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Tag: search for life

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How to spot colorful life on icy exoplanets

Posted on November 7, 2022May 8, 2023 by Aubrey Zerkle

In recent decades, astronomers have discovered more than 5000 planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system, with nearly 9000 more…

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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, 2022October 24, 2022 by Aubrey Zerkle

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

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

        Posted on December 16, 2021October 24, 2022 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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          A stinky noxious gas could point us toward alien life

          Posted on February 1, 2021October 24, 2022 by Genesis Berlanga

          Hold your noses! ET life might produce noxious gases in the form of #phosphine. Here’s why phosphine is an important marker in the search…

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            Chemicals on mineral surfaces may have jumpstarted life

            Posted on November 5, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            Were metabolic pathways established before life emerged? New experiments observe life-like patterns self-propagating on #mineral surfaces.…

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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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