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• Life on other planets
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• Early works to 1800

• A Discourse Concerning a New World and Another Planet, in 2 Bookes (London: Printed for I. Maynard, 1640), by John Wilkins
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• A Discovery of a New World: or, A Discourse Tending to Prove, that 'tis Probable There May be Another Habitable World in the Moon; With a Discourse Concerning the Probability of a Passage Thither; Unto Which is Added, A Discourse Concerning a New Planet, Tending to Prove, That 'tis Probable Our Earth is One of the Planets (fourth edition corrected and amended; London: Printed by T. M. and J. A. for J. Gillibrand, 1684), by John Wilkins
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Conversations on the plurality of worlds (Printed for Peter Wilson, 1761), by M. de Fontenelle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essay on comets (Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, near the exchange, 1772), by A. Oliver, Samuel Hall, and John Winthrop (page images at HathiTrust)
• The celestial worlds discover'd : or, conjectures concerning the inhabitants, plants and productions of the worlds in the planets, by Christiaan Huygens, ed. by Constantijn Huygens, trans. by John Clarke (Gutenberg ebook)

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• Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication (Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2014), ed. by Douglas A. Vakoch (multiple formats at NASA)
• A Wanderer's Handbook: An Owner's Manual for ETs and Other Spiritual Outsiders (abridged and unabridged versions; 2001-2013), by Carla Rueckert, ed. by James Allen McCarty (multiple formats with commentary at llresearch.org)
• Habitable Planets for Man (first edition, 1964), by Stephen H. Dole (PDF with commentary at rand.org)
• Planets for Man (based on Habitable Planets for Man; 1964), by Stephen H. Dole and Isaac Asimov (PDF with commentary at rand.org)
• Extraterrestrial Encounter: A Personal Perspective (electronic edition, with commentary), by Chris Boyce (HTML in the UK)
• Other Worlds: Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1901), by Garrett Putman Serviss (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe report (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by Library of Congress. Science Policy Research Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Are the planets inhabited? (Harper & brothers, 1913), by E. Walter Maunder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraterrestrial intelligence research hearings before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, September 19, 20, 1978. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications (page images at HathiTrust)
• SETI : search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1990), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deathworld (New York : Bantam Books, 1960., 1960), by Harry Harrison and Bantam Books (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Cosmic history of the biogenic elements and compounds (Scientific and Technical Information Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1985), by Sherwood Chang and John A. Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The universe no desert, the earth no monopoly : preceded by a scientific exposition of the unity of plan in creation. (J. Munroe & Co., 1855), by William Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life on Mars? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, September 12, 1996. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discovery of evidence of past life on Mars : hearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, September 25, 1996. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• La vie dans les planètes ("La Revue,", 1911), by Edmond Perrier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Concepts for detection of extraterrestrial life. (Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.Govt.Print.Off.], 1964), by Freeman Henry Quimby (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life in the universe : a 13 part television series. (NASA, Lewis Research Center, 1987), by Lewis Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calif. Institute of Technology ;, 1990), by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• SETI Science Working Group report (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1984), by Frank D. Drake, Charles L. Seeger, John Wolfe, SETI Science Working Group, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the exobiology program for 1988 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1990), by United States. Office of Space Science and Applications and George Washington University. Division of Continuing Education. Science Communication Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research and development of an instrument for detection of extraterrestrial life by optical rotatory dispersion. (For sale by the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 1966), by inc Melpar and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Studies related to the development of the Viking 1975 labeled release experiment (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1976), by Donald L. DeVincenzi, Paul H. Deal, Ames Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The limiting size of the habitable planets (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1960), by Su-Shu Huang (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Planetenbewohner und die Nebularhypothese : neue Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des Weltalls (E. Gunther, 1880), by Carl Du Prel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The starry hosts : a plea for the habitation of the planets (Simpkin, Marshall ;, 1875), by Joseph Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
• More worlds than one : the creed of the philosopher and the hope of the Christian (J. Murray, 1854), by David Brewster (page images at HathiTrust)
• A critical study of the absorption of polypeptides in the far-ultraviolet as a means of extraterrestrial life detection (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1965), by Richard D. Johnson and Ames Research Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life in other worlds : including a brief statement of the origin and progress of life in our world (Fox, Cole, 1878), by Adam Miller and Hiram Washington Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• z͡hyteli Marsa (Rus'ka knyharni͡a, 1914), by Volodymyr Gerynovych (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Naturae veritas (Macmillan, 1887), by G. M. Minchin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flying saucers farewell. (Abelard-Schuman, 1961), by George Adamski (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Men of other planets. (Collier Books, 1963), by Kenneth Heuer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The search for extraterrestrial life. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, Public Outreach Division, History Program Office, 2014), by Douglas A. Vakoch and United States. NASA History Program Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraterrestrial intelligence research : hearings before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, September 19, 20, 1978 (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1979), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications (page images at HathiTrust)
• TPF : terrestrial planet finder : origins of stars, planets and life : a key element of NASA's Origins Program (National Aeronautics and Space Administration ;, 1999), by C. A. Lindensmith, N. J. Woolf, C. A. Beichman, and TPF Science Working Group (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Sternenwelten und ihre Bewohner : ein populär-wissenschaftlicher Versuch über die Bewohnbarkeit der Himmelskörper nach dem neuesten Standpunkte der Wissenschaften (J.P. Bachem, 1899), by Joseph Pohle (page images at HathiTrust)
• My Saturnian lover (Vantage Press, 1958), by Marla Baxter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Extraterrestrial life; a bibliography. (Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1964), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Are the Planets Inhabited?, by E. Walter Maunder (Gutenberg ebook)
• Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes. English (Dublin : Printed by Andr. Crook and Sam. Helsham, for William Norman ..., 1687), by M. de Fontenelle and Sir W. D. (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Entretiens sur la pluralités des mondes. English (London : Printed for R. Bentley and S. Magnes, l688), by M. de Fontenelle and John Glanvill (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An essay on comets, in two parts. Part I. Containing an attempt to explain the phaenomena of the tails of comets, and to account for their perpetual opposition to the sun, upon the philosophical principles. Part II. Pointing out some important ends for which these tails were probably designed: wherein it is shewn, that, in consequence of these curious appendages, comets may be inhabited worlds, and even comfortable habituations; notwithstanding the vast excentricities of their orbits. : The whole interspersed with observations and reflections on the sun and primary planets. / By Andrew Oliver, Jun. Esq. ; [Four lines from Pope] (Salem [Mass.], New-England: : Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, near the exchange., MDCCLXXII. [1772]), by A. Oliver and John Winthrop (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A Bibliography on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Office ;, 1978), by Eugene F. Mallove (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraterrestrial life ; a bibliography. (The Division : for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1965), by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the exobiology program for 1980 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1981), by Donald L DeVincenzi, Linda G Pleasant, United States. Office of Space Science, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the Exobiology Program for 1982 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1983), by Linda G. Pleasant, Donald L. DeVincenzi, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, United States. Office of Space Science and Applications, and George Washington University (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the exobiology program for 1990 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Program, 1992), by United States. Office of Space Science and Applications and George Washington University (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the exobiology program for 1989 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1991), by United States. Office of Space Science and Applications and George Washington University (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the Exobiology Program for 1987 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1989), by George Washington University and United States. Office of Space Science and Applications (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the exobiology program for 1988 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Management, Scientific and Technical Information Division, 1990), by United States. Office of Space Science and Applications and George Washington University. Division of Continuing Education. Science Communication Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the exobiology program for 1979 a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, 1980), by Donald L. DeVincenzi, Linda G. Pleasant, United States. Office of Space Science, and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Publications of the Exobiology Program for 1983 : a special bibliography (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch ;, 1984), by Linda G. Pleasant, Donald L. DeVincenzi, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, and George Washington University (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraterrestrial life; a bibliography. (Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1964), by United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

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