Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites

Foreword. - Preface. - Introduction. - List of Authors and Their Addresses. - Acknowledgements. - Part 1: PARAMETERS FOR HABITABILITY, HABITABLE ZONES AND LIFE: ENERGY, LIQUID SOLVENT, INFORMATION. - The Habitable Zone: Basic Concepts. - Exoplanets: Criteria for Their Habitability and Possible Biospheres. - The Habitable Zone and The Generalized Greenhouse Effect. - The Influence of UV Radiation on Exoplanets Habitability. - Factors of Planetary Habitability. - Bio-relevant microscopic liquid subsurface water in planetary surfaces? . - Part 2: IMPACT CRATERS AND THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE. - Organic molecules in lunar ice: a window to the early evolution of life on Earth. - Part 3: FIELD STUDIES IN PLANETARY ANALOGS, SIMULATIONS AND SPACE EXPERIMENTS WITH RELEVANCE TO HABITABILITY. - Experimental simulation of possible origins of life (Conceptual and Practical Issues). - Simulation and measurement of extraterrestrial conditions for experiments on habitability with respect to Mars. - The Role of Terrestrial Analogs in the Exploration of The Habitability of Martian Evaporitic Environments. - Part 4: SEARCH FOR HABITABLE WORLDS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND. - Microbial scale habitability on Mars. - Interior and surface dynamics of terrestrial bodies and their implications for the habitability. - Exoplanets and habitability. - Part 5: ALTERNATIVES TO EARTH-LIKE LIFE. - Extremophiles on Alien Worlds: What Types of Organismic Adaptations are Feasible on Other Planetary Bodies. - Brown Dwarfs and Black Smokers. The Potential for Photosynthesis using Radiation from Low-Temperature Black Bodies. - Part 6: APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DETECTION OF HABITABLE PLANETS AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE. - Detection of Habitable Planets and The Search for Life. - Raman Spectral Signatures in the Biogeological Record: An Astrobiological Challenge. - Application of Raman Spectroscopy as In Situ Technology for the Search for Life. - Part 7:FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS FOR LIFE DETECTION. - Habitability on Kepler worlds: Are Moons Relevant? . - Clean In-Situ Subsurface Exploration of Icy Environments in the Solar System. - Part 8: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. - Theoretically possible habitable Worlds but soon will we get answers by observations? . - Subject Index. - Author Index.