A short list of some astrobiology terms (and people) from A to Z,
plus some topics specific to SDSU's Astr 310 course.
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A- astrobiology, archaea, ALH84001, ATP, amino acid, adenine, AGN, asteroid,
   astrometry, Apophis, absolute zero degrees, Astrobiology Magazine
B- black smokers, bacteria, big bang, biomarker/biosignature, basalt
C- carbonaceous chondrite, cosmic rays, carbon, Cambrian explosion, comet, 
   codon, cyanobacteria, cosmology, c (speed of light), Cassini, Chicxulub,
   CHONPS, confabulation, chirality, core, crust, clay, carbon dioxide,
   Curiosity Rover, carbonates, "central dogma of molecular biology"
D- Drake equation, DNA, domain, deinococcus radiodurans, Doppler effect,
   Darwin, Doppler method for finding exoplanets
E- Europa, Enceladus, extremophile, extrasolar planet, endosymbiosis, ethane,
   eukaryote, electromagnetic spectrum, energy, enantiomer, evolution
F- Fermi paradox, fossils, fusion, frequency, (Rosalind) Franklin, food chain
G- galaxies, genetic code, guanine, Gusev crater, gene, gamma rays, 
   Galileo Mission, gravitational microlensing, greenhouse effect
H- habitable zone, hydrothermal vent, hematite, Hubble constant, hot Jupiter,
   Huygens, Hoyle, helium, halophile, hypothesis
I- isotope, ices, iridium, intelligence, illusion, iron, Io, isotopic fractionation
J- Jupiter, Jovian moons, jarosite, JPL
K- K-T boundary, Kepler mission, Kuiper belt, Kelvin
L- life, light year, lithoautotroph, lander, lichen, (Elizabeth) Loftus, lipids, 
   liquid water, left-handed amino acids
M- Mars, methane, meteorites, MER, monomer, mass extinction, (Lynne) Margulis,
   M-star, microlensing, mitochondria, (Stanley) Miller, mantle, Milky Way,
   methanogen, (the) Moon
N- nucleus, nuclear fusion, nebula, nucleosynthesis, nucleotide, NEO,
   natural selection, nitrogren
O- organic molecules, Occam's razor, oxygen, ozone, O-star, olivine,
   organelle, Opportunity Rover
P- panspermia, photosynthesis, protein, polymer, Project Mogul, plates,
   parallax, Pompeii worm, parsec
Q- quasar, quantum mechanics
R- redshift, RNA, ribosome, runaway greenhouse effect, radio waves, regolith,
   Rare Earth hypothesis, ribose, rift, racemic, radioactive, RNA world
S- SETI, stromatolite, supernova, (Carl) Sagan, subduction, (William) Schopf,
   spore, Stroop effect, spectroscopy, Saturn's moons, slide rule, Spirit Rover, 
   Sag A*, silicon-based life
T- tardigrade, terraform, thermonuclear fusion, thermophile, Titan, terrestrial, 
   tectonics, Tunguska, transit, thymine, Theory, tidal forces
U- UFO, UV light, uracil, (Harold) Urey, universe
V- Viking mission, Vostok, volcano, virus, visual light, voids, vugs, Venus
W- water, water bear, waterhole, white dwarf, wavelength, Wien's law, (Carl) Woese,
   WMAP mission, War of the Worlds
X- X-rays
Y- Yellowstone hot springs
Z- zoo hypothesis; zircon

                                                       Prof. W. Welsh
                                                       updated 2015 Apr  9
                                                       updated 2022 Dec 12