An edition of From dying stars to the birth of life (2011)
From dying stars to the birth of life
the new science of astrobiology and the search for life in the universe
By Jerry Lynn Cranford
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Nottingham University Press
Language
eng
Pages
237
Description:
"The rise of computers and rocket science in the last half of the 20th century allowed scientists to make two amazing discoveries that indicated life may be widespread throughout our universe. In the 1970s, life scientists started finding small bacterial-like creatures living on our planet in extreme hostile environments that everyone believed should instantly kill any living things. Some of these life-forms lived in hot or boiling water that was extremely salty, acidic, or alkaline. A few made their homes inside icebergs, while others lived inside rocks located miles below ground, or even on the power rods of nuclear power plants"--The publisher.