"If the Moon is impacted by a giant asteroid and it changes the orbit dramatically - what would the effects on life on Earth be?"
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i would like to know if there is life on any other planet execpt for earth
So would I! The central questions of astrobiology deal with the origin and evolution of life on Earth and the search for evidence of life elsewhere. No life has been found on any other planet yet, but that is mostly because we have very limited technology for searching. Astrobiologists today are mostly at the stage of understanding habitability, the range of conditions under which life could exist. We are investigating the presence of habitable environments on Mars and other places in our solar system, but not yet searching directly for evidence of life. That will come later when we know more about where to search and exactly what to look for.
David Morrison
NAI Senior Scientist
May 1, 2008
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