A short list of some astrobiology terms (and people), from A to Z
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A- astrobiology, archaea, ALH84001, ATP, amino acid, adenine
B- black smokers, bacteria, big bang
C- carbonaceous chondrite, cosmic rays, carbon, Cambrian explosion, comet
D- Drake equation, DNA, domain
E- Europa, Enceladus, extremeophile, extrasolar planet, endosymbiosis, eukaryote
F- Fermi paradox, fossils, fusion, frequency
G- galaxies, genetic code, guanine, Gusev crater
H- habitable zone, hydrothermal vent, hematite, Hubble , hot Jupiter
I- isotope, ices, iridium, intelligence
J- Jovian moons, JIMO
K- K-T boundary, Kepler mission
L- life, light year, lithophile, lander, lichen, Loftus
M- Mars, methane, meteorites, MER, monomer, mass extinction, Margulis
N- nucleus, nuclear fusion, nebula, nucleosynthesis, nucleotide
O- organic molecules, Occam's razor, oxygen
P- panspermia, photosynthesis, protein, polymer, Project Mogul, plates
Q- quasar, quantum mechanics
R- redshift, RNA, ribosome, runaway greenhouse effect, radio, Rare Earth
S- SETI, stromatolite, supernova, Sagan, subduction, Schopf, spore
T- terraform, thermonuclear fusion, Titan, terrestrial, tectonics
U- UFO, UV light, uracil, Urey
V- Viking mission, Vostok, volcano
W- water, waterhole, white dwarf, wavelength, Wien's law
X- X-rays
Y- Yellowstone hot springs
Z- zoo hypothesis

                                                       2008 March 28