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Astrobiology in Europe, 20 years of expectations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2021

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André Brack*
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CBM UPR 4301, CNRS, Orleans, France
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Author for correspondence: André Brack, E-mail: andre.brack@cnrs-orleans.fr
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Abstract

During 20 years, the European astrobiologists collaborated within EANA, the European Astrobiology Network Association, to help European researchers developing astrobiology programmes to share their knowledge, to foster their cooperation, to attract young scientists to this quickly evolving interactive field of research, and to explain astrobiology to the public at large. The experiment of Stanley Miller in 1953 launched the ambitious hope that chemists would be able to shed light on the origins of life by recreating a simple life form in a test tube. However, the dream has not yet been accomplished, despite the great volume of effort and innovation put forward by the scientific community.

Keywords

Chemical automatahydrothermal environmentmineral assistanceOrigins of lifewet-dry cycling
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International Journal of Astrobiology , Volume 21 , Special Issue 5: Open Question and Next Steps in Astrobiology in Europe – Celebrating 20 Years of EANA , October 2022 , pp. 352 - 355
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Footnotes

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André Brack co-founded EANA with Beda Hoffmann, Gerda Horneck and David Wynn-Williams (Brack et al., 2001). The network was formalized in Spring 2001 during the First European Workshop on Exo/Astobiology held in Frascati, Italy.

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