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Tag: life in the universe

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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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    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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      Looking for life by looking for metabolism

      Posted on October 19, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      How can amino acids, lipids, and other metabolites help scientists with life detection in space? #Astrobiologists look at how our cells…

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        How biology writes its signature

        Posted on August 26, 2020March 12, 2024 by Sciworthy

        In recent decades the search for extraterrestrial life has seen major advancements in technology and methodology. The search for…

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          What Protects Exoplanets from Damaging Solar Flares?

          Posted on November 14, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Thanks to NASA’s Kepler Mission, over one-thousand potentially habitable exoplanets have been discovered to-date, orbiting around their…

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