The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to astrobiology.
Astrobiology (also xenology or exobiology) 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
editAstrobiology makes use of the following fields:
History of astrobiology
editConcepts in astrobiology
editGeneral concepts
editSpecific phenomena and theories
edit- Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Survey
- Allan Hills 84001
- Arsenic biochemistry
- Astroecology
- Back-contamination
- Beagle 2
- Beagle 2: Evolution
- Biosignature
- Blood Falls
- Carbon chauvinism
- CHON
- Contact Conference
- Cosmic evolution
- Geysers on Mars
- ExoMars
- 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
- Murchison meteorite
- Neocatastrophism
- Orgueil meteorite
- Panspermia
- Pavilion Lake
- Purple Earth hypothesis
- Rare Earth hypothesis
- Shadow biosphere
- Shergotty meteorite
- Speculative evolution
- Rio Tinto (river)
- Viking biological experiments
Astrobiology publications
editJournals
edit- Astrobiology (journal)
- Life (journal)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
- Life Sciences in Space Research