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for life in the solar system

Why is the Earth a living planet? How could such complex ecosystems arise?
What are the essential characteristics of Earthly life? What does that suggest about extraterrestrial life?
Where in the Solar System could we find extraterrestrial life?
What do we already know about these places? What will research bring in the near future?

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What will you find on this website?

The Dutch (Flemish) version is the original. The English and French versions of this website are machine translated.

course

Read the basic course

The course is taught annually at the UGent Public Observatory Armand Pien. Here you can read the course notes (or at least the parts I have already written).

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News

News highlights

On this page you will find a summary or sometimes a critical note about actual news items related to astrobiology research or ongoing and planned space missions. Certainly not a full update, but an occasional post we thought worth sharing.

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What & who?

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL:

What is the purpose of the website “Astrobiology in the Solar System”? And who is behind it?

Which organisations and people make up the ‘community’ in Belgium?

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