Recent Examples on the WebThe origins of life Not knowing how life originated on our own planet is a major showstopper for astrobiology.—Big Think, 17 June 2024 As the Venus phosphine saga moved toward a climax in 2021, NASA administrators and scientists implored the astrobiology community to establish firm standards for certainty in biosignature detection.—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024 That’s why DiGregorio contends priority should be given to ruling out each and every sample’s prospects for harming Earth’s biosphere before it is brought back to our planet—something best done in a dedicated space station or even an astrobiology research lab built as part of a lunar base.—Leonard David, Scientific American, 23 June 2022 The institute conducts research in a variety of fields related to astrobiology, astronomy, and space science, with a primary focus on detecting signals or signs of intelligent life in the universe.—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for astrobiology
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