Origin and evolution of life on terrestrial planets

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Brack, A ^a   Horneck, G ^b   Cockell, C S ^c   Berces A ^d   Belisheva, N K ^e   Eiroa, Carlos ^f   Henning, Thomas ^g   Herbst, Tom ^g   Kaltenegger, Lisa ^h   Léger, Alain ⁱ   Liseau, Réne ^j   Lammer, Helmut ^k   Selsis, Franck ^l   Beichman, Charles ^m   Danchi, William ⁿ   Fridlund, Malcolm ^o   Lunine, Jonathan ^p   Paresce, Francesco ^q   Penny, Alan ^r   Quirrenbach, Andreas ^s   Röttgering, Huub ^t   Schneider, Jean ^u   Stam, Daphne ^v   Tinetti, Giovanna ^w   White, Glenn J ^c,r   more..

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^e Polar Alpine Botanical Garden Institute   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^h HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^k Austrian Academy of Sciences   (Austria)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^m CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^o EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^q INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^r RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^t LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^u OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^v SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^w UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Organic molecules; Origin of life; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; LIFE;

ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; IONS; LIFE; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 77949897970     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0374     Document Type: Article

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