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The idea that life is a cosmic, rather than a purely terrestrial phenomenon, has progressed from scientific heresy to mainstream science within the short timespan of a few decades. The theory of cometary panspermia developed by Fred Hoyle and the present author in the 1970's has been vindicated by a spate of new discoveries in astronomy and biology, and also with startling new evidence of microbial fossils in meteorites and micrometeorites. The recent Kepler Telescope searches for exoplanets have indicated the presence of over 100 billion habitable planets separated by only a few light years,

Exobiology. --- Extraterrestrial beings. --- Life on other planets. --- Extraterrestrial life --- Planets --- Fermi's paradox --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Life on other planets --- Human-alien encounters --- Astrobiology --- Biology --- Habitable planets --- Life --- Origin

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Extraterrestrial beings --- Bible --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Life on other planets --- Human-alien encounters --- Bible. --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Biblia

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The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) represents one of the most significant crossroads at which the assumptions and methods of scientific inquiry come into direct contact with—and in many cases conflict with—those of religion. Indeed, at the core of SETI is the same question that motivates many interested in religion: What is the place of humanity in the universe? Both scientists involved with SETI (and in other areas) and those interested in and dedicated to some religious traditions are engaged in contemplating these types of questions, even if their respective approaches and answers differ significantly. This book explores this intersection with a focus on three core points: 1) the relationship between science and religion as it is expressed within the framework of SETI research, 2) the underlying assumptions, many of which are tacitly based upon cultural values common in American society, that have shaped the ways in which SETI researchers have conceptualized the nature of their endeavor and represented ideas about the potential influence contact might have on human civilization, and 3) what sort of empirical evidence we might be able to access as a way of thinking about the social impact that contact with alien intelligence might have for humanity, from both religious and cultural perspectives. The book  developed as a result of a course the author teaches at the University of Texas at Austin: Religion, Science, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Physics. --- Societal Aspects of Physics. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Religious Studies. --- Anthropology. --- Astronomy. --- Religion (General). --- Physique --- Astronomie --- Anthropologie --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Sciences - General --- Extraterrestrial beings. --- Aliens. --- Aliens --- Enemy aliens --- Expatriates --- Foreign citizens (Aliens) --- Foreign population --- Foreign residents --- Foreigners --- Noncitizens --- Resident aliens --- Unnaturalized foreign residents --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Religion. --- Science --- Religious Studies, general. --- Social aspects. --- Persons --- Deportees --- Exiles --- Immigrants --- Refugees --- Life on other planets --- Human-alien encounters --- Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education. --- Human beings --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Science—Social aspects. --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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Is mankind alone in the universe? Will we ever encounter intelligent life beyond Earth? These questions have been asked for centuries. Recent advances in the fields of astrophysics, astronomy and astrobiology make it more likely than ever before, that Earth may not be the only inhabited planet, and that humanity may not the only intelligent species in the universe. What would be the consequences of contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence? This question is at the heart of the emerging discipline of exosociology. According to the authors, first contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence poses enormous risks for humanity. These risks come not only from extraterrestrials, but above all from ourselves. We should be prepared. Michael Schetsche and Andreas Anton's comprehensive introduction to exosociology was first published in German in 2019. The book has been widely acclaimed in Germany and internationally. It is now available in English for the first time. The contents - Humanity in the cosmos - The scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligences - Problems of communication and understanding - Terrestrial consequences of first contact - Proto-sociology of extraterrestrial civilizations - Hot potatoes of scientific alien research The target groups The book addresses everyone who wants to deal scientifically with the position of humans in the cosmos and with the question of the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life.

Extraterrestrial beings. --- Human-alien encounters. --- Alien encounters with humans --- Alien-human contacts --- Alien-human encounters --- Close encounters of the third kind --- Contacts of humans with extraterrestrial beings --- Encounters of humans with extraterrestrial beings --- Extraterrestrial encounters with humans --- Extraterrestrial-human encounters --- Human-alien contacts --- Human contacts with extraterrestrial beings --- Human encounters with extraterrestrial beings --- Unidentified flying objects --- Extraterrestrial beings --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Life on other planets --- Human-alien encounters --- Sightings and encounters --- Culture. --- Sociology. --- Social sciences --- Sociology of Culture. --- Sociological Theory. --- Social Theory. --- Philosophy. --- Social theory --- Social philosophy --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects

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This book addresses the possible origins, development and fate of intelligent life in the universe. The author presents a wide-ranging analysis of the type of knowledge that can be inferred about extraterrestrial intelligent societies from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution, and from the likely future of mankind. Providing extensive background information from astronomy, geology, chemistry and biology, the book will appeal to both the scientist and the general reader. In this second edition of Peter Ulmschneider's successful and highly interesting book the author is putting even stronger emphasis on the geological conditions and consequences of life's conquest of land as the pre-condition for the emergence of life with our type of technical intelligence.

Life --- Life on other planets. --- Vie --- Vie extraterrestre --- Origin. --- Origines --- Exobiology. --- Extraterrestrial anthropology. --- Life -- Origin. --- Outer space -- Exploration. --- Life on other planets --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology - General --- Origin --- Extraterrestrial life --- Abiogenesis --- Biogenesis --- Germ theory --- Heterogenesis --- Life, Origin of --- Life (Biology) --- Origin of life --- Plasmogeny --- Plasmogony --- Physics. --- Geobiology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Astrophysics. --- Space sciences. --- Astrobiology. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Biogeosciences. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Observations. --- Planets --- Fermi's paradox --- Evolution (Biology) --- Exobiology --- Spontaneous generation --- Evolution (Biology). --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Astrobiology --- Habitable planets --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics --- Extraterrestrial beings. --- Climatic factors. --- extraterrestrial intelligence --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Human-alien encounters