Astrobiology: Water and Life in the Solar System and beyond

After some methodological considerations and a brief historical background (SETI), we describe the three main impulses to the present discipline of exo / astrobiology - extremophyles, the discovery of exoplanets, and the data gathered by several unmanned probes in the solar system. An overview of re...

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Main Author: Jorge Alberto Quillfeldt
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2010-03-01
Series:Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/17847