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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/fisica/article/view/17847 |
| Summary: | 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 recent findings concerning the presence of frozen or liquid water in our planetary system is presented, and the main trends for the following years, summarized. |
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| ISSN: | 1677-2334 2175-7941 |