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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record AUTHOR Angelo, Joseph A. TITLE How scientists search for alien life [electronic resource] / Joseph A. Angelo, Jr. IMPRINT New York : Facts On File, 2020. DESCRIPTION 1 online resource (144 p.) : ill. (some col.). SERIES Gale eBooks. SERIES Life in the universe. CONTENT NOTE Principle of mediocrity -- Fundamental concepts in astrobiology -- Extraterrestrial life chauvinisms -- NASA's Viking Project -- Curiosity : mobile laboratories on Mars -- Mars 2020 rover : Perseverance -- Extrasolar planets and the continuously habitable zone -- Extrasolar planet hunting techniques. SUMMARY This eBook discusses the ways in which astrobiologists search for life beyond Earth, with sections on major exploration missions such as the Viking project, the Deep Space Network, and NASA's Origins Program. It presents the basic principles of astrobiology to improve understanding of current efforts made by astronomers and astrobiologists to find life-bearing worlds around other stars. SUBJECT Exobiology. DISCIPLINE Biology. DISCIPLINE Internet Resources. LINK Available via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access (Password can be acquired from eClass public announcement) ISBN 9781438193595 (ebk.). Location Call Number Status World Wide Web 576.839 ANG ebook Internet 網上資源