What it means to search for life we’ve never seen | Betül Kaçar

We may be close to finding life beyond Earth. But would we even recognize it if we did? Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar explains what signs NASA is looking for.

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What will life on other planets look like, and would we even know it if we saw it?

Astrobiologist Betül Kaçar studies how life might appear elsewhere by looking at how microbes survive in extreme places on Earth. With better telescopes, scientists are now able to search for chemical signs that life might leave behind. To find these signs, scientists are learning to recognize a wider range of clues and ultimately rethink what life can be.

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