astroecology
Sign in to saveAlso known as space ecology, outer space ecology, ecology in outer space, exoecology, astronomical ecology, astronomy and ecology
Astroecology concerns the interactions of biota with space environments. It studies resources for life on planets, asteroids and comets, around various stars, in galaxies, and in the universe. The results allow estimating the future prospects for life, from planetary to galactic and cosmological scales.
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Cultures on simulated asteroid/meteorite materials
- Effects of wastage
- Galactic ecology
- Potential life in the universe
- Directed panspermia
- See also
- References
- External links
Astroecology concerns the interactions of biota with space environments. It studies resources for life on planets, asteroids and comets, around various stars, in galaxies, and in the universe. The results allow estimating the future prospects for life, from planetary to galactic and cosmological scales.
Available energy, and microgravity, radiation, pressure and temperature are physical factors that affect astroecology. The ways by which life can reach space environments, including natural panspermia and directed panspermia are also considered. Further, for human expansion in space and directed panspermia, motivation by life-centered biotic ethics, panbiotic ethics and planetary bioethics are also relevant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “astroecology” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.