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Jul 28, 2023 · We don’t know for sure, though, and looking for evidence of past life on Venus is almost impossible with current technologies. Although orbiters can teach us a lot about a planet, to search for signs of past life we need to take a much closer look. On Mars, we look for past microbial life by sending rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance to ...
Nov 28, 2023 · Regardless of what we find, searching for life in these little Martian rocks represents an astronomical leap towards determining whether there was life on Mars, which will in turn give us a better understanding of who we are, where we came from, and where we’re going.
Feb 18, 2021 · If we find even a hint of evidence for life, the next steps will be to detect it with multiple analytical techniques, show that it isn't contamination from Earth and work out whether the...
Mar 28, 2024 · Called the Venus Life Finder, this mission will send a spacecraft named Photon to fly past Venus and drop a small, single-instrument probe into the planet's atmosphere.
Sep 24, 2024 · Nathalie Cabrol's book, "The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life" (Scribner/Simon & Schuster), released last month, offers an...
Oct 4, 2024 · The origin of life on Earth has been mulled over by scientists for centuries. We now know that life’s building blocks are RNA, amino acids, and cells. But if life originated from the primordial ooze of early Earth, could that process be unfolding elsewhere in the universe?
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Oct 20, 2021 · To determine whether life was ever possible on Venus, we first need to understand the past environment on Venus. This involves studying the atmosphere, geology, and history of the planet.
