Chemistry in Space: From Interstellar Matter to the Origin of Life

Preface

INTRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL NOTES

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE
The Big Bang
Cosmic Evolution: Dark Matter;
The First Stars
Cosmo-Chronometry

THE EVOLUTION OF STARS
Formation, Classification, and Evolution of Stars
Chemistry in AGB Stars
Galaxies and Clusters

THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
General
Chemistry in Interstellar Clouds

THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Overview
Earth's Moon and the Terrestrial Planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars
Ceres, Asteroids, Meteorites, and Interplanetary Dust
Comets
Kuiper Belt Objects
The Giant Planets and Their Moons

EXOPLANETS

THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
What is Life?
Putative Non-Carbon and Non-Aqueous Life Forms;
The Biological Role of Silicate, Phosphate, and Water
Life Under Extreme Conditions
Scenarios for the Primordial Supply of Basic Life Molecules
Extraterrestrial Life?