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Physiological Differentiation within a Single-Species Biofilm Fueled by Serpentinization
mBio, 2011 Carbonate chimneys at the Lost City hydrothermal field are coated in biofilms dominated by a single phylotype of archaea known as Lost City Methanosarcinales. In this study, we have detected surprising physiological complexity in single-species biofilms,
William J. Brazelton +3 more
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Life, 2021 The availability of liquid water is a prerequisite for all lifeforms on Earth. In hyperarid subzero environments like the Dry Valleys in Antarctica or the near-subsurface of Mars liquid water might be provided temporarily by hygroscopic substances that ...
Jacob Heinz +2 more
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Modeling pN2 through Geological Time: Implications for Planetary Climates and Atmospheric Biosignatures [PDF]
, 2016 Nitrogen is a major nutrient for all life on Earth and could plausibly play a similar role in extraterrestrial biospheres. The major reservoir of nitrogen at Earth's surface is atmospheric N2, but recent studies have proposed that the size of this ...
Buick, R. +5 more
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The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Low water activity limits the habitability of aqueous environments, and salts present on Mars are known to reduce water activity. As environmental brines are not pure solutions of a single salt, predicting their water activity is difficult without direct
Adam H. Stevens, Charles S. Cockell
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Philosophical Aspects of Astrobiology Revisited
Philosophies, 2021 Given the idea that Life as we know it is nothing but a special form of a generically underlying dynamical structure within the physical Universe, we try to introduce a concept of Life that is not only derived from first principles of fundamental physics,
Rainer E. Zimmermann
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From Cosmos to Intelligent Life: The Four Ages of Astrobiology
, 2012 The history of life on Earth and in other potential life-bearing planetary platforms is deeply linked to the history of the universe. Since life as we know it relies on chemical elements forged in dying heavy stars, the universe needs to be old enough ...
Abel +17 more
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A Stochastic Process Approach of the Drake Equation Parameters
, 2011 The number N of detectable (i.e. communicating) extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy is usually done by using the Drake equation. This equation was established in 1961 by Frank Drake and was the first step to quantifying the SETI field.
Annis +13 more
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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 39, Issue 23, 15 December 2025.ABSTRACT Background Obtaining isotopic data on soluble organic compounds, such as amino acids, in extraterrestrial samples is crucial for understanding their origins, prebiotic chemistry, and potential contamination. Conventional GC‐IRMS requires grams of material to measure isotopic compositions, limiting the analysis of low‐concentration organics in ...
O. M. McIntosh +9 more
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Astrobiological Effects of F, G, K and M Main-Sequence Stars
, 2008 We focus on the astrobiological effects of photospheric radiation produced by main-sequence stars of spectral types F, G, K, and M. The photospheric radiation is represented by using realistic spectra, taking into account millions or hundred of millions ...
E. F. Guinan +4 more
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Oxychlorine Species on Mars: A Review
Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2025.Abstract Oxychlorine species (mainly perchlorate and chlorate) have been identified at multiple locations on the surface of Mars by both orbiter and in situ rovers. They have also been found in martian meteorites. Cl‐isotopes in meteoritic minerals suggest that an oxychlorine cycle has been operating on the martian surface for the last ∼4 billion years.
Kaushik Mitra
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