Researchers Propose a New Way to Search for Evidence of Life

Researchers Propose a New Way to Search for Evidence of Life

One of the challenges of searching for life in the Universe is that there is no single universal biosignature that could reveal its presence. Even if we could tell the difference between chemicals produced by living organisms and those from non-living sources like volcanoes, we're still making the assumption that alien life would resemble life on Earth. A new paper proposes that missions search for “energy-ordered resource stratification” which …

Are we really alone? Why humans haven't found alien life - Manchester Evening News

In a Universe that's more than 13 billion years old and home to hundreds of billions of stars, one question still haunts humanity: Why haven't we found life beyond Earth?

Identifying Extraterrestrial Life Through Its Escape Responses: A Bold Gamble or a Stroke of Genius?

Movement as a biosignature From the 1960s, some researchers had suggested that motility could serve as a biosignature – a reliable index of the presence of life. But at the time, the technology on board landingers did not make it possible to precisely observe the movement of microbes. Today, the progress in computer science and artificial intelligence change the situation. In a laboratory of astrobiology, a researcher and his team developed a sy…

Is Anyone Out There? Penn State Researchers Scan Our Nearest Neighboring Star System For Evidence Of Alien Life.

Pexels Is there life out there in space? It’s the age-old question, with the unimaginable depths of other solar systems, other galaxies, other life hiding in distant corners of outer space inspiring scientists, astronomers, novelists and filmmakers for centuries. And with experts admitting that it is highly unlikely that our planet is the only one bearing intelligent life forms, the search for alien life goes on. But did you consider that while …