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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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How do we choose which planets to search for life?

Posted on September 19, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Scientists used computer models to determine how likely a planet is to be habitable by its age, size, and distance from its sun.

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    Microbes entombed in ancient salts could help search for life on Mars

    Posted on August 8, 2022June 25, 2025 by Aubrey Zerkle

    Geologists discovered microbes trapped in 830-million-year-old salt minerals similar to those found on Mars.

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      Future telescopes could search for alien farms

      Posted on April 12, 2022June 25, 2025 by Jacob Haqq Misra

      Simulations suggest that the light observed from a distant planet around another star might be able to show evidence of ammonia and nitrous…

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        Salt pools can guide our search for life on other planets

        Posted on January 20, 2022June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Pink, green, and square-shaped microbes can help us understand the limits of life on Earth and guide our search for life outside the planet.

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          Building the molecules of life in the lab

          Posted on January 3, 2022June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

          The hyperbranched polymer scaffold could have been the early primitive base for the emergence of life. @t_z_jia @CerberaOdollam…

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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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                    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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