Draft:Outline of astrobiology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to astrobiology.

Astrobiology is a scientific field within the life and environmental sciences that studies the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe by investigating its deterministic conditions and contingent events. As a discipline, astrobiology is founded on the premise that life may exist beyond Earth.

Contributory fields

Astrobiology makes use of the following fields:

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Geography
• Geology
• Molecular biology
• Physics
• Planetary science

History of astrobiology

History of astrobiology

General astrobiology concepts

• Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey
• Allan Hills 84001
• Arsenic biochemistry
• Astrobiology
• Astroecology
• Back-contamination
• Beagle 2
• Beagle 2: Evolution
• Biosignature
• Blood Falls
• Carbon chauvinism
• CHON
• Contact Conference
• Cosmic evolution
• Geysers on Mars
• ExoMars
• Extraterrestrial life
• Forward-contamination
• GFAJ-1
• Gravitational biology
• Habitability of red dwarf systems
• Habitable moon
• Hypothetical types of biochemistry
• ISSOL
• Life on Mars
• Life form
• Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment
• Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher
• Murasaki (novel)
• Murchison meteorite
• Neocatastrophism
• Orgueil (meteorite)
• Panspermia
• Pavilion Lake
• Planetary habitability
• Purple Earth hypothesis
• Rare Earth hypothesis
• Reports of Streptococcus mitis on the moon
• Shadow biosphere
• Shergotty meteorite
• Speculative evolution
• Rio Tinto (river)
• Viking biological experiments

Astrobiology publications

• Astrobiology
• Life
• Brookings Report
• International Journal of Astrobiology
• Life Sciences in Space Research
• The Science of Aliens

Astrobiology organizations

• Astrobiology Field Laboratory
• Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets (ASTEP)
• Astrobiology Society of Britain
• Lunar Receiving Laboratory
• NASA Astrobiology Institute

Persons influential in astrobiology

• George E. Fox
• Antonio Lazcano
• David S. McKay
• David Morrison (astrophysicist)
• Caleb Scharf
• Janet Siefert

External links

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