Meaning & use

exobiology

noun·Advanced

The branch of biology that studies the possibility and nature of life beyond Earth.

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Exobiology researchers study extreme environments on Earth for clues about life on other planets.

The mission's instruments were designed to gather exobiology data from the Martian soil.

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Exobiology is now more often called astrobiology, though both terms refer to the same field of study.

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