One of three terms used synonymously to refer to the study of life throughout the universe; the other two are astrobiology and exobiology. The word 'bioastronomy' appears to have been coined by Michael D. Papagiannis of Boston University in 1982; in that year, Bioastronomy became the name of the Int... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/B/bioastronomy.html