Europa: A potential source of parallel evolution for micro-organisms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 55-67

  Chela Flores, Julian ^a,b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Distribution of life in the universe; Eukaryogenesis; Europa; Instrumentation; Solar system exploration

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULES; PLANETS; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ASTROBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTIAL LIFE; ICE LAYER; JUPITER; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0038336055     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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