Possibilities for the detection of microbial life on extrasolar planets

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 531-541

  Knacke, Roger F ^a  

^a BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosignatures; Darwin; Extrasolar planets; Remote sensing; Spectroscopy; Terrestrial planet finder

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

WATER;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME;

ALGAE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME; WATER;

EID: 3843125560     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703322610627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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