14 April 2016
All systems go as ExoMars sends back its first image
... of the Surface Science Platform and the ExoMars rover in 2018, which will search for biomolecules and biosignatures, the apparent cause of methane emission could be determined more conclusively. The TGO is also designed to operate as a communication...
20 May 2016
Evidence for massive Tsunamis found on Mars
... water liquid. ... If life existed on Mars, these icy tsunami lobes are very good candidates to search for biosignatures," said Fairén Numerical simulations conducted as part of the study show that an impact crater approximately 30 km in diameter...
17 June 2016
ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter Sends Back First Mars Image
... traveled a little less than half of its 75 million kilometer journey. The mission will attempt to search for biosignatures of Martian life, both past and present. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the stationary...
15 October 2018
SETI partners with MeerKAT to search for alien life
... for life below the surface of a planet. It is also not enough says the report, to simply search for a biosignature, but the agency also needs to be able to recognise false positive signs i.e. signs of life that are generated...
06 March 2020
Life in the Universe could be common, but not near us says study
... of life occurring,” Totani says. But says the author in his recently released paper, “the probability of finding biosignatures from planets or satellites in the Solar System or from exoplanets is negligibly small, unless we consider interplanetary...
04 May 2020
Exoplanets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres could harbour life
...detrimental,” they write. Whats more, microorganisms like E. coli produce a great variety of gases, including potential biosignature gases, which could build up in sizeable abundances and eventually become detectable. A task that should become easier...
