Tanda-tanda kehidupan ini merupakan perpaduan oksigen, ozon, metana dan karbon dioksida yang mengkhianati keberadaan kehidupan organik. Para peneliti juga mempelopori metode super sensitif dalam mengidentifikasi tanda-tanda kehidupan ini.
"Cahaya dari planet jauh ini sangat sulit dianalisa. Namun cahaya yang dipantulkan planet terpolarisasi. Jadi teknik polarimetrik ini akan membantu mencari cahaya lemah exoplanet," kata Dr Stefano Bagnulo dari Armagh Observatory. Demikian seperti dikutip DM.
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'Earthshine' on the moon - scientists studied the reflected light of
Earth on the moon, to perfect techniques for finding life on other
worlds
The moon over the Paranal observatory in Chile: Scientists used the
Very Large Telescope, the world's largest optical telescope to study
'earthshine' on the moon
Scientists using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern
Observatory in Chile identified 'biosignatures' from earthshine, the
light from Earth reflected on the moon
An evening view of the Moon above the Very Large Telescope at ESO's
Paranal Observatory in Chile. The entire disc of the Moon can be seen
to be faintly shining in light reflected off the Earth, a phenomenon
called earthshine
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