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The study of life and its existence in the universe, known as astrobiology, is now one of the hottest areas of both popular science and serious academic research, fusing biology, chemistry, astrophysics and geology. Lewis Dartnell tours its latest findings, and explores some of the most fascinating questions in science. Could life emerge on other planets or moons? Could alien cells be based on silicon rather than carbon, or need ammonia instead of water? Dartnell takes us on a tour of our solar system and beyond to reveal how deeply linked we are to our cosmic environment, and what we might hope to find out there.

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Lewis Dartnell is currently researching at CoMPLEX (the Centre for Mathematics & Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology), at University College London. He has won three national science writing prizes, including second place in the prestigious Daily Telegraph / BASF Young Science Writer Award. James Adams has narrated over a hundred fiction and non-fiction audiobooks. His distinctive British accent has been sought after for books that range from Conan Doyle’s Professor Challenger series to biographies, autobiographies, and works of Christian philosophy. He also hosted a morning news show on public radio, and has written 14 bestselling books of fiction and nonfiction that have been translated into 12 languages.

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