origins of
origins of life on
photosynthesis on
radio chatter from
rocks of
separation between sky and
in thermally habitable (TH) zone
uniqueness of
Venus compared with
Easter Island
Eddington satellite
Egypt, ancient
Eichhorn, Heinrich
Einstein, Albert
electromagnetic forces
elements, cosmic abundances of
energy
Dyson sphere and
in eukaryotic cells
as requirement for life
in special relativity theory
spin (angular momentum)
thermonuclear (hydrogen) fusion and
Energy Department, U.S.
entropy
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Epsilon Eridani
Eratosthenes
Eros
eukarya
eukaryotic cells
Europa:
46
atmosphere of
cancellation of spacecraft mission to
future research on
life on
Europa Orbiter
European Space Agency (ESA)
evolution
from molecules to cells
exobiology
astrobiology vs.
NASA program in
extinction events
extrasolar planets
astrometric technique in detection of
brown dwarfs vs.
difficulty in finding of
discovery of
Drake equation and
Earth-like, search for
"Goldilocks" and
as hot Jupiters
of pulsars
spectrographic analysis in search for
star's swallowing of
of sun-like stars
van de Kamp's search for
without stars
extraterrestrial life:
carbon-based
false indications of
"giggle factor" and
lack of evidence for
Martian archetype for
panspermia hypothesis and
search for; see also SETI
extremophiles
in Antarctica
in deep, hot biosphere
Gold's views on
on Mars
on ocean floor
use of term
Fermi, Enrico
fertilizer
15 Sagittae
51 Ophiuchi
51 Pegasi
51 Peg B
55 Cancri
films, aliens in
"firefly on a searchlight" problem
First Astrobiology Workshop (September 1996)
Fitch, Frank
Fizeau, Armand
Flagstaff Observatory
flux tube
flying saucers
food chain:
autotrophs and
heterotrophs and
ocean-floor
photosynthetic
47 Ursae Majoris (the Big Bear)
fossils
of Martian life
in meteorites
France
meteorite in
Friedmann, Imre
Frost, Robert
Fuller, Buckminster
fungi
future research
on comets and asteroids
on Europa
on Mars
on Moon
prediction of breakthroughs in
prospects for
on Titan
Gaia hypothesis
galaxies
see also Milky Way
Galilean satellites:
16
see also Callisto; Europa; Ganymede; Io
Galileo
Galileo Galilei
Galle, Johann Gottfried
Ganymede
gas:
ionized, see plasma
natural
gas exchange
Gatewood, George
Gemini flights
Gemini North telescope
genes
geocentric concept of universe
perfection of heavens in
of Ptolemy
Geological Survey, U.S.
geologists, geology
extremophiles and
Ghana
"giggle factor"
Gillett, Stephen L.
Giotto probe
Glenn Center
Gliese, Wilhelm
Gliese 229
Gliese 229 B
Gliese 793
global warming
glycerol
God
Goddard, Robert
Goddard Space Center
gods
Gold, Thomas
"Goldilocks"
resignation of
Gore, Al
Gould, Stephen Jay
gravity
of Moon
see also specific planets
Great Britain
Great Red Spot
Greeks, ancient
Green and Red Planet, The (Strughold)
Green Bank Conference
greenhouse effect
Greenland rocks
Grinspoon, David Harry
Gusev Crater
Guzman, Clara Goguet
Guzman, Pierre
Guzman Prize
Haber, Fritz
habitable zone
see also thermally habitable (TH) zone
Haldane, J. B. S.
half-life
Halley, Edmund
Halley's Comet
halophiles
Harper, Lynn
Hart, Michael
Harvard radio telescope
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Harvard University
Hat Creek Observatory
Haut, Walter G.
Hawking, Stephen
Hayden Planetarium
HD70642
HD82943
HD209458
HD209458 B
"heavy bombardment" era
heliocentric system
helium
on Earth
fusion of
on Jupiter
on Neptune
on Saturn
Hellas Planitia
Henry, Gregory W.
Herschel, William
Herschel crater
Hershey, John L.
Hertz, Heinrich
heterotrophs
Hewish, Antony
Heyerdahl, Thor
Hill, Betty and Barney
Hipparchus of Nicaea
Hoffman, Nick
Holmberg, Erik
Homo sapiens, see humans
Horowitz, Paul
hot Jupiters
House of Representatives, U.S.
Hoyle, Fred
Hoyle-Wickramasinghe hypothesis
Hubbard, Scott
Hubble Space Telescope
extrasolar planets and
Hudson's Bay
Human Genome Project
humans
in exploration of Mars
greenhouse effect and
as multicellular
off-Earth life for
radioactive elements in
hunters and gatherers
Huntress, Wesley
Huygens probe
hydrates
hydrocarbons
see also polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
hydrochloric acid
hydrogen
on Earth
fusion of (thermonuclear fusion)
on Jupiter
on Mars
on Neptune
radio signals and
on Saturn
in Sun
on Venus
hydrogen sulfide
hydroxyl radicals
Hyneck, J. Allen
hypnotic regression
ice, amorphous
ice, water
in comets
on Jupiter
on Mars
on Mercury
on Moon
Ice Age
Idaho, subsurface microbes in
Indiana University
Indian Ocean
Inquisition
Institute for Space Astrophysics
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
intelligent life
Bruno's views on
on Mars
search for, 3; see also SETI
superior forms of
interferometry
International Space Station (ISS)
interstellar clouds
in birth of life
in origin of solar system
radio energy emitted by
interstellar distances
Introduction to Astrobiology (Pereira)
Io
ionosphere
ions
IRC+10216
iridium
iron
on Earth
on Mars
on Mercury
iron oxide
iron sulfide
Isidis Planitia
"island hopping" technique
isotopes
Isua formation
Italy
Ivuna meteorite
Jakosky, Bruce
Jansky, Karl
Japan
Jeans, Sir James
Jefferson, Thomas
Jeffreys, Sir Harold
Jenniskens, Peter
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Pluto mission and
SETI and
Jin Xiong
Jodrell Bank radio telescope
John Paul II, Pope
Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) of
Johnson Space Flight Center
Jupiter
atmosphere of
axial tilt of
comet crash on
extrasolar planets compared with
as failed star
Galileo probe and
as "gas giant"
gravity of
Great Red Spot of
life on
magnetosphere of
ocean of
Pioneer flybys to
radio emissions of
rings of
Van Allen belts of
water on
Jupiter, moons of
life on
see also Galilean satellites
Kanagawa University
Kant, Immanuel
Keck telescope
Keeler, James
Kennedy, John F.
Kennedy Space Center
Kepler, Johannes
Kepler project
Keyhoe, Donald
Kingsley, Stuart A.
Klaproth, Martin
krypton
K/T (Cretaceous/Tertiary) extinction event
Kuiper, Gerard
Kuiper Belt
Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs)
Kulkarni, Shrinivas
label release
Lalande 21185
Langley Center
Laplace, Pierre-Simon, Marquis de
lasers
lead
Leeuwenhoek, Anton van
Leonardo da Vinci
Letter on Sunspots (Galileo)
Leuschner Observatory
Le Verrier, Urbain
LGM ("little green men") hypothesis
lichen
Lick Observatory
life
categories of
extrasolar, see alien abductions; astronauts, ancient; extrasolar planets; SETI; UFOs
future of, 1
history of, 1
impact on Earth
laboratory creation of
three requirements of
as unique vs. normal
versatility and hardiness of
see also creation of life; extraterrestrial life; intelligent life
limb brightening
limb darkening
Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program (LINEAR)
lithium
lithotrophs
Liu, Charles
Liu, Michael
Lockheed Martin Astronautics
Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lost City
Lovelock, James
Lowell, Percival
Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus)
Lunar Prospector, 25
Lunine, Jonathan
Lyne, Andrew
lysosomes
M13 (star cluster)
M31 (spiral galaxy)
Magellan
magma
Marconi, Guglielmo
Marcy, Geoffrey W.
Margulis, Lynn
Mariner missions
Mars
atmosphere of
axial tilt of
canale (channels or canals) of
craters of
as desert
Earth compared with
exploration of
fascination with
gravity of
life on
Mariner missions to
meteorites from
moons of
research needs for
rocks of
science fiction about
spacecraft missions planned for
as spectacular world
Viking missions to
water on
Marsburger, John
Mars Climate Orbiter
Mars Exploration Rovers (MERs)
Mars Express
Mars Global Surveyor
Marshall Center
Mars Observer
Mars Odyssey
Mars Polar Lander
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Martian Chronicles, The (Bradbury)
Martians
Massachusetts, University of
Maxwell, James Clerk
Mayor, Michael
McKay, David
McNabb, James
mealybugs, symbiosis and
medium (solvent), as requirement for life
menstrual cycles
Menzel, Donald
Mercury
craters on
Galilean satellites compared with
planetesimal's collision with
rotation rate of
water on
messenger RNA (mRNA)
META (Megachannel ExtraTerrestrial Assay)
metabolism
meteorites
carbonaceous chondrites
defined
from Mars
"organized elements" in
Pasteur's study of
meteoroids
meteors
methane
in Earth's atmosphere
on Jupiter
on Neptune
methanogens
methanol
Metrodorus of Chios
Mexico
Meyer, Michael
Microvariability and Oscillation of Stars (MOST)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mikulski, Barbara
Milky Way
composition and history of
SETI and
Miller, Stanley L.
Milton, John
Mimas
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Lincoln Laboratory of
mitochondria
Moffett, William A.
Moffett Field
Mojzsis, Stephen J.
Moon
bacteria on
Barnard's Star compared with
craters on
formation of
future research and
Galileo's experiment repeated on
gravity of
phases of
rock samples from
size of
surface of
water ice on
see also Apollo missions
Morrison, David
Morrison, Philip
Moulton, Forest Ray
Mullard Radio Astronomy Laboratory
Murchison meteorite
Murray, Bruce
Murray meteorite
Muses-C spacecraft
mutations
Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)
Myhrvold, Nathan P.
NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)
Nagy, Bartholomew
Nagy, Lois Anne
Nakuru, Lake
nanobacteria
nanotechnology
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
budget cuts of
Earth-sized planets sought by
exobiology program of
future research of
hierarchy of centers of
Mars research and
Pluto mission and
SETI and
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) of
Zero-Base Review of
see also Ames Research Center; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; specific programs and spacecraft
National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)
National Performance Review ("reinventing government")
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
National Research Council
Native Americans
Nature
Naval Observatory, U.S.
Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs)
NEAR Shoemaker
nebular hypothesis
Nelson, Bill
neon
Neptune
atmosphere of
discovery of
as "gas giant"
interior of
moons of
perturbations in orbit of
Pluto in orbit of
rings of
NetLander
Neufield, David
Neumann, John von
New Horizons program
Newton, Sir Isaac
Nickel Telescope
Nigeria
Nile River
nitrogen
on Pluto
nitrogen fixing
Nozomi
nuclear rockets
nuclear threat
nucleic acids
see also DNA; RNA
nucleotide
Oberg, James
ocean floor, life forms on
Ohio State University
O'Keefe, Sean
Olympus Mons
Oort, Jan
Oort Cloud
Optical SETI
organic chemistry
organic molecules
in asteroids
in comets
heterotrophs and
on Jupiter
in meteorites
right- vs. left-handed
organic soup concept
Orgueil meteorite
Orion Nebula
Oró, Juan
Otawara
oxygen
in birth of solar system
in Earth's atmosphere
in Europa's atmosphere
ionized
on Jupiter
on Mars
on Venus
Pacific Northwest Laboratory
Pacific Ocean
paleontologists
panspermia hypothesis
Paramount Pictures
Pasteur, Louis
Pathfinder/Sojourner
Pereira, Flavio A.
Pflock, Karl T.
phosphoric acid
photosynthesis
on Earth
on Venus
pH value
Piazzi, Giuseppe
Pioneer flybys
Pioneer Venus
Planetary Society
Planet C mission