Signs of life would be detectable in single ice grain emitted from extraterrestrial moons

Signs of life would be detectable in single ice grain emitted from extraterrestrial moons

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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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