Astrovirology and terrestrial life survival

Bioinformation. 2024 Feb 29;20(2):146-150. doi: 10.6026/973206300200146. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTMicrobial organisms have been implicated in several mass extinction events throughout Earth's planetary history. Concurrently, it can be reasoned from recent viral pandemics that viruses likely exacerbated the decline of life during these periods of mass extinction. The fields of exovirology and exobiology have evolved significantly since the 20th century, with early investigations into the varied atmospheric compositions of exoplanets revealing complex interactions between metallic and non-metallic elements. This diversity in exoplanetary and stellar environments suggests that life could manifest in forms previously unanticipated by earlier, more simplistic models of the 20th century. Non-linear theories of complexity, catastrophe, and chaos (CCC) will be important in understanding the dynamics and evolution of viruses.PMID:38497066 | PMC:PMC10941782 | DOI:10.6026/973206300200146
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