How to Use astrobiology in a Sentence
astrobiology
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This paved the way for astrobiology, the study of life in all its forms on this planet and elsewhere in the universe.
—Brianne Palmer, Scientific American, 21 July 2021
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The search for life on other planets is part of the science of astrobiology.
—Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2021
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This field of astrobiology is a field of people who think about life on other planets.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 July 2019
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Take Europa, one of Jupiter’s largest moons, which is a prime target for astrobiology.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2022
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In astrobiology, appeals to complexity have been on the rise for a while now.
—Natalie Elliot, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2021
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The space agency has long been tasked with finding life elsewhere, which is why astrobiology programs are part of its focus.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
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The boundary between mainstream astrobiology and the fringe is the idea that extraterrestrials have crossed the abyss of space to come see us — and that the governments of the world have somehow kept the evidence a secret.
—Seth Fletcher, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
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But if astrobiology has revealed that Earth is honeycombed with life, the opposite seems true of Mars.
—Marissa Grunes, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
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How life becomes life at all is perhaps the most central question of astrobiology.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
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There’s more reason to believe the astrobiology push is a permanent fixture of NASA’s vision for its future.
—Neel V. Patel, Slate Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
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The field of astrobiology re-enacts this Life versus the living problematic on a cosmic scale.
—WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
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For decades, scientists have searched for alien life-forms—but the field of astrobiology has only recently become mainstream science.
—National Geographic, 30 July 2020
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This study of Mars is part of the efflorescence of the young field of astrobiology, which includes the search for potentially habitable worlds and the first example of extraterrestrial life.
—Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
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Most of my work in astrobiology looks at anaerobic environments, which have a lot in common with the environments that produce farts.
—Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 25 Nov. 2019
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But so was astrobiology—and now space science is consumed by the interplanetary and even interstellar search for alien life.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2021
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Titan’s atmospheric chemistry resembles that of an early Earth, which makes the moon an exciting target in the field of astrobiology.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 28 July 2017
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About a year ago, the National Academies met to prioritize planetary science, astrobiology, and planetary defense missions in the next 10 years, and Uranus topped the list.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 5 May 2023
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Last semester, 25 students took Guinan's class on astrobiology, about the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.
—Author: Kenneth Chang, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Jan. 2018
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Last semester, 25 students took Dr. Guinan’s class on astrobiology, about the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.
—Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
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Charles Cockell is a professor of astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh who’s written at length about the question of freedom in space settlements.
—Clive Thompson, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2020
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First and foremost, Knoll’s new book views earth’s history from a geological perspective which sets it apart from the raft of recent astrobiology histories of Earth and earthlike planets in the cosmos.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
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Researchers are hoping for another mission focused on astrobiology that would probe and measure the chemical compounds on Enceladus and its ocean.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 July 2021
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What is most exciting to you about the recent discoveries in astrobiology?
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2011
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The 22-year-old just graduated Wellesley College with degrees in astrobiology and Russian.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 13 July 2019
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Australia has surfing, sharks, and, most importantly for astrobiology, stromatolites that date back to 3.5 billion years ago.
—Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2014
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As for rewards, the development of a technosignatures discipline might mirror that of astrobiology, which arose 25 years ago in response to the discovery of exoplanets.
—Jon Gertner, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022
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In contrast to the Moon, the Red Planet is indeed of significant justifiable interest to astrobiology.
—Robert Zubrin, National Review, 31 Aug. 2019
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These intrepid microbes were the final samples to be returned to Earth as part of the Tanpopo mission, a Japanese astrobiology experiment studying the effects of the space environment on simple organisms.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 26 Aug. 2020
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But these big, broad questions are also critical to astrobiology; all of these processes enable and regulate the habitability of a planet.
—Corey S. Powell, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2021
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Scientists ultimately built the field of astrobiology on the groundwork of that equation, Diamond argues.
—WIRED, 11 Sep. 2022
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