Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies (eBook)

List of ContributorsPathways to Life on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies; Joseph SeckbachIntroduction; Emeritus Giora ShavivTerestrial Halophylies, Evaporite Environments and The Search for Life on Mars; Roberto Barbieri and Nunzia StivalettaVescicular Basalts as a Niche for Microbial Life; Barbara Cavalazzi, Frances Westall and Sherry L. CadySeti: Assessing Imaginative Proposals; Stephen P. CookMolecules Between the Stars; Nick CoxProkaryotic Communities Below Planetary Surfaces and Their Involvement In The Nitrogen Cycle; Friedrich W. Gerbl, Gerhard W. Weidler, Angelika Breitfuss, Marion Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer and Helga Stan-LotterExtrasolar Planets; Eike W. GuentherLife Without Water: The Sleeping Chironomid and Other Anhydrobiotic Invertebrates and Their Utilization in Astrobiology; Oleg Gusev And Takashi OkudaHabitability and Cosmic Catastrophes; Arnold HanslmeierGlaciopanspermia: Seeding the Terrestrial Planets with Life? Joop M. HoutkooperChemical Evolution In Primeval Seas; KamaluddinTerrestiral Analogues for Early Planetary Oceans: Niuafo‘Ou Caldera Lakes (Tonga) and their Geology, Water Chemistry and Stromatolites; Stephan Kempe and Józef KazmierczakComparison of Environment Types with Liquid Water on Mars; Akos KereszturiCriteria of Possible Habitability of Earth-Like Exoplanets; Leonid V. KsanfomalityOrigin of the Genetic Code and Abiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds; Zita MartinsDynamical Aspects for the Earth’s Habitability; Elke Pilat-LohingerA Dynamic Scheme to Assess Habitability of Exoplanets; Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Abel Méndez, Alberto G. Fairén, Philip Von Paris, Carol Turse, Grayson Boyer, Alfonso F. Davila, And Marina Resendes De Sousa AntónioAstrobiology of Titan; Michael SimakovThe Likelihood of Halophilic Life in the Universe; Helga Stan-Lotter, Sergiu Fendrihan, Marion Dorn-Mayr-Pfaffenhuemer, Tatjana K. Polacsek, Andrea Legat, Anita K. Holzinger, Michael Grösbacher And Andreas WeiglProduction of Dormant Stages and Stress Resistance of Polar Cyanobacteria; Daria Tashyreva and Josef ElsterCan the Evolution of Multicellularity be Anticipated in the Exoploration of the Solar System? H. P. De Vladar and J. Chela-FloresAntarctica as Model for the Possible Emergence of Life on Europa; Suman Dudeja, Aranya B. Bhattacherjee and Julian Chela FloresThe Likelihood of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life; Rob HengeveldThe Astrobiological Potential of Polar Dunes on Mars; Ákos Kereszturi, Szaniszló Bérczi, András Horváth, Tamás Pócs, András Sik And Szathmáry EörsLife in Earth’s Lava Caves: Implications for Life Detection on Other Planets; Diana E. Northup, Jennifer J.M. Hathaway, Jessica R. Snider, Monica Moya, Matthew G. Garcia, Maria L.N. Enes Dapkevicius, Cristina Riquelme Gabriel, Fred D. Stone, Michael N. Spilde, And Penelope J. BostonLife in the Saturnian Neighborhood; Athena Coustenis, F. Raulin, Georgios Bampasidis And Anezina Solomonidou