Analysis of the relevance of astroecological research

The article discusses the need to separate astroecology into a separate independent science.Such an accentuation will allow us to expand the scope of knowledge about life as a cosmic phenomenon and cleanse the modern general ecology from an exclusively earthly vision of life.The theories of general ecology must be filtered by the methods of astroecology.There is a mutual exchange of data between astroecology and terrestrial applied ecology, which enriches both sciences and increases the effectiveness of their projects.This, first of all, concerns the problems of restoration of disturbed ecosystems, ecological medicine, environmental safety, and agriculture.The article was written based on a review of publications in leading astrobiological journals and based on the experience of my own astroecological research.Astroecology should be to single out from astrobiology because it studies the relationships of biosystems with the environment as separate phenomena, and not only as separate characteristics of these biosystems.This will allow us to determine the main patterns of biota's relationship with the environment outside the Earth, which will give us new ecological theories and cleanse the general ecology of the earthly vision of life.The main functions of modern astroecology are to expand the sphere of knowledge, which will increase our chances of survival; creation of new ecological theories and critical analysis of old ones; uncovering mechanisms of adaptation to extraterrestrial environments that will facilitate our space expansion and prepare for future contact with extraterrestrial biota.General ecology must be built on theories filtered by astroecology because it encompasses the relationships with biota in space larger than one planet.Astroecology is enriched by the knowledge obtained in human-explored outer space and on our planet.When using the knowledge obtained on Earth, there is a two-way enrichment of classical terrestrial ecology and astroecology.Astroecology contributes to the progress of ecological science and improves the methods of applied ecology.This concerns, first of all, the problems of restoration of disturbed ecosystems, ecological medicine, environmental safety, and agriculture.Key words: