Table of Contents - Volume 5 The Search For Life in the Universe: Mars, Moon, Europa, Titan, Io, Encedalus, ExoPlanets, Nebular Clouds... February - March 2010
1. Searching for life on Habitable Planets and Moons Ashwini Kumar Lal, Ph.D.,
Deputy Adviser, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, New Delhi, India. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 801-810.
2. Numerical Astrophysics, Numerical Astrobiology
and the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Life. Duncan Forgan,
Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory Edinburgh,
Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, England. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 811-817.
3. The Search for Life on Other Planets:
Sulfur-Based, Silicon-Based, Ammonia-Based Life Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto,
Exobiology and Biosphere Laboratory - Southern Regional Space Research Center / National Institute for Space Research, Santa Maria, RS – Brazil.
Department of Biology, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS - Brazil. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 818-827.
4. Why Do Some People Reject Panspermia? Mark J. Burchell, Ph.D., Centre for Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, Ingram Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NH, United Kingdom. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 828-832.
5. Musings on the Origin of Life and Panspermia Milton Wainwright Ph.D.,
Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1091-1100.
6. The Imperatives of Cosmic Biology Carl H. Gibson, Ph.D.1, and N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D.2,
1University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA
2Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology, Cardiff University, 2 North Road, Cardiff CF10 3DY, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1101-1120.
7. Genetic Gradualism and the ExtraTerrestrial Origin of Life Alexei A. Sharov, Ph.D.,
Genetics Laboratory, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 833-842.
8. Principles of Genetic Evolution and the
ExtraTerrestrial Origins of life In Press
Journal of Cosmology, 5, 843-850.
9. Extraterrestrial Origin of Life and Genetic Gradualism M.A. Line, Ph.D.,
University of Tasmania, Hobart Australia.
Journal of Cosmology, 5, 851-853.
10. How Universal is the Universal Genetic Code?
A Question of ExtraTerrestrial Origins. Marco V. José, Ph.D.1,2, Eberto R. Morgado, Ph.D.3, Tzipe Govezensky, Ph.D.1, Isui
Aguilar, Ph.D.1
1Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria,
CP 04510 México DF, México.
2Centro Internacional de Ciencias A. C, Campus UNAM-UAEM, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
3Facultad de Matemática, Física y Computación, Universidad Central
"Marta Abreu" de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 854-874.
11. The Emergence of Life in the Universe at the
Epoch of Dark Energy Domination Nicola Poccia, Ph.D., Alessandro Ricci, Ph.D., Antonio Bianconi Ph.D.,
Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, P. le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 875-882.
12. Amino Acid Homochirality and the RNA World:
Necessities for
Life on Earth Koji Tamura, Ph.D.,
Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan; PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 883-889.
13. Life On Earth And Other Planets.
Science And Speculation Conrad Istock, Ph.D.,
Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, Visiting Fellow, Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 890-896.
14. Water Worlds, Naive Physics, Intelligent Life,
and Alien Minds Ben Goertzel, Ph.D.1 and Allan Combs, Ph.D.2,
1Novamente LLC; 2California Institute of Integral Studies. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 897-904.
15. Hydrocarbon Lakes and Watery Matrices/Habitats for
Life on Titan Takeshi Naganuma, Ph.D., and Yasuhito Sekine, Ph.D.,
Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Department of Complexity Science & Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 905-911.
16. Io: Is Life Possible Between Fire and Ice? Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D.,
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 912-919.
17. The Search for Life on Mars Yuk L. Yung, Ph.D.1, Michael J. Russell, Ph.D.2, and Christopher D. Parkinson, Ph.D.3, 1Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA 91125. 2Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109.
3Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1121-1130.
18. Extant Life on Mars: Resolving the Issues Gilbert V. Levin, Ph.D.,
Honorary Professor, Cardiff University, UK. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 920-929.
19. The Possible Role of Perchlorates in Martian Life Joop M. Houtkooper, Ph.D.1, and Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ph.D.2,
1Center for Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen,
D-35394 Germany. 2School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Washington. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 930-939.
20. Organic Geochemistry and the Exploration of Mars Mark A. Sephton, Ph.D.
Impacts and Astromaterials Research Centre, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1141-1149.
21. Halophilic Archaea and the Search for Extinct and Extant Life on Mars S. Leuko, Ph.D.1, L. J. Rothschild, Ph.D.1, and B. P. Burns, Ph.D.2,
1NASA Ames Research Centre, Moffett Field, CA-94035-1000, USA; 2Australian
Centre for Astrobiology and 2School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences,
The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 940-950.
22. Life on Mars?
Microbes in Mars-like Antarctic Environments William C. Mahaney, Ph.D.,1 and James Dohm, Ph.D.,2,3,
1Quaternary Surveys, 26 Thornhill Ave., Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, L4J 1J4.
2University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, Tucson, Arizona; 3The Museum, The Univeristy of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 951-958.
23. Water Worlds and Oceans May be Common in the Universe Robert Tyler, Ph.D.,
Applied Physics Laboratory, and Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Washington. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 959-970.
24. From the Moon to the Moons: Encedalus and Europa.
The Search for Life and Reliable Biomarkers. J. Chela-Flores, Ph.D.,
The Abdus Salam ICTP, Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste, Italia, and Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, IDEA, Caracas 1015A, República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 971-981.
25. Implications for Lunar Volcanism and
Proto-Life Based on Discoveries of Lunar Water Jack Green, Ph.D.
Department of Geology, California State University, Long Beach 90840-3902, California, USA Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1131-1140.
26. Seeding the Universe with Life:
Securing Our Cosmological Future Michael N. Mautner, Ph.D.,
Research Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284-2006, USA. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 982-994.
27. Book Review: "SABASA,
Fourth Planet from the Sunstar:
Earth's Alter Ego." Reviewed by Yervant Terzian, Ph.D.,
Cornell University Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 995-998.
28. Onto-biology: A Design Diagram of Life,
Rather Than Its Birthplace in the Cosmos. Ken Naitoh, Ph.D.
Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering 3-4-1 Ookubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555 Japan. Journal of Cosmology, 5, 999-1007.
29. Why Does Life Start, What Does It Do, Where Will It Be,
And How Might We Find It? Michael J. Russell, Ph.D., and Isik Kanik, Ph.D.,
Planetary Science, Section 3220, MS: 183-601, JPL, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA, and Department of Physics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA.
Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1008-1039.
30. Biological Cosmology and the Origins of Life in the Universe. Rhawn Joseph, Ph.D.1, and Rudolf Schild, Ph.D.2,
1Emeritus, Brain Research Laboratory, Northern California.
2Center for Astrophysics, Harvard-Smithsonian
Cambridge, MA
Journal of Cosmology, 5, 1040-1090.
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