Reliable Method For Detecting Extraterrestrial Life Is Used On Earth For The First Time - Phys.Org

Most folks reckon for life-as-we-know-it, there needs to be oxygen. Thing is, oxygen can have abiotic origins leading to false positives for detecting life via astronomy. Fans of Stan Robinson's Aurora will be familiar with this conundrum. Funny old thing is some Dutch eggheads can detect plants at a distance. Scale it up, et voilà, the stakes have been raised. While the Dutch are leading the SETI charge, NASA's hardly sitting on her laurels. Alison Hawkes has a dispatch announcing a New NASA Team Tackling The Next Challenges In Detecting Life Beyond Earth which feels far more speculative, but read up and @ us on the Twitters to argue for Never A Straight Answer's methods. For you hip millennials out there, vaping with your manbuns and wearing your rompers, Phil Plait has a headline tailored just for you. "No, 'Oumuamua Is Not An Alien Spaceship. It Might Be Even Weirder. Those headlines starting with "No" always haunt my dreams, leaving me wondering what happens next! Still prepare to have your mind blown as someone as straitlaced as Phil does his berry-best to play in our backyard. (CS)

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