exobiology

Text and illustrations describe conditions on other planets and how those conditions would affect life on that planet.

Examines astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay's efforts to prove that life does exist beyond Earth, with behind-the-scenes photographs capturing McKay and his research team at work studying microbes that live beyond all odds and trying to determine if they can thrive in space.

Presents the second season of the History Channel television series "The Universe," which explores topics such as alien planets, cosmic holes, the moon, the Milky Way, dark matter, astrobiology, colonizing space, nebulas, gravity, cosmic collisions, and constellations.

"Astrophysicist [Adam Frank] discusses what the latest research on the existence and trajectories of alien civilizations may impart about surviving the challenge of civilization-driven climate change"--OCLC.

"'Goldilocks and the Water Bears' is a tale of the origins and evolution of life, and the quest to find it on other planets, on moons, in other galaxies, and throughout the Universe"--Dust jacket.

In the search for other habitable planets, perhaps the most fascinating question that has persistently captivated humans has been: is there life out there? Eschewing science fiction fantasies, this title looks at the hard research behind the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Theories, studies, and advances of exobiologists-scientists who study life in outer space-are presented, alongside more philosophical questions on the implications of life beyond Earth. Discussions of the definition of life, personhood, and the qualities of extremophiles (animals that survive under extreme conditions) bring this discussion to intriguing and unexpected places.

Explores how scientists have tried to determine whether or not there is life on other planets and discusses humanity's obsession with UFOs throughout history.

Explores the technological and political hurdles to finding life on other planets.

Discusses the fate of planet earth, and makes two recommendations for giving human life a future: find a way to move everyone to Mars, or find a way to move earth by the force of flying comets using the new science of astrobiology.

The debate over whether fossilized traces of microbial life were found in meteorites from Mars is reexamined in this informative and highly readable account with 16 pages of new photographs.