extraterrestrial life: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Useful sources are Steven J. Dick and James E. Strick, The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology (2004); David Grinspoon, Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life (2003); Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan, What Is Life? (1995), explores the title question from a viewpoint combining biology and philosophy.
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Searching for extraterrestrial life advances terrestrial sustainability. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Searching for extraterrestrial life advances terrestrial sustainability. | Apr 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Core - Evidence and traces of extraterrestrial life. | Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Fanshawe College Astronomy - The Search for Extraterrestrial Life. | Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - State-of-the-art instruments for detecting extraterrestrial life. | Jul 25, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans. | Jun 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Extraterrestrial life: Life on Mars � then and now (PDF). | Apr 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface Focus - Evolution in space: experimental pathways to understanding lifes adaptability beyond Earth. | Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA Technical Reports Server - Extraterrestrial Life in the Universe (PDF). | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Added illustration of planet TOI 700e. | Jun 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Life beyond Earth. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: European Space Agency - Science & Exploration - Extraterrestrial life. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Link added. | Apr 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - How Will We React to the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life? | Feb 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - The detection of extra-terrestrial life and the consequences for science and society. | Sep 03, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Nov 17, 2021 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 02, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Exoplanet Exploration - How Do We Find Life? | Oct 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space - SETI & the Search for Extraterrestrial Life. | Oct 22, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - Does Life Exist Elsewhere in Our Galaxy? | Mar 29, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Future - Extraterrestrial life. | Dec 18, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - How Do Scientists Search for Extraterrestrial Life? | Dec 08, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: PlanetFacts.org - Extraterrestrial Life. | May 03, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 28, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 05, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: History.com - Ancient Aliens - Evidence of Ancient Aliens? | Aug 15, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: History.com - Ancient Aliens - Evidence of Ancient Aliens? | Aug 15, 2012 | ||
| Material about bacteria that may use arsenic instead of phosphorus removed. | Mar 16, 2012 | ||
| The words "Phosphorus, as phosphate" changed to "Phosphorus, as phosphate (and perhaps arsenic, as arsenate)" in the section Universal criteria. | Dec 02, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 24, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Wayne RESA - Life on Other Planets in the Solar System. | Jun 14, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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