Space Could life exist beyond Earth?

by Natural History Museum, The

• ISBN13: 9780565095697
• ISBN10: 0565095692
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-09-30
• Publisher: Natural History Museum, London

Summary

Are we alone in the universe?
Space: The search for life explores the latest science addressing this tantalizing and enduring question. New discoveries on Earth and in space are making scientists more confident that life could exist beyond our planet. Space: The search for life presents our current understanding of how life arose on Earth and describes how we are searching asteroids, Mars and the icy moons of the gas giants for signs of life. This book features key specimens from the remarkable meteorite collection held by the Natural History Museum, London, as well as the scientific equipment belonging to NASA and the European Space Agency, such as rovers and capsules. Also woven through the story are fascinating fossils of early life and specimens of animals that live in extreme environments that are informing humankind's missions in space.

Author Biography

With more than 80 million specimens, the scope of the Museum’ s collections is simply vast. It includes one of the world's finest collections of meteorites, notable in particular for its historical falls, meteorites that landed in Britain and meteorites originating from Mars.