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The study of life’s origins, distribution, and possible existence beyond Earth.
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- astrobiology mission
- astrobiology research
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The astrobiology mission sampled the buried ice.
Her astrobiology research examined possible microbial habitats.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable as a field of study. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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