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- Life Extraterrestrial: Life on Other Planets in the Solar System - Curriculum framework for comparing Earth to other planets with regard to life.
- Life on the Edge - Science@NASA article on an experiment designed for students of all ages to investigate life in extreme environments and to learn about the possibilities for life elsewhere in the Solar System.
- The Columbus Optical SETI Observatory - Site dedicated to promoting the Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Here you will find a different approach to The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence. The Optical Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, otherwise known as Optical SETI (OSETI), seeks to detect pulsed and continuous wave laser beacons signals in the visible and infrared spectrums.
- The Planetary Society - A nonprofit organization devoted to the exploration of the solar system and the search for extraterrestrial life.
- NSCORT in Origins of Life - The NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training at the New York Center for Studies of the Origins of Life. A partnership with RPI and SUNY-Albany.
- Origins of Life in our Solar System - A brief overview of creation of the universe and origins of life in our solar system.
- The Origin of Life and Evolution of the Cosmos - Explores events that led to the origin of life on earth.
- The Extraterrestrial Sermons - Masters thesis on how the reception of extraterrestrial transmissions might affect world religions.
- Astrobiology Magazine - E-zine on life beyond Earth and origin of life. Includes news articles, reference material, and forums.
- Searching for the Aliens - Article about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Wikipedia Articles
- Extraterrestrial life - Extraterrestrial life is life originating outside of the Earth. It is the subject of astrobiology, and its existence remains theoretical.
- Extraterrestrial life in popular culture - In popular cultures, life forms--especially intelligent life forms, that are of extraterrestrial origin, i.e.
- Alternative biology - Alternative biology is the study of theoretical or non-traditional life forms such as acellular life, non-carbon-based life, extraterrestrial life, cyborg life, or artificial life.
- Intervention theory - The intervention theory of the origin of terrestrial life is a group of alternative hypotheses of the origin of life on this planet. Intervention theories postulate that life was deliberately introduced to this planet by intelligent extraterrestrial beings - contrast this with panspermia theory, which hypotheses that simple life was introduced to Earth through unintelligent mechanisms.
- Biota (taxonomy) - In some systems of scientific classification, Biota or Vitae is the superdomain that contains all life. For that reason it is often disputed how the taxon should be further divided, as the definition of what life really is is often changed or adjusted, and also extraterrestrial life would be included besides the life on Earth, if it would be discovered.