THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
The European Exo/Astrobiology Network Association
The NASA Astrobiology Institute
COSMIC AND TERRESTRIAL EVOLUTION
Overview of cosmic evolution
Physical phenomena underlying the origin of life
Origin of biogenic elements
Recent advances and setbacks in searching for the oldest life on Earth
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION:
THE IMPACT OF THE MILLER EXPERIMENT
Chemical evolution and the contribution of Stanley Miller
From the Miller experiment to biological evolution
WHAT ARE THE MAJOR UNSOLVED QUESTIONS?
ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS FOR THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE
The possible role of clays in the origin of genetic material on Earth.
The origin and evolution of life at hydrothermal vents
DISTRIBUTION OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
The interstellar medium, micrometeorites
and comets
Spontaneous generation of amino
acid structures in the interstellar medium
The Rosetta mission
Mars and the Early Earth
Mars Odyssey
Perspectives of the Mars Express mission:
Goals and capabilities of the Beagle 2 Lander
Water evolution on Mars
Martian meteorites, new studies, new thoughts
Ancient Life on Earth and Mars
Review of missions to the outer Solar
System
Europa overview of the future missions
The Cassini-Huygens mission
The search for extrasolar systems
The search for extrasolar planets
Planets with Detectable Life
Detection of water in extrasolar planets
Planets with Detectable Life
Search for extrasolar life: the Darwin/TPF mission
Introduction to SETI
SETI on the Moon
What does it take to produce intelligent life?
Evolution of intelligent behavior