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Is there life elsewhere in the universe? And if there is, are there any intelligent beings? How did life emerge on the Earth, and, as a matter of fact, how do we define life and intelligence? These are probably the most interesting unsolved questions in science. During the last few decades a whole new field of astrobiology has evolved around these problems.
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Karttunen, H., Kröger, P., Oja, H., Poutanen, M., Donner, K.J. (2017). Astrobiology. In: Karttunen, H., Kröger, P., Oja, H., Poutanen, M., Donner, K. (eds) Fundamental Astronomy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53045-0_21
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