Fosdick’s Astrobiology Series: Topic-by-Topic Astrobiology broadly includes the study and investigation of the origin, evolution, distribution (known and hypothetical) and future of life in the universe. Mars Curiosity Rover, 2012 “Selfie” taken on the surface of Mars at Gale Crater, public domain image, Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity_(rover) © 2015 Fosdick EDS ☾><(((°>