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The Possibility of
Life on Europa
About Europa
Missions
to Europa
The
Discovery of Europa
Authors and Resources
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"Astrobiology seeks to understand
the origin of the building blocks of life, how these biogenic compounds
combine to create life, how life affects - and is affected by the
environment from which it arose, and finally, whether and how life expands
beyond its planet of origin. None of these questions is by any means new -
but for the first time since they were posed, these questions may now be
answerable. Astrobiology seeks to provide a philosophical and programmatic
underpinning whereby life's place in the universe can be explored - at
levels of inter-related complexity ranging from molecular to galactic."
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Basically, astrobiology
is the search for life in the universe. It tries to answer
three basic questions: (1) how life began, (2) does life exist anywhere
besides Earth, and (3) what is the future of life on Earth?
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The surface of Europa
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