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Finding Caves on the Moon is Great. On Mars? Even Better.
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Aug 14, 20241 min read
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Extreme Dormancy as a Way to Survive on Earth and (Possibly) on Alien Planets
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jul 1, 20241 min read
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Why The "Goldilocks" Zone of Habitable Planets is Outdated When Searching for Life
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
May 17, 20241 min read
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Is There a Planet Out There Even Better than Earth?
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
May 24, 20231 min read
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The Hunt for Life in the Alpha Centauri System
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
May 4, 20231 min read
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Is There Life on the Icy Moons of our Solar System?
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 13, 20231 min read
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Io, an Overlooked Target for Astrobiology
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 13, 20231 min read
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Why We Need a Human Base on the Moon.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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A Promising Method for Life-Detection
Microbial Motility
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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Life on the Early Moon?
An Outrageous Hypothesis Re-Evaluated
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Mar 3, 20223 min read
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Habitable Conditions in the Martian Subsurface
But Let's Not Forget Habitable Niches in Salts, Ices, and Caves!
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 17, 20223 min read
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The Evidence for Life on Mars Is Getting Stronger and Stronger
Light Carbon, Organic Molecules, and Habitats with Liquid Water.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 27, 20223 min read
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The Idea of Microbial Life in the Venusian Atmosphere is NOT dead
On the first day of the Venera D Cloud Habitability System workshop, the idea whether the clouds of Venus are habitable was center-stage.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Dec 2, 20213 min read
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