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This information is preliminary and may be subject to change Fundamental questions of astrobiologyWhat is life? Is intelligent life a probable consequence of evolution? What is the future of SETI? Influence of the geochemical context for the origin of life on the earliest stages of natural and chemical selectionWhat was the role of mineral catalysis? Were hydrothermal vents, tectonic styles or crustal differentiation important? When and how did life "detach" itself from the inorganic world? HabitabilityWhat is habitability? Which planets are more habitable and why? – from the interior to the atmosphere to the host star. Detection of exoplanets and habitable worldsHow and where shall we look for exoplanets and habitable worlds? Which evidence of life is least ambiguous and which signatures should we look for? Future missions to rocky planets and geological, geochemical and atmospheric biosignaturesWhat can astrobiologists contribute and which geological or atmospheric biosignatures should we aim to find? Missions to outer planets and their satellites: Jupiter, Saturn, Europa, Ganymede, Titan, Enceladus – worlds of astrobiological interest facing engineering challenges. Catastrophical events: Impacts, global glaciation and other catastrophesWhat is their influence on the evolution of life? Weird forms of life and deep subsurface lifeWhat is the nature of this newly discovered ecosystem, and what impacts does it have on global biogeochemistry? How might this occur on other worlds? What do extremophiles really tell us about early life on Earth and life on other worlds? What are alternative chemistries for life and how can life look like on carbon planets or waterworld? |
