space biology

American  

noun

1. exobiology.

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Etymology

Origin of space biology

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

“The fact that anything grew means that we have a really good starting point, and now the question is how do we optimize and improve,” said Sharmila Bhattacharya, NASA’s program scientist for space biology,

From Seattle Times

All biology, given enough time, is space biology.

From Scientific American

Costes could not comment on Nasa’s future involvement with gene therapy, but said, “We got involved in this because of our expertise in radiation biology and space biology.”

From The Guardian

When we think of space biology now, we tend to think of adults.

From Scientific American