Space.... and Aliens!

Have you ever wondered if we are alone in this Universe? Have you ever looked up at the stars and wondered this? This book I read called Life: an Astrobiologist's Quest, by Pamela S. Turner, answered many questions I had about this topic. She wrote this book to explain the work of Chris McKay, an Astrobiologist. His research focused on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, but first, he tested to see if life could live or be found in the most extreme places on Earth.

Chris McKay at NASA

http://spacescience.arc.nasa.gov/staff/chris-mckay

His work was to discover if life, if any, could exist outside of Earth. In his work, he visited many different places with very different environments, in which temperatures could plummet or rise hastily(much too much for me, I'll stick to my nice, comfortable house, thank you very much).

The Arctic Dry Valleys

I think my favorite part of this book was his back story, and his reasons to become an Astrobiologist. It really was insightful into his motivation of pursuing Astrobiology. I would not be as interested in this line of work as others, but this book is still very interesting and informative! Overall, this is truly a great book that is worth the read!

Website of the book:

http://www.pamelasturner.com/life_on_earth___and_beyond__an_astrobiologist_s_quest_67466.htm