Assessing the Possibility of Biological Complexity on Other Worlds, with an Estimate of the Occurrence of Complex Life in the Milky Way Galaxy

Assessing the Possibility of Biological Complexity on Other Worlds, with an Estimate of the Occurrence of Complex Life in the Milky Way Galaxy

Rational speculation about biological evolution on other worlds is one of the outstanding challenges in astrobiology. With the growing confirmation that multiplanetary systems abound in the universe, the prospect that life occurs redundantly throughout the cosmos is gaining widespread support. Given...

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Main Authors: Louis N. Irwin, Abel Méndez, Alberto G. Fairén, Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-05-01
Series:Challenges
Subjects:
exoplanets
biocomplexity
evolution
habitability
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/5/1/159

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