Exo-astrobiological aspects of Europa and Titan: From observations to speculations

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 471-487

  Raulin, François ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biological signatures; Europa; Exobiology; Life; Organic chemistry; Prebiotic chemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EARTH (PLANET); MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATORIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPACE RESEARCH;

ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL SIGNATURES; EUROPA; LIFE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY; TITAN;

SATELLITES;

EID: 21044458136     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-005-1967-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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