From Astrobiology to Astrotheology and Back   Ted Peters Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences ▓ “Cosmology is a voyage of the human spirit.” That’s what Harvard astronomer Owen Gingerich tells readers in the scientific journal, Nature (Gingerich 2009, 29). The space sciences, whether they do it voluntarily or not, captain us on a voyage of the human spirit. More. The divine spirit as well.   On the one hand, the astrotheologian reflects on what the astrobiologist learns about the cosmos. The science of astrobiology, as NASA defines it, is the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe. SETI astrobiologist Margaret Race specifies two divisions: the search for microbial life within our solar system and the search for intelligent life on exoplanets