A biosignature (sometimes called chemical fossil or molecular fossil) is any substance – such as an element, isotope, molecule, or phenomenon – that provides...
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assessing the release of an additional 250 kg (550 lb) probe called Biosignature Explorer for Europa (BEE), that would have been equipped with a basic...
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in a fragmentation tandem mass spectrometry instrument to search for biosignatures. The theory was extended to map chemical space with molecular assembly...
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61 Cygni (section Object for biosignature research)
Groombridge 1618, and HD 156026 may be particularly good targets for future biosignature searches,' said Arney. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 61 Cygni...
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extracellular stalk-ribbon structure rich in iron, known as a typical biosignature of microbial iron oxidation. These structures can be easily detected...
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fossils. Some fossils are biochemical and are called chemofossils or biosignatures. Gathering fossils dates at least to the beginning of recorded history...
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Zhuchang; Hu, Renyu; Bains, William (11 October 2019). "Phosphine as a Biosignature Gas in Exoplanet Atmospheres". Astrobiology. 20 (2) (published February...
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Life on Mars (section Possible biosignatures)
telescopic investigations and deployed probes, searching for water, chemical biosignatures in the soil and rocks at the planet's surface, and biomarker gases in...
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interactions, abiogenesis on Earth, planetary habitability, research on biosignatures for life detection, and studies on the potential for life to adapt to...
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view of a gene as an aperiodic crystal, provides a so-called "agnostic biosignature", a sign of life that does not presuppose any biochemistry. In other...
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environments in the Solar System and beyond, the search for planetary biosignatures of past or present extraterrestrial life, and the study of the origin...
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hypothesis Related topics Ancient astronauts Astrobiology Astroecology Biosignature Brookings Report Exotheology Extraterrestrials in fiction Extremophile...
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horizontality Provenance Sedimentary record Sedimentology Stratigraphy Rock cycle calcium silica carbonate-silicate Paleolimnology Biosignature Category v t e...
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illustrating that hydrogen is no impediment to life. However, a number of biosignature gases used to identify the presence of life are not reliable indicators...
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including an impactor in combination with a thermal drill to search for biosignatures that might be frozen in the shallow subsurface. Another proposal put...
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enhance human health and the environment. Biology, the study of life Biosignature Carbon-based life Central dogma of molecular biology History of life...
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discovered on Mars in June 2024 has been designated by NASA as a "potential biosignature" and was core sampled by the Perseverance rover for possible return to...
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possible 2450 Ma red alga from the Kola Peninsula, 1650 Ma carbonaceous biosignatures in north China, the 1600 Ma Rafatazmia, and a possible 1047 Ma Bangiomorpha...
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phosphine) and Mars (via methane) was reported. Scientists search for biosignatures within the Solar System by studying planetary surfaces and examining...
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for extraterrestrial life oxygen is a strong biosignature. That said it might not be a definite biosignature, being possibly produced abiotically on celestial...
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atmospheric-entry probe will search for phosphine and other potential biosignatures for life on Venus. First of three MIT missions to Venus. December (TBD)...
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Andreas; Kooijman, Ellen; Kielmann-Schmitt, Melanie (3 June 2021). "Biosignatures of ancient microbial life are present across the igneous crust of the...
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for past or present life on Mars. Furthermore, organic components (biosignatures) that are often associated with biominerals are believed to play crucial...
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of purple retinal pigments on Earth and implications for exoplanet biosignatures". International Journal of Astrobiology. 20 (3): 241–250. arXiv:1810...
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discrete vanadium accumulations on Mars could be a potential microbial biosignature when used in conjunction with Raman spectroscopy and morphology. All...
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horizontality Provenance Sedimentary record Sedimentology Stratigraphy Rock cycle calcium silica carbonate-silicate Paleolimnology Biosignature Category v t e...
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non-hycean planets, thus making detection of biosignatures easier. Hycean worlds could be investigated for biosignatures by terrestrial telescopes and space telescopes...
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atmosphere, allowing astronomers to determine whether or not the methane is a biosignature. Webb orbits the Sun near the second Lagrange point (L2) of the Sun–Earth...
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The Cassini–Huygens mission was not equipped to provide evidence for biosignatures or complex organic compounds; it showed an environment on Titan that...
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high levels of oxygen in a planet's atmosphere is not only a potential biosignature but also a critical factor in the emergence of detectable technological...
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