How Will We React to the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 How will humanity react to the discovery of extraterrestrial life? Speculation on this topic abounds, but empirical research is practically non-existent.
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Is there anybody out there? Can individual loneliness, need for closure, and religiosity predict the belief in extraterrestrial life and intelligence? [PDF]
Discover Psychology, 2023 Thinking about the universe also includes thinking about hypothetical extraterrestrial intelligence. Two key questions arise: Why are we thinking about them in the first place? And why are we anthropomorphizing them?
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Searching for extraterrestrial life advances terrestrial sustainability [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAstrobiology, while traditionally focused on understanding the origin of life on Earth and the potential for life elsewhere, offers powerful tools and insights for addressing urgent challenges on our planet.
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Subsurface Life on Earth as a Key to Unlock Extraterrestrial Mysteries [PDF]
Microbial BiotechnologyThe first forms of life on Earth were microbial, preceding the evolution of multicellular life by more than two billion years. Based on our current understanding of the origin of life, it is likely that the first life forms on any extraterrestrial world ...
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Alternative Pathways in Astrobiology: Reviewing and Synthesizing Contingency and Non-Biomolecular Origins of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Life [PDF]
LifeThe pursuit of understanding the origins of life (OoL) on and off Earth and the search for extraterrestrial life (ET) are central aspects of astrobiology.
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Some aspects of extraterrestrial life in science fiction
Семиотические исследованияThe purpose of the article is to trace how science fiction deals with the theme of otherness in terms of the interaction between the concepts of aliens and earthlings, resulting in the perception of earthlings as aliens.
Galina V. Zalomkina
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Quantitative evaluation of the feasibility of sampling the ice plumes at Enceladus for biomarkers of extraterrestrial life. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 New JS +5 more
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Critical Electrochemistry Technologies Applicable in Space Exploration [PDF]
Advanced ScienceElectrochemistry is versatile, less subject to external influences, and has great potential for the exploration of the unpredictable space environment.
Ruisi Xu +4 more
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Functional Properties of Amino Acid Side Chains as Biomarkers of Extraterrestrial Life. [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2018 Georgiou CD.
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