Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 5 weeks

所在平台: CourseraArchive

课程类别: 物理与地球科学

大学或机构: The University of Edinburgh（爱丁堡大学）

授课老师： Charles Cockell

课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/course/astrobio

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Learn about the origin and evolution of life and the search for life beyond the Earth.

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Week 1: What is life and what are the definitions of life? What do we know about the origin of life and what are the current hypotheses for how it originated on the Earth?

Week 2: What was the environment of early Earth like when life first emerged and what do we know about life on the earliest Earth? How did life evolve to cope with survival in extreme environments? What have been the major evolutionary transitions of life on the Earth?

Week 3: What are the prospects for life on other planetary bodies in our Solar System and how do we go about searching for it? What conditions are required for a planet to be habitable?

Week 4: How do we search for Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars and how would we detect life on them?

Week 5: What are the possibilities for intelligent life elsewhere? How would we deal with contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence and what would be the impact on society? Who would represent Earth?

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Learn about the origin and evolution of life and the search for life beyond the Earth.

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