Could Using 3D Imaging Be Used to Detect Signs of Extraterrestrial Life in Space?

Lifeinism
Lifeinism
Aug 9, 2017 · 2 min read

According to Caltech researchers, holographic microscopy is our best chance for identifying microbes living in space. In a paper published in a special edition of Astrobiology, Jay Nadeau and team make a case for using the technique to analyze water samples taken from Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons.

In general, Enceladus was the focus of the entire Astrobiology special edition because the amount of water on the moon has NASA naming it recently as an ‘ocean world’ and therefore capable of supporting life. The hope is that waters contain verifiable microbes, the challenge is verifying the minute signs of life from a distance of more than 750 million miles.


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