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Mars rover on rocky terrain, showing its camera mast, equipment, and six wheels against a dusty, reddish Martian landscape.

Biosignatures? Why organics on Mars don’t necessarily signal life

Organic compounds can form through simple chemistry alone — making the search for true biosignatures trickier than it seems.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch

A dark, rocky planet orbits in space with the sun illuminating its edge, surrounded by stars and distant cosmic clouds.

Starts With A Bang

Starts With A Bang podcast #120 – Exoplanet biosignatures

In the search for life in the Universe, the ultimate goal is to find an inhabited planet beyond Earth. How will we know when we've made it?

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