Recent observations suggest that scientists have identified potential microbial fingerprints in the atmospheres of other planets, raising intriguing questions about the possibility of alien life ...

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Tiny life forms adrift in alien skies might one day expose themselves through the faintest play of light. A new study suggests that airborne microbes could leave detectable spectral fingerprints in ...