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Ceres: The asteroid belt’s forgotten ocean world
As the closest icy ocean world to Earth, Ceres may be a promising candidate in the search for signs of ancient life. Posted on Big Think....

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jun 231 min read


When And Where Did Life Really Begin?
Posted on Big Think.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 51 min read


Follow The Salt to Find Life on Mars
Posted on Big Think.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Oct 2, 20241 min read


Finding Caves on the Moon is Great. On Mars? Even Better.
Posted on Big Think.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Aug 14, 20241 min read


Using AI to Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Posted on BigThink.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Oct 27, 20231 min read


How False Positives Impact the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Posted on Big Think.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 21, 20231 min read


Could We All Be Martians?
Revisiting Panspermia: did life come from outside of Earth?

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jun 2, 20223 min read


Three Myths of Planetary Protection
What’s First? A Life-Detection or a Human Mission to Mars?

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Apr 28, 20223 min read


A Promising Method for Life-Detection
Microbial Motility

Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Apr 8, 20223 min read
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