Dirk Schulze-Makuch
@extreme_microbe
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An astrobiologist in the search for life in the Universe
Technical University Berlin
Joined April 2018
How a scientific mistake derailed Mars exploration for 50 years. What if Viking actually did discover life on Mars ? See blog with our link to eLetter in Science at (all blogs with link also on my website https://t.co/m5btzUkpUy) : https://t.co/mftRCYJxqv
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In 1976, NASA's Viking landers searched for life on Mars. The Viking team announced Mars was lifeless — but the data was ambiguous.
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New blog on what all the detections of #organics on #Mars really mean. Posted on BigThink (with Link on SearchforlifeintheUniverse): https://t.co/9OPztEvQN5
#planet #life #space #writerscommunity #astrobiology #science
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Organic compounds can form through simple chemistry alone — making the search for true biosignatures trickier than it seems.
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The question of what is #life and its #definition: still way more questions than answers. See my blog on this topic on BigThink https://t.co/DJ5ibROvuE
#astrobiology, #space, #science, #planets, #WritingCommunity, #extraterrestrial
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Our narrow, Earth-bound definitions of life could leave us blind to the Universe’s strangest forms on future space missions.
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#Ceres - the forgotten #ocean world. Its all frozen now, but we still could find remnants of early #life on this dwarf #planet within the #asteroid belt https://t.co/F8XjzGeQsR
#astrobiology #space #universe #habitat #WritingCommunity #science #discovery
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As the closest icy ocean world to Earth, Ceres is an intriguing candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life.
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The new Vera Rubin observatory will make a big difference in the chance of detecting #technosignatures, signs of #alien #technology. Its a new blog by Tony Reichhardt and myself on BigThink. https://t.co/AkI3Wp5G4w
#astrobiology #space #universe
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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will image the southern sky using the largest digital camera ever built.
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SciAm article about our research https://t.co/l1MHMswmFP
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Could tiny swimming microbes help us unlock the mysteries of extraterrestrial life?
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When and where did #life begin? New #research shows that time is even shorter than we thought, triggering thought provoking questions ! https://t.co/biMAgus9o8
#panspermia #Mars #Earth #origin #impact #astrobiology #space #science
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The recent findings highlight a longstanding question about where life began: here on Earth or somewhere else in the cosmos?
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Re-design and new updates with latest #blogs and #papers (for example 2 x in #Nature #Astronomy in 2024 on #Mars #Viking #experiments and #Fermi #Paradox) on my website:
searchforlifeintheuniverse.com
New books and blogs about astrobiology: where did life originate? How common is life in the universe? What planet is habitable? Addressing the essential questions on who we are and where we came...
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Microbial motility as an amazingly simple #biosignature to detect #life on #Mars and elsewhere (and dangerous #pathogenic #bacteria on Earth). Posted on BigThink with Link at https://t.co/DOWwjiNFt9
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The Dark Side of #Alien #Contact - fitting to #Hallloween: https://t.co/1Bxx42xdau
#astrobiology #space #planet #life #universe #writerscommunity #savage #science #sciencefiction
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Any alien civilization that visits Earth would be technologically advanced, yet they would have likely still undergone biological evolution.
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#ICYMI: https://t.co/bUjeypU7N0 This week, there's a bonus #SETILive! @allplanets discussed @extreme_microbe's recent @NatureAstronomy article about how we should follow the salts🧂 instead of the water💧 when looking for life on #Mars🔴.
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We may be looking for #life on #Mars in the wrong places. The Viking life detection experiments might have inadvertently killed indigenous Martian life by applying too much water. We should follow the salt ! See my blog with link to Nature Astronomy paper:
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NASA has prioritized liquid water on Mars as the key to discovering life, but this strategy may overlook how life could adapt to extremes.
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Please check out my latest publication in Nature Astronomy: "We may be looking for Martian life in the wrong place." Weblink to the paper:
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Why we should look in #caves for #life, especially on #Mars. For more info, see my new blog on BigThink with Link on: https://t.co/ncuucafZgw
#astrobiology #space #science
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Posted on Big Think.
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Extreme Dormancy as a Way to Survive on Earth and Possibly also on Alien Planets (and May also be a Solution to Long-Term Space Travel) https://t.co/WKrIgWZKnZ
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A long view of biological survival might point us to new possibilities for finding life elsewhere in the Universe.
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Update: China´s Moon Mission Returned Now Samples from the #Moon to #Earth. Why this is important, specially for the origin of life: https://t.co/kUaTr8k5kj
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The Moon is the most likely place for evidence from the dawn of life on Earth to be preserved in cold storage.
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China´s Moon Mission May Reveal the Origin of Life on Earth Blog posted on Big Think, direct link on searchforlifeintheuniverse #life #universe #origin #astrobiology #Moon
https://t.co/geYE3Z3v0R
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Why The "Goldilocks" Zone of #Habitable #Planets is Outdated When Searching for #Life: many more places with Life are likely to exist outside the so-called Habitable Zone (HZ) and they are getting more and more #astrobiology #Earth #space #science #planet
https://t.co/QDVxbqQvHh
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A recent discovery provides reason to greatly increase our estimates of the number of potentially habitable planets.
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Should We Send Messages into #Space to be Received by Aliens? And would they be able to decode them? https://t.co/UPC3JYCXhl
#alien #messaging #ufo #life #science #NASA #ESA #mission #exploration #planet #universe #astrobiology #author #blog #writerscommunity #discovery #3body
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Stephen Hawking thought humans should avoid trying to communicate with aliens — for our safety. Was he right?
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Could our First #Alien #Contact be with #Intelligent #Spiders as in the #SciFi #novel "Children of Time"? https://t.co/JBv0zLQSDO
#spider #astrobiology #space #science #evolution #biology #discovery #planet #exoplanet #time #author #WritingCommunity #blog #Writer #life #arachnid
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Aliens are often portrayed in popular culture as humanoid. But in reality, intelligent extraterrestrials might take far stranger forms.
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