Outline of extraterrestrial life
Overview of and topical guide to extraterrestrial life
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to extraterrestrial life:
Extraterrestrial life – is any type of lifeform, from prokaryotes to intelligent beings, that is neither native of Earth or transplanted from it. So far, no extraterrestrial life has ever been found.[1]
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- Astrobiology
- Mars
- Meteorites
- Biosignatures
- Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- Active SETI
- Allen Telescope Array
- Pioneer plaque
- Project Phoenix (SETI)
- SERENDIP
- Technosignature
- Xenoarchaeology
- Communication with extraterrestrial intelligence
Likely requirements
Potential locations
- Colonization of Europa
- Habitability of K-type main-sequence star systems
- Habitability of natural satellites
- Habitability of red dwarf systems
- Habitable exoplanet
- Life on Mars
- Life on Titan
- Life on Venus
- Catalogs
Possible traits
Ideas
- Anthropocentrism
- Carbon chauvinism
- Copernican principle
- Cosmic pluralism
- Drake equation
- Fermi paradox
- Fine-tuned universe
- Kardashev scale
- Mediocrity principle
- Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
Fringe and conspiracy theories
Extraterrestrial life media
Note: Only nonfiction works in this section
- Books
- Alien Oceans
- Cosmos (Sagan book)
- Evolving the Alien
- Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
- Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
- Documentaries
- Cosmos: Possible Worlds
Persons influential in extraterrestrial life
- Giordano Bruno
- Frank Drake
- Enrico Fermi
- Michael H. Hart
- Stephen Hawking
- Avi Loeb
- Carl Sagan
- Peter Ward
Extraterrestrial life in fiction
- Extraterrestrials in fiction
- List of fictional extraterrestrials
- List of alien races in DC Comics
- List of alien races in Marvel Comics
- List of Star Trek aliens
- List of Star Wars creatures
- Archetypes
- Plots
References
- ^ "Are we alone in the universe?". NASA. March 1, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
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