Open Directory - Science: Astronomy: Extraterrestrial Life: Exobiology
See also: This category in other languages: - A partnership between NASA and other research organizations to conduct and lead integrated multidisciplinary research in astrobiology, the study of life in the universe. - Conference paper on the solar wind propelled interplanetary viral and bacterial movements. - Fosters research, education, training, and development in gravitational and space biology. - E-zine on life beyond Earth and origin of life. Includes news articles, reference material, and forums. - A member of NASA's Astrobiology Institute. The Arizona State University program studies the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the solar system. - Based at University of New South Wales, the centre includes astrobiologists from around Australia. The ACA is Australia's international member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. - A private, nonprofit organization engaged in basic research and advanced education in biology, astronomy, and the earth sciences. Part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. - The modern version of panspermia, Cosmic Ancestry treats all of evolution, not just the origin of life on Earth. - Gives examples of microbes that survive the vacuum of space. Discusses Neo-Darwinism. - An educational site based on a textbook that follows the evolution of the Universe "from big bang to humankind." Hosted by the Wright Center at Tufts University. - Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Researches and teaches "biology with a global perspective." - NASA Astrobiology Institute founding member located at the UCLA Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics. - Explores the field of exobiology from a lay perspective including a self-test. Part of the Cruising Chemistry project at Duke. - This program at JPL seeks to answer the fundamental questions about the Universe: Where do we come from? Are we alone? - The NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training in Gravitational Biology is a partnership with UCSD, Scripps, and Salk Institutes. It aims to advance the basic understanding of plant gravitational biology using an integrated molecular, biochemical, and physiological approach. - The NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training at the New York Center for Studies of the Origins of Life. A partnership with RPI and SUNY-Albany. - An experimental page part of the MIT Net Advance project. Includes research and review articles, and offline as well as online materials. - Explores events that led to the origin of life on earth. - A brief overview of creation of the universe and origins of life in our solar system. - PSARC's primary mission is to conduct multidisciplinary research and education in Astrobiology as a member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. - TERC and NASA are developing an interdisciplinary, year-long course for middle and high school students using astrobiology as its unifying, underlying structure. - An online guide to the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the Universe as well as all other aspects of space exploration. - Located in the Astrophysics Branch of the Space Sciences Division at NASA's Ames Research Center. Specializes in the study of extraterrestrial materials and their analogs. - The University of Washington's graduate certificate program enables students to obtain the interdepartmental background necessary. Focus is on Earth's extreme microbial environments. - Studies the history of life on earth as well as the role the biota continue to play in shaping modern environments. - Science@NASA article on an experiment designed for students of all ages to investigate life in extreme environments and to learn about the possibilities for life elsewhere in the Solar System. (January 13, 1999)
