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EANA trail guide in astrobiology: search for a second genesis of life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2005

André Brack ,
Pascale Ehrenfreund ,
Günter von Kiedrowski ,
Helmut Lammer ,
Daniel Prieur ,
Ewa Szuszkiewicz  and
Frances Westall
André Brack
Affiliation:
Centre de biophysique moléculaire, CNRS, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France e-mail: brack@cnrs-orleans.fr
Pascale Ehrenfreund
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, P O Box 9513, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Günter von Kiedrowski
Affiliation:
Faculty of Chemistry, Ruhr-University, 44780 Bochum, Germany
Helmut Lammer
Affiliation:
Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 8042 Graz, Austria
Daniel Prieur
Affiliation:
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, 29280 Plouzane, France
Ewa Szuszkiewicz
Affiliation:
Institute of Physics, University of Szczecin and Centre for Advanced Studies in Astrobiology and Related Topics, CASA*, Szczecin, Poland
Frances Westall
Affiliation:
Centre de biophysique moléculaire, CNRS, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France e-mail: brack@cnrs-orleans.fr
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Abstract

The European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) coordinates and promotes astrobiology in the 17 European countries that are member of the organization. Astrobiology includes the study of the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the Universe. It is a multi-disciplinary science that encompasses the disciplines of chemistry, biology, palaeontology, geology, atmospheric physics, planetary physics and stellar physics. The open questions to be addressed and the steps ahead in cosmochemistry, star and planet formation, the chemistry of life's origin, the study of bacterial life as a reference and the search for habitats and biosignatures beyond the Earth are presented.

Keywords

astrobiologybiosignatures of lifecosmochemistryexoplanetorigin of lifeplanet formationstar formation
Type
Research Article
Information
International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 4 , Issue 3-4 , October 2005 , pp. 195 - 202
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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