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NASA shuts down first alien biosignature investigation over concerning ‘outpacing’ evidence

NASA has temporarily stopped its most ambitious search yet for signs of alien life, after two years of picking apart data ...
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NASA halts alien biosignature probe as troubling evidence races ahead

The United States is stepping back from the most direct test yet of possible alien biology on Mars just as new telescopes and ...
Connecticut Post

Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) When scientists started looking into the data, they found two types of iron-rich ...
Phys.org

Venus shows why ozone isn't a good biosignature

This figure shows ozone detection in Venus' atmosphere between 2006 and 2014 by the ESA's Venus Express. Credit: Evdokimova et al. 2011, JGR Planets Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of ...
Futurism

NASA Says Its Rover Has Discovered a “Potential Biosignature” on Mars

As the New York Times reports, NASA researchers aren’t quite ready to declare that they’ve found definitive biosignatures — the scientific term for “signs of life” — in the piece of ancient rock the ...
Gizmodo

Biosignature Spotted on Venus Could Be From Volcanoes, Not Life

New laboratory data indicates that if the gas phosphine is on Venus, it could come from deep in the planet’s interior. Reading time 3 minutes A team of planetary scientists said that if there is ...
Space.com

NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope will be able to sniff out methane. Here's how to tell if it's a sign of life.

Researchers lay out a framework explaining how methane could be a biosignature rather than a false alarm. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
The Telegraph

Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Amy J. Williams, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) As the Perseverance rover ...