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John Rummel, director of the NASA astrobiology program, said the program is changing the way people think about life on Earth and beyond.

And that makes it impossible to answer one of the most basic questions of astrobiology: How diverse is life in the universe?

Edward J. Weiler, one of the founders of NASA's astrobiology program and now chief of the agency's science division, goes even further.

This book offers an advanced introduction to the increasingly robust fields of extrasolar planets and astrobiology.

Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe.

He was also chosen quite unexpectedly, in 1999, to be the first director of NASA's Astrobiology Institute.

The basic roadmap for the United States' astrobiology effort, and about $40 million in seed money, came from NASA.

During an astrobiology meeting at the Vatican (of all places), he and a colleague, Eric Gaidos, realized that hydrogen would work.

NASA's Astrobiology Program supports research into the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life on Earth.

The site informs mainly about recent research and activities (like short courses and conferences) in Astrobiology and related fields.

The research appears in this month's Astrobiology magazine and is pending publication in the journal Icarus.

NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth.

But in the laboratory of Wolfe-Simon, a NASA astrobiology research fellow, the organisms learned to live with arsenic instead of phosphorus.

"My surveys have always looked for objects closer and thus moving faster, " Brown told Astrobiology Magazine.

The Catholic church has had a conference about astrobiology.

He says the agency currently has twenty-eight projects working in astrobiology, or the study of life in outer space.

asked Gawker, a Web site that does not often ask questions about astrobiology.

The paper is published in this week's edition of the international journal Astrobiology .

Davies' research focuses on cosmology, quantum field theory and astrobiology.

Astrobiology's goal is to make sure that does not happen.

Astrobiology is the ultimate study of life!

And it'd be really amazing to have a proper conversation about astrobiology and its implications for religion.

In a paper to appear in Astrobiology, they suggest we should look for a similar glow on alien planets.

These pocket- and backpack-sized satellites are changing the way astrobiology research is done.

Felisa Wolfe-Simon, NASA astrobiology research fellow, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Calif.

The finding has powerful implications for the emerging field of astrobiology .

And in the newly emerging science of astrobiology, that's a pretty strong statement.

They have published their results in the journal Astrobiology.

There is also an astrobiology conference in Texas in April at which new methods of detecting aliens will be discussed.

The presence of liquid water is regarded as a pre-requisite for life, and detecting it is the goal of current astrobiology space missions.

This is the website of the Penn State Astrobiology Research Center.

Well, we know from astrobiology that we can really now predict what's going to happen to our particular planet.

It has promoted the development of many other scientific fields, such as astronautics, cosmochemistry, astrobiology and even philosophy.

For NASA, low-cost nanosatellites are an ideal platform for science and technology, including fundamental biology and astrobiology research.

For more information about NASA astrobiology activities, visit

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Charles Cockell is a Professor of Astrobiology