Disciplines and Occupations

Exobiology

The interdisciplinary science that studies evolutionary biology, including the origin and evolution of the major elements required for life, their processing in the interstellar medium and in protostellar systems. This field also includes the study of chemical evolution and the subsequent interactions between evolving biota and planetary evolution as well as the field of biology that deals with the study of extraterrestrial life.

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The interdisciplinary science that studies evolutionary biology, including the origin and evolution of the major elements required for life, their processing in the interstellar medium and in protostellar systems. This field also includes the study of chemical evolution and the subsequent interactions between evolving biota and planetary evolution as well as the field of biology that deals with the study of extraterrestrial life.

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7 entry terms
  • Space Biology
  • Biologies, Space
  • Biology, Space
  • Space Biologies
  • Astrobiology
  • Extraterrestrial Life
  • Life, Extraterrestrial

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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the discipline (education, history, etc) only; may also be used for articles about the possibility of extraterrestrial life

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Exobiology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018559. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018559
  2. Exobiology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology
  3. Exobiology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q411