What is astrobiology?
Astrobiology means "star life." While we don't know for sure if life exists outside of Earth, G. Scott Hubbard, former director of NASA's Ames Research Center, says that astrobiology aims to embrace "the study of the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe."
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| Credit: "The Search for Life on Mars" by Dr. Janice Bishop, Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute and the NASA Ames Research Center, February 9, 2010. |
These videos are usually targeted for university-level audiences, but special background knowledge is not needed to understand them. Someone who is attentive can get lots of cool information.
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| Credit: "The Search for Life on Mars" by Dr. Janice Bishop, Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute and the NASA Ames Research Center, February 9, 2010. |
More about astrobiology: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-is-astrobiology
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| Credit: "The Search for Life on Mars" by Dr. Janice Bishop, Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute and the NASA Ames Research Center, February 9, 2010. |
