''Astrobiology'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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covering research on the
origin,
evolution
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, distribution and future of life across the universe. The journal's scope includes
astrobiology
Astrobiology (also xenology or exobiology) is a scientific field within the List of life sciences, life and environmental sciences that studies the abiogenesis, origins, Protocell, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the univ ...
,
astrophysics
Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline, James Keeler, said, astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the ...
, astropaleontology, bioastronomy,
cosmochemistry
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, ecogenomics, exobiology,
extremophile
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s,
geomicrobiology
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, gravitational biology, life detection technology, meteoritics, origins of life, planetary geoscience, planetary protection, prebiotic chemistry, space exploration technology and
terraforming
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.
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'', the journal has a 2019
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 4.091.
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Astrobiology journals
Mary Ann Liebert academic journals
Academic journals established in 2001
Bimonthly journals
English-language journals
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