Astrobiology in the Exoplanet Era: Habitable Worlds, Missions, and the Search for Signatures

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Scientists now treat the search for life beyond Earth as a real cross‑disciplinary science, connecting extremophiles on Earth, exoplanets in habitable zones, and icy moons with missions like Mars rovers and Dragonfly and with telescopes such as JWST and ELT to seek water, organics, and signs of life or intelligence, while considering Enrico Fermi’s paradox and the idea that any discovery or absence would reshape humanity’s view of Earth and our place in the universe.