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The Italian National Project of Astrobiology—Life in Space—Origin, Presence, Persistence of Life in Space, from Molecules to Extremophiles

open access: yesAstrobiology, 2020
T he ‘‘Life in Space’’ project was funded in the wake of the Italian Space Agency’s proposal for the development of a network of institutions and laboratories conceived to implement Italian participation in space astrobiology experiments.
S. Onofri   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Alien life matters: reflections on cosmopolitanism, otherness, and astrobiology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This is a synaptic paper that invites the reader to take a stroll on the edges of cross-disciplinary knowledge. We will walk the roads of anthropology, history, philosophy, astronomy and biology.
Novoa, Andre
core   +3 more sources

Astrobiology and astrophilosophy: subsuming or bifurcating diciplines? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Initially, astrobiology subsumed into philosophy. However, philosophy has increasingly subsumed into astrobiology concurrent with it steadily becoming an observational and experimental activity that mainly focuses on the link between life and the cosmos,
von Hegner, Ian
core  

Astrobiological Complexity with Probabilistic Cellular Automata

open access: yes, 2012
Search for extraterrestrial life and intelligence constitutes one of the major endeavors in science, but has yet been quantitatively modeled only rarely and in a cursory and superficial fashion.
A Ilachinski   +99 more
core   +1 more source

PAHs and Astrobiology

open access: yesPAHs and the Universe, 2020
In dense molecular clouds, the birthplace of stars and planets, interstellar atoms and molecules freeze onto extremely cold dust and ice particles. These ices are processed by ultraviolet light and cosmic rays forming hundreds of far more complex species,
L. Allamandola
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Crater Observing Bioinspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Crater Observing Bio‐inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA) is a modular, snake‐inspired robot that addresses the mobility challenges of extraterrestrial exploration sites such as Shackleton Crater. Incorporating snake‐like gaits and tumbling locomotion, COBRA navigates both uneven surfaces and steep crater walls.
Adarsh Salagame   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early evolution of purple retinal pigments on Earth and implications for exoplanet biosignatures

open access: yes, 2018
We propose that retinal-based phototrophy arose early in the evolution of life on Earth, profoundly impacting the development of photosynthesis and creating implications for the search for life beyond our planet.
DasSarma, Shiladitya   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Microbially generated ferruginous crusts: A potential biosignature of continental input in coastal settings

open access: yesSedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thin ferruginous sandy crusts are common on top of sandstone beds in the Early Permian post‐glacial deposits of the Paraná Basin in southern Brazil. These crusts usually preserve wrinkle structures, suggesting that they might be a product of microbial mediation.
Patrícia Weschenfelder   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

ASTROBIOLOGY AND ASTROCHRISTOLOGY

open access: yesZygon, 2016
Astrochristology, as a subfield within the more comprehensive astrotheology, speculates on the implications of what astrobiology and related space sciences learn about our future space neighbors.
doaj   +2 more sources

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