The study of plants and vegetation beyond Earth, or the potential for botanical life to exist in extraterrestrial environments.
Compound of astro- and botany. This specialized term emerged with space exploration interest in whether plants could grow on other planets or in space stations.
Astrobotany is real—NASA grows lettuce, peppers, and potatoes in the International Space Station to prepare for Mars colonization, proving plants can fruit in space's weird gravity.
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