 Astrobiology: The Quest for the Conditions of Life
G. Horneck und C. Baumstark-Khan (Editors)
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Preface (10 KB) |
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Complete Content (27 kB) |
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Introduction (16 KB) |
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Part I Organic Material in Space and Habitable Zones
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From Molecular Clouds to the Origin of Life (1793 KB) |
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The Diversity of Extrasolar Planets Around Solar Type Stars (790 KB) |
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Habitable Zones in Extrasolar Planetary Systems (225 KB) |
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Viable Transfer of Microorganisms in the Solar System and Beyond (453 KB) |
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Part II: Water and Life
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Water, the Spring of Life (225 KB) |
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Geomorphological Record of Water-Related Erosion on Mars (619 KB) |
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Europa's Crust and Ocean: How Tides Create a Potentially Habitable Physical Setting (335 KB) |
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Permafrost Model of Extraterrestrial Habitat (999 KB) |
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Microbial Life in Terrestrial Permafrost: Methanogenesis and Nitrification in Gelisols as Potentials for Exobiological Processes (702 KB) |
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Life in Cold Lakes (87 KB) |
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Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms (480 KB) |
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Halophilic Microorganisms (252 KB) |
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Part III: Electromagnetic Fields, Radiation and Life
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Martian Atmospheric Evolution: Implications of an Ancient Intrinsic Magnetic Field (302 KB) |
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The Ultraviolet Radiation Environment of Earth and Mars: Past and Present (350 KB) |
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Ultraviolet Radiation in Planetary Atmospheres and Biological Implications (203 KB) |
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Environmental UV Radiation: Biological Strategies for Protection and Avoidance (524 KB) |
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Life under Conditions of Ionizing Radiation (272 KB) |
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Part IV: Gravity and Life
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Graviperception and Graviresponse at the Cellular Level (83 KB) |
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Gravistimulated Effects in Plants (792 KB) |
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Gravitational Zoology: How Animals Use and Cope with Gravity (685 KB) |
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Part V: Complexity and Life
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Scaling Phenomena and the Emergence of Complexity in Astrobiology (816 KB) |
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Molecular Self-Assembly and the Origin of Life (774 KB) |
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Search for Morphological and Biogeochemical Vestiges of Fossil Life in Extraterrestrial Settings: Utility of Terrestrial Evidence (362 KB) |
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Part VI: Forthcoming Space Missions Relevant for Astrobiology
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Space Activities in Exo-Astrobiology (495 KB) |
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Contribution (16 KB) |
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