2 papers
astro-ph.EP2018
Paleo-Rock-Hosted Life on Earth and the Search on Mars: a Review and Strategy for Exploration
T. C. Onstott, B. L. Ehlmann, H. Sapers +5
We review the abundance and diversity of terrestrial rock hosted life, the environments it inhabits, the evolution of its metabolisms, and its fossil biomarkers to provide guidance…
astro-ph.EP2018
Searching for Biosignatures in Exoplanetary Impact Ejecta
Gianni Cataldi, Alexis Brandeker, Philippe Thébault +5
With the number of confirmed rocky exoplanets increasing steadily, their characterisation and the search for exoplanetary biospheres is becoming an increasingly urgent issue in ast…