, and how water and the biomolecules necessary for life were produced. It then focuses on how life may have originated and evolved on Earth. Building on these[...]

Planetary systems and the origin of life

Ralph E. Pudritz, Editor ; Paul G. Higgs, Editor ; J. R. Stone, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge astrobiology | 2007

Beginning with how planetary are discovered, the text examines how these systems formed, and how water and the biomolecules necessary for life were produced. It then focuses on how life may have originated and evolved on Earth. Building on these[...]

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Planets and life : the emerging science of astrobiology

Woodruff Turner Sullivan, Editor ; John A Baross, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2007

ROME : response of organisms to the Martian environment

Carl Walker, Editor ; Karen Fletcher, Editor ; European Space Agency., Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2007

Astrobiology : a multidisciplinary approach

Jonathan I. Lunine | [S.l.] : Pearson, Addison Wesley | 2005

Experimentation with animal models in space

Gerald Sonnenfeld, Editor | [S.l.] : Elsevier | Advances in space biology and medicine, ISSN 1569-2574 | 2005

An introduction to astrobiology

Iain Gilmour, Editor ; Mark A. Sephton, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2004

Are we alone? Or does life also exist elsewhere in the Universe? This textbook provides an introduction to the eciting new science of astrobiology, which deals with the origins of life on Earth and the possible evolution of life elsewhere in the[...]

Life in the solar system and beyond

Barrie W. Jones | New York, NY : Springer | 2004

The cosmos -- Life on Earth -- The evolution and origin of life on Earth -- Where to look for life elsewhere in the solar system -- Life on Mars? -- Life on Europa? -- The fate of life in the solar system -- Potential habitats beyond the solar [...]