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What About the Rest of the Universe?

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What conditions would be required elsewhere in the Universe to support life? Perhaps we can explore this possibility by studying the conditions in which Earthly extremophiles exist. We fi nd that many living forms can exist under vastly different circumstances than what we would ordinarily think would be required to support life. This chapter describes some of them, then extends these conditions to outer space to infer the possible existence of extraterrestrial life. Finally, the several decade Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, SETI, is described.

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Boyd, R.N. (2012). What About the Rest of the Universe?. In: Stardust, Supernovae and the Molecules of Life. Astronomers' Universe. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1332-5_9

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