How was life created in the universe? Can other planets sustain life (or do they already?). Increasing space exploration could make this era the ‘time of the astrobiologists.’ These folks explore the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.
NASA Explains the Field
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/what-is-astrobiology
Watch "Ask An Astrobiologist: NASA's Dragonfly Mission to Titan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Os67j7gNs&feature=youtu.be
Are We Alone in the Universe?
As a Career -One of the Hottest New College Majors… Exploring new worlds: U Illinois Alumna Kennda Lynch Creates a Career in Astrobiology
https://ise.illinois.edu/newsroom/article/kennda-lynch
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/career-path-suggestions/
5 Incredible Breakthroughs in Astrobiology (And Why They Matter)
https://news.fit.edu/academics-research/5-incredible-breakthroughs-astrobiology/
The SETI Institute
https://www.seti.org/research/Astrobiology
Japan's Hayabusa2 mission delivers the first subsurface steroid samples to Earth
How Hayabusa Gets it Done
https://www.planetary.org/video/how-hayabusa2-will-return-samples-from-ryugu-to-earth
COMING UP SOON- Watch!!: A Rainbow of Exo Planets
https://www.seti.org/event/seti-talks-rainbow-exoplanets
Our Place in the Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Sh9IjoPzQ
Grand Challenges: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe
STEM, STEAM, STEMX, STEMD and beyond..
ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism.