Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life – 5 week course

This 5 week course beginning January 28th, 2013 at the University of Edinburgh will explore what we know about life’s ability to live in extreme environments on the Earth. We will look at some of the missions to search for life in our own Solar System and on planets orbiting distant stars. We will discuss some of the extreme environments on the Earth that help us understand the limits of life and how life has adapted to cope with extremes. We will explore the possibility of intelligent alien life and some of the implications of its detection. The course will provide a foundation in astrobiology and introduce students to concepts in a diversity of scientific fields.

Visit: https://www.coursera.org/course/astrobio for all the course information.