exobiology

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Synonyms for exobiology

the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life

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Although there has been and continues to be speculation about inorganic biochemistries, most professional exobiologists (who search for signs of extra-terrestrial life) do not give them a moment's thought.
How can one element so dominate the provincial imaginations of chemists that exobiologists rarely bother to speculate about life based on any other element?
NASA exobiologists (scientists who look for extraterrestrial life or life on other planets) have ruled out finding life on the surface of Mars.
In fact, the questions raised by exobiologists may never be answered in the affirmative even if life does exist elsewhere in reality.