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From: ali...@comet.invalid (Jan Panteltje)
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Subject: OT: signs of life could be detectable in single ice grains from extraterrestrial bodies
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 05:37:40 GMT
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by: Jan Panteltje - Sat, 23 Mar 2024 05:37 UTC

Source:
University of Washington

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240322145406.htm

Summary:
Could life be found in frozen sea spray from moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter?
New research finds that life can be detected in a single ice grain containing one bacterial cell or portions of a cell.
The results suggest that if life similar to that on Earth exists on these planetary bodies,
that this life should be detectable by instruments launching in the fall .

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"Newly published results show that instruments slated to go on future missions,
like the SUrface Dust Analyzer onboard Europa Clipper,
can detect cellular material in one out of hundreds of thousands of ice grains.
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OT: signs of life could be detectable in single ice grains from extraterrestrial	Jan Panteltje