Название: Planetary Astrobiology (Space Science Series)Автор: Victoria Meadows (Editor), Giada Arney (Editor), Britney Schmidt (Editor), David J. Des Marais (Editor)
Издательство: University of Arizona Press
Год: 2020
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 552
Размер: 35.7 Mb
Язык: English
Are we alone in the universe? How did life arise on our planet? How do we search for life beyond Earth? These profound questions excite and intrigue broad cross sections of science and society. Answering these questions is the province of the emerging, strongly interdisciplinary field of astrobiology. Life is inextricably tied to the formation, chemistry, and evolution of its host world, and multidisciplinary studies of solar system worlds can provide key insights into processes that govern planetary habitability, informing the search for life in our solar system and beyond. Planetary Astrobiology brings together current knowledge across astronomy, biology, geology, physics, chemistry, and related fields, and considers the synergies between studies of solar systems and exoplanets to identify the path needed to advance the exploration of these profound questions.
