Hunting for microbial life throughout the solar system

Making headway with the mysteries of life’s origins

“…If the probe were to, for instance, find evidence of ferrocyanide derivatives, that would favor his hypothesis. But should future exploration of unlit ocean moons in the outer solar system discover life beneath their icy shells, it would suggest that life's origins did not rely on ultraviolet energy for life's creation (8). Even the smallest unequivocal evidence could have huge consequences for answering questions about the origin of life.…”