What Is Life—and How Do We Search for It in Other Worlds?
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If there is life on distant worlds, how would we go about finding it?
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McKay (2004) proposed that this chemical signature is a universal feature of all life and may be used for life detection.
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- Authors
- McKay, C. P.
- Venue
- PLoS Biology
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2004-09-14
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- e302
- ISSN
- 1544-9173 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-7885
- PMC
- PMC516796
- OpenAlex
- W2059080845
- Cited by
- 191
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 14 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 1.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Keywords
- extraterrestrial life, biosignatures, habitability, astrobiology, life detection, exoplanets
- MeSH terms
- Origin of Life, Biology, Extraterrestrial Environment, Earth, Planet, Mars, Jupiter, Exobiology, Life, Biodiversity
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