Open Access
- 20 January 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 20 (S387) , 227-243
Abstract
We present perspectives from six panellists on “Life as a cosmic phenomenon facing human culture”, contrasting our experience and knowledge of life as found on Earth with the vastness of the Universe and the fact that Earth-centric and/or anthropocentric views have repeatedly proven untenable. How does an outwards view of projecting Earth-based experience into the cosmos combine with the inwards view of the potential detection of life beyond Earth telling us who we are?Keywords
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