Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology
David Darling

Astrobiology (also known as exobiology) has been rapidly gaining ground in recent years as new research points to the ever increasing likelihood of life in the universe. David Darling's excellent introduction to this subject covers the new discoveries, such as extremophile life forms and extrasolar planets, that make it more possible for life to exist beyond Earth and explores astonishing speculations, such as the one that life may have actually originated in outer space.