Human crew-related aspects for astrobiology research [PDF]
, 2011 Several space agencies and exploration stakeholders have a strong interest in obtaining information on technical and human aspects to prepare for future extra-terrestrial planetary exploration.
Foing, B.H., Pletser, V., Thiel, C.S.
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A sustainable culture of tardigrades (Hypsibius dujardini) for astrobiological laboratory activities [PDF]
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2019 Tardigrades are microscopic organisms that have gained importance in astrobiology in recent years. They have extreme survival ability and can enter into a state of latency for several years called cryptobiosis.
Núñez Patricia G. +2 more
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Metagenomic insights into S(0) precipitation in a terrestrial subsurface lithoautotrophic ecosystem
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015 The Frasassi and Acquasanta Terme cave systems in Italy host isolated lithoautotrophic ecosystems characterized by sulfur-oxidizing biofilms with up to 50% S(0) by mass.
Trinity eHamilton +6 more
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Adaptationism fails to resolve Fermi's paradox [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2005 One of the most interesting problems in the nascent discipline of astrobiology is more than half-century old Fermi's paradox: why, considering extraordinary young age of Earth and the Solar System in the Galactic context, don't we perceive much older ...
Ćirković Milan M. +2 more
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Machine Learning Algorithms Applied to Identify Microbial Species by Their Motility
Life, 2021 (1) Background: Future missions to potentially habitable places in the Solar System require biochemistry-independent methods for detecting potential alien life forms.
Max Riekeles +2 more
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Fungal-Mineral Interaction: Astrobiology Insights from Iron-Rich Mineral Alteration by an Extremophile Black Fungus. [PDF]
JACS AuDos Santos A +7 more
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Red-edge position of habitable exoplanets around M-dwarfs
Scientific Reports, 2017 One of the possible signs of life on distant habitable exoplanets is the red-edge, which is a rise in the reflectivity of planets between visible and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths.
Kenji Takizawa +4 more
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The archaeal class Halobacteria and astrobiology: Knowledge gaps and research opportunities
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Water bodies on Mars and the icy moons of the outer solar system are now recognized as likely being associated with high levels of salt. Therefore, the study of high salinity environments and their inhabitants has become increasingly relevant for ...
Jia-Hui Wu +8 more
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Alien life matters: reflections on cosmopolitanism, otherness, and astrobiology [PDF]
, 2016 This is a synaptic paper that invites the reader to take a stroll on the edges of cross-disciplinary knowledge. We will walk the roads of anthropology, history, philosophy, astronomy and biology.
Novoa, Andre
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Revista Opinião Filosófica, 2023 The main idea here is to present reflections on the general aspects that structure the conceptual conception of the field of search for extraterrestrial life.
Anelisa Heizer, Bruno Nascimento-Dias
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