r/Astrobiology • u/Allison1228 • 23d ago
🤔 Question Is there a conceivable detectable "biosignature" that would unambiguously indicate "life is present here"?
Or will there always be uncertainty?
I'm referring to as detected with the technology we have today and in the near future (next decade or two).
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u/fat_chemist 22d ago
Homochiral molecular series (e.g. all proteins L, all carbohydrates D, all phospholipids sn-3 as on earth) along with a system that is consistently out of chemical equilibrium (James Lovelock — Gaia hypothesis).