Beyond “Biosignatures”: Importance of Applying Abiotic / Prebiotic Chemistry to the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Whitepaper #173 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: life and prebiotic organics
by Laura M. Barge, Laura Rodriguez, Jessica M. Weber, and Bethany Theiling
Published onMar 18, 2021
Beyond “Biosignatures”: Importance of Applying Abiotic / Prebiotic Chemistry to the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
The purpose of this white paper is to urge NASA to continue to invest in understanding the boundaries between abiotic and biotic systems, and to demonstrate how prebiotic and origin of life chemistry is an essential part of searching for life elsewhere as we move into the next decade of planetary missions.
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