Vera, Jean-Pierre de
Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites
Part I. Parameters for Habitability, Habitable Zones and Life: Energy, Liquid Solvent, Information
1. The Habitable Zone: Basic Concepts
Stephen R. Kane
2. Exoplanets: Criteria for their Habitability and Possible Biospheres
John Lee Grenfell, Heike Rauer, Philip Paris
3. The Habitable Zone and the Generalized Greenhouse Effect
Giora Shaviv, Smadar Bressler, Nir J. Shaviv
4. The Influence of UV Radiation on Exoplanets’ Habitability
Orion Talmi, Giora Shaviv
5. Factors of Planetary Habitability
Rob Hengeveld
6. Bio-Relevant Microscopic Liquid Subsurface Water in Planetary Surfaces?
Diedrich Möhlmann
Part II. Impact Craters and the Evolution of Life
7. Organic Molecules in Lunar Ice: A Window to the Early Evolution of Life on Earth
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Part III. Field Studies in Planetary Analogs, Simulations and Space Experiments with Relevance to Habitability
8. Experimental Simulations of Possible Origins of Life: Conceptual and Practical Issues
Henry Strasdeit, Stefan Fox
9. Simulation and Measurement of Extraterrestrial Conditions for Experiments on Habitability with Respect to Mars
Andreas Lorek, Alexander Koncz
10. The Role of Terrestrial Analogs in the Exploration of the Habitability of Martian Evaporitic Environments
Roberto Barbieri
Part IV. Search for Habitable Worlds in the Solar System and Beyond
11. Microbial Scale Habitability on Mars
Frances Westall
12. Interior and Surface Dynamics of Terrestrial Bodies and their Implications for the Habitability
Lena Noack, Doris Breuer
13. Exoplanets and Habitability
Stephen R. Kane
Part V. Alternatives to Earth-Like Life
14. Extremophiles on Alien Worlds: What Types of Organismic Adaptations are Feasible on Other Planetary Bodies
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
15. Brown Dwarfs and Black Smokers: The Potential for Photosynthesis Using Radiation from Low-Temperature Black Bodies
John A. Raven, Sean Donnelly
Part VI. Application of Existing Technologies for the Detection of Habitable Planets and the Search for Life
16. Detection of Habitable Planets and the Search for Life
Heike Rauer, Juan Cabrera, Stefanie Gebauer, John Lee Grenfell
17. Raman Spectral Signatures in the Biogeological Record: An Astrobiological Challenge
Howell G. M. Edwards, Ian B. Hutchinson, Richard Ingley
18. Application of Raman Spectroscopy as In Situ Technology for the Search for Life
Ute Böttger, Jean-Pierre Vera, Antje Hermelink, Jörg Fritz, Iris Weber, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers
Part VII. Future Space Missions for Life Detection
19. Habitability on Kepler Worlds: Are Moons Relevant?
Julian Chela-Flores
20. Clean In Situ Subsurface Exploration of Icy Environments in the Solar System
Bernd Dachwald, Stephan Ulamec, Jens Biele
Part VIII. Summary and Conclusions
21. Theoretically Possible Habitable Worlds: But Will We Get Soon Answers by Observations?
Jean-Pierre Vera, Joseph Seckbach
Keywords: Life Sciences, Microbial Ecology, Ecology, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Geology
- Author(s)
- Vera, Jean-Pierre de
- Seckbach, Joseph
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 2013
- Series
- Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
- Page amount
- 29 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9789400765467