How the Search for Aliens Is Redefining Life in the Golden Age of Astrobiology

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August 22, 2024, 12:00 PM

• •Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol says the search for extraterrestrial life has profound physical, mental and spiritual implications.
• •Cabrol's new book The Secret Life of the Universe presents a comprehensive guide to how life could have evolved across our solar system.
• •Cabrol grounds our quest to find and define "life" in the natural balance, the give and take, between the biological and its environment.

Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol says the search for extraterrestrial life has profound physical, mental and spiritual implications, and that it belongs to everyone. In her new book The Secret Life of the Universe, Cabrol presents both a comprehensive guide to how life could have evolved across our solar system and a review of life's own journey on Earth, using historical, scientific and even spiritual lenses. Cabrol grounds our quest to find and define "life" in the natural balance, the give and take, between the biological and its environment. In doing so, she highlights how unnatural humanity's recent relationship with Earth truly is, emphasizing a need to restore balance with our home planet as we continue to explore other worlds.

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