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Sciworthy

Sciworthy

The Encyclopedia of Science's Frontier

Category: What might life look like elsewhere in the Universe?

What might life look like elsewhere in the Universe? How do we search for life?
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Smart robots could automatically identify Mars rocks

Posted on December 20, 2021March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

How do you train a computer to identify the type of Mars rocks it sees? #Mars #geology #machinelearning #deeplearning

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    How can we search for life as we don’t know it?

    Posted on December 16, 2021June 24, 2025 by Andrea Corpolongo

    It's hard to look for signs of life beyond Earth. It's a little easier if we assume that life out there is like Earth life. But what if it…

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      Tardigrades help us understand if rocks can be vehicles for life

      Posted on October 11, 2021May 9, 2024 by AnurupMohanty

      Have you heard of Panspermia? The hypothesis says that life originated somewhere else and travelled to Earth on rocks through space.…

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        A new method of detecting extraterrestrial life

        Posted on September 5, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Researchers discovered computer-led chemical analysis of a sample is a powerful tool for searching for ET biochemistry without making…

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          Cells
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          Building blocks of life may have formed from non-living matter

          Posted on August 2, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Cell structures similar to membranes can arise from non-living substances under suitable conditions.

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            Earth's Magnetic Field
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            Using radio signals from exoplanets to detect magnetic fields

            Posted on July 29, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            An observational technique called ‘beam-forming’ detects exoplanetary radio emissions that allow researchers to calculate exoplanets’…

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              A new way to detect ET life using chemical profiles

              Posted on April 26, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Researchers found a new way to tell the difference between the chemicals of life and the chemicals of non-life...using machine learning!

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                A software program builds alternative DNA molecules

                Posted on April 7, 2021March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

                Scientists are using computer programs to understand our early beginnings. Click on the link to see how they are doing it, and how they…

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                  Microbes from extreme environments help us study space

                  Posted on March 18, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Space is a hostile place. It has numerous stressors which make it seem impossible for Earth-like life to thrive there. Some of these…

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                    Are we looking for Martian life in the right place?

                    Posted on February 4, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Thus far, we have not found evidence of life on Mars. Is it truly a sterile desert, or are we simply looking in the wrong place? #Mars #NASA

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