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Perspectives in astrobiology
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ISSN: 15667693 ISBN: 9781586035129 1586035126 Year: 2005 Volume: v. 366 Publisher: Amsterdam : IOS Press,

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Astrobiology is the multi-disciplinary field devoted to the investigation of the origin; physical, chemical and environmental limitations; and the distribution in space and time of life on Earth and in the Cosmos. Astrobiology seeks an answer to one of the most fundamental of all questions: - Is Life Restricted to Planet Earth or is Life a Cosmic Imperative? Understanding the characteristics, properties, habits and diversity of living organisms on Earth is crucial to determine where and how to search for evidence of life elsewhere.


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Biological Sciences in Space [[ウチュウセイブツカガク]].
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ISSN: 1349967X 09149201 Year: 1987 Publisher: Sagamihara, Japan : Japanese Society for Biological Sciences in Space,

Rare earth : why complex life is uncommon in the universe
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ISBN: 1280187743 9786610187744 0387218483 0387987010 9780387987019 9780387952895 0387952896 Year: 2000 Publisher: New York : Copernicus,

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n November 12, 2002, Dr. John Chambers of the NASA Ames - search Center gave a seminar to the Astrobiology Group at the OUniversity of Washington. The audience of about 100 listened with rapt attention as Chambers described results from a computer study of how planetary systems form. The goal of his research was to answer a dec- tively simple question: How often would newly forming planetary systems produce Earth-like planets, given a star the size of our own sun? By “Ear- like” Chambers meant a rocky planet with water on its surface, orbiting within a star’s “habitable zone. ” This not-too-hot and not-too-cold inner - gion, relatively close to the star, supports the presence of liquid water on a planet surface for hundreds of million of years—the time-span probably n- essary for the evolution of life. To answer the question of just how many Earth-like planets might be spawned in such a planetary system, Chambers had spent thousands of hours running highly sophisticated modeling p- grams through arrays of powerful computers. x Preface to the Paperback Edition The results presented at the meeting were startling. The simulations showed that rocky planets orbiting at the “right” distances from the central star are easily formed, but they can end up with a wide range of water c- tent.

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