BioConcepts

exobiologyExobiologie (ger.)

• The branch of biology that deals with the search for extraterrestrial life and the effects of extraterrestrial surroundings on living organisms. Also called astrobiology, space biology. (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)
  category biology

  1960

  Exobiology: approaches to life beyond the earth

  Lederberg, J. (1960). Exobiology: approaches to life beyond the earth. Science 132, 393-400: 393.

  1960

  Dr. Lederberg is building up a team for work on exobiology, as this branch of the study of life on other planets is called.

  Anonymus (1960). Daily Telegraph 14. Jan. 1960: 11/1

  1982

  exobiology The study of extraterrestrial life.

  Lincoln, R.J., Boxshall, G.A. & Clark, P.F. (1982). A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics: 88.