Astral biology used to be termed exo biology. Was this just a rebranding to make people more interested in it? That's a very good questiontat m, sinting ause. Nassau started with an ozobiology office. So this has been a question that nassa has wanted answered since the beginning of nassa. And so i think the big transition came, obviously, after the viking results,. But i think thebig transition came after, um, the allan hills rock and the discovery of the organics ind the allan Hills rock.
What will life be like on other planets? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the origins of life on alien planets and extremophiles right here on Earth with astrobiologist Kennda Lynch.
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