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Multidisciplinary Analyses of Terrestrial Samples Used to Interpret an Inorganic Origin (Anhydrite:Ce3+) for the 304 and 325‐nm Doublet Fluorescence Detected by the Mars 2020 SHERLOC Instrument at Jezero Crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Doublet fluorescence at 304 and 325‐nm under deep ultraviolet (DUV) excitation was detected on Mars at Jezero crater by the Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) instrument onboard the Mars 2020 rover Perseverance.
N. C. Haney, R. V. Morris, R. S. Jakubek, J. V. Clark, J. I. Simon, W. P. Buckley, R. T. Downs, E. B. Rampe, R. M. G. Armytage, T. G. Graff, A. S. Burton, F. M. McCubbin, E. L. Berger, V. M. Tu, P. D. Casbeer, S. A. Mertzman, K. H. Williford, E. L. Scheller, T. Fornaro, S. Siljeström, A. Steele, K. P. Hand, T. J. Lapen   +22 more
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Is the Pale Blue Dot unique? Optimized photometric bands for identifying Earth-like exoplanets

, 2016
The next generation of ground and space-based telescopes will image habitable planets around nearby stars. A growing literature describes how to characterize such planets with spectroscopy, but less consideration has been given to the usefulness of ...
Arney, Giada, Catling, David C., Charnay, Benjamin, Krissansen-Totton, Joshua, Meadows, Victoria, Robinson, Tyler D., Schwieterman, Edward W.   +6 more
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Viability and Motility of Escherichia coli Under Elevated Martian Salt Stresses

Life
This study investigates the effects of three Martian-relevant salts—sodium chlorate, sodium perchlorate, and sodium chloride—on the viability and motility of Escherichia coli, a model organism for understanding microbial responses to environmental stress.
Max Riekeles, Berke Santos, Sherif Al-Morssy Youssef, Dirk Schulze-Makuch   +3 more
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A New Record for Microbial Perchlorate Tolerance: Fungal Growth in NaClO₄ Brines and its Implications for Putative Life on Mars

Life, 2020
The habitability of Mars is strongly dependent on the availability of liquid water, which is essential for life as we know it. One of the few places where liquid water might be found on Mars is in liquid perchlorate brines that could form via ...
Jacob Heinz, Tim Krahn, Dirk Schulze-Makuch   +2 more
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Assessing Potential Landing Sites With Favorable Illumination and Accessible, Potentially Volatile‐Rich Permanently Shadowed Regions Within Artemis Candidate Landing Regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The lunar south pole features permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) that never receive direct sunlight. These regions maintain cold temperatures that potentially trap and accumulate volatiles over geologic timescales. Within NASA's Artemis candidate landing regions, we identified 130 candidate landing sites (CLSs) that satisfy the Human Landing ...
Lukas Wueller, Lauren M. Berger, Hephzibah Christopher, Kanori Sugimoto, Ashka D. Thaker, Louis Carton, William Jo, Seungil Lee, Riccardo Pedrelli, Pedro Sanchez, David A. Kring   +10 more
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Detecting industrial pollution in the atmospheres of earth-like exoplanets

, 2014
Detecting biosignatures, such as molecular oxygen in combination with a reducing gas, in the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets has been a major focus in the search for alien life.
Abad, Gonzalo Gonzalez, Lin, Henry W., Loeb, Abraham   +2 more
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Ensuring Inclusivity in the 2023 Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey [PDF]

, 2021
J. A. Rathbun, Christina Richey, B. A. Cohen, J. L. Piatek, J. H. Roberts, I. J. Daubar, S. Diniega, Sarah M. Hörst, Aparna Venkatesan   +8 more
openalex   +1 more source

Microbial preference for chlorate over perchlorate under simulated shallow subsurface Mars-like conditions

Scientific Reports
The Martian surface and shallow subsurface lacks stable liquid water, yet hygroscopic salts in the regolith may enable the transient formation of liquid brines.
Florian Carlo Fischer, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Jacob Heinz   +2 more
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Life on Mars? The physiological perspective

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Ronan M. G. Berg, Damian M. Bailey
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Rover‐Induced Mineral Transformations: Extent of the Effect for the Mars Science Laboratory and Opportunities for Future Landed Mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract X‐ray amorphous sulfate hydrates are a substantial component (up to 23 wt%) of the sedimentary rocks and sands analyzed to date by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Gale crater. Recently, the CheMin X‐ray diffractometer observed the amorphization of the crystalline sulfate starkeyite (MgSO4 · 4H2O) upon exposure to the dry and ...
J. M. Meusburger, T. F. Bristow, D. T. Vaniman, E. B. Rampe, S. J. Chipera, D. F. Blake, S. L. Simpson, R. Y. Sheppard, G. Berlanga   +8 more
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