the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life
Branch of biology concerned with the effects of extraterrestrial environments on living organisms
The term "exobiology" was coined (c 1960) ([21], 355) by the geneticist, Joshua Lederberg ([69]) It refers to the study of (or, for the present time at least, the search for) life beyond the Earth's atmosphere, in effect on other planets Whereas the program SETI is the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, the scope of exobiology is wider: it is the search for alien life itself, intelligent or not