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[[File:Sagan large.jpg|thumb|400 px|Carl Sagan with a model of the Viking Lander in Death Valley California. Viking 1 and II were the first spacecraft to search for present day life on Mars.]] |
[[File:Sagan large.jpg|thumb|400 px|Carl Sagan with a model of the Viking Lander in Death Valley California. Viking 1 and II were the first spacecraft to search for present day life on Mars - and so far the only ones to search directly for life anywhere ouside of Earth.<br><br>Curiosity is searching for habitability as its main priority, not life itself. Hopefully that will change soon - there are many proposed astrobiological instruments and missions and renewed interest in the topic since the surprising discovery by Phoenix of liquid water on its legs. Then there are the Enceladus geysers, the Europa geysers now, the ice on Ceres, and discoveries about the methane / ethane lakes and atmosphere of Titan, and intriguing signals in the Venus atmosphere that some think may be signs of some form of aereal lifeforms. Exciting times for astrobiology.]] |
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Revision as of 04:37, 8 September 2018
Curiosity is searching for habitability as its main priority, not life itself. Hopefully that will change soon - there are many proposed astrobiological instruments and missions and renewed interest in the topic since the surprising discovery by Phoenix of liquid water on its legs. Then there are the Enceladus geysers, the Europa geysers now, the ice on Ceres, and discoveries about the methane / ethane lakes and atmosphere of Titan, and intriguing signals in the Venus atmosphere that some think may be signs of some form of aereal lifeforms. Exciting times for astrobiology.
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- Astrobiology
- Abiogenesis - about natural process of how life arises from non living matter
- Panspermia - transfer of life between planets on meteorites.
- Terrestrial analogue sites
- Murchison meteorite
Life on Mars:
- Possible present day habitats for life on Mars
- Life on Mars
- Present day Mars habitability analogue environments on Earth
- Viking program
- Allan Hills 84001 - the meteorite with tiny structures resembling cells
Life elsewhere
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