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A Physical Basis for Life Detection Experiments
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“Atmospheric species such as oxygen and methane (and other reduced gases) should not coexist in appreciable quantities in an equilibrium atmosphere (Lovelock, 1965; Sagan et al., 1993), yet they do on our living planet.”
From The Astrobiology Primer v2.0 (2016) · cites this paper as Lovelock, 1965
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“Life has caused changes to the composition of Earth's atmosphere (Lovelock, 1965) that are detectable by spectroscopy.”
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“A more general biosignature, which has not been considered for the early Earth, is atmospheric chemical disequilibrium, evident in the coexistence of two or more long-term incompatible gases (17–20).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- LOVELOCK, J. E.
- Corresponding author
- LOVELOCK, J. E.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1965-08
- Volume
- 207
- Issue
- 4997
- Pages
- 568-570
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2005686998
- Cited by
- 446
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 13 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 21 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 1.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Keywords
- life detection, biosignatures, physical basis of life, astrobiology, exoplanet biosignatures, high-contrast imaging
- MeSH terms
- Astronomy, Biochemical Phenomena, Biochemistry, Biology, Extraterrestrial Environment, Astronomical Phenomena
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