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exobiology /ˌɛksəʊbʌɪˈɒlədʒi /noun [mass noun]The branch of science that deals with the possibility and likely nature of life on other planets or in space.In the first category, the grants have supported research in astrobiology, exobiology and extraterrestrial analog environments on Earth....- Carl Sagan pioneered the study of exobiology - the study of possible alien life forms and biochemistry.
- Dubbed ExoMars, the mission will send a lander and a rover to the red planet to carry out exobiology and geophysical analysis of the Martian environment.
Derivativesexobiological adjective ...- He thought for a little while longer, got up from his favorite reflecting chair, and moved to the workspace and accessed the exobiological database.
exobiologist noun ...- Some exobiologists have theorized that comets such as Hyakutake helped seed early Earth with the ingredients for life.
- Our exobiologists expect any alien species we may encounter to be bipedal mammals that are approximately our size.
- The commission included no engineers or exobiologists, ‘no one interested in the search for life on Mars or in human missions to Mars.’
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