The Concept of Life on Venus Informs the Concept of Habitability.

Venus—habitability—Venusian clouds—microbial

Journal

Astrobiology
ISSN: 1557-8070
Titre abrégé: Astrobiology
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101088083

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
27 May 2024
Historique:
medline: 27 5 2024
pubmed: 27 5 2024
entrez: 27 5 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

An enduring question in astrobiology is how we assess extraterrestrial environments as being suitable for life. We suggest that the most reliable assessments of the habitability of extraterrestrial environments are made with respect to the empirically determined limits to known life. We discuss qualitatively distinct categories of habitability:

Identifiants

pubmed: 38800952
doi: 10.1089/ast.2023.0106
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Auteurs

Charles S Cockell (CS)

UK Centre for Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

John E Hallsworth (JE)

Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Sean McMahon (S)

UK Centre for Astrobiology, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Stephen R Kane (SR)

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA.

Peter M Higgins (PM)

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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