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Locating potential biosignatures on Europa from surface geology observationsPatricio H Figueredo
Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 1404, USA
Astrobiology 3:851-61. 2003..This assessment will be expanded by multidisciplinary examination of the potential for habitability of specific features...
A two-tiered approach to assessing the habitability of exoplanetsDirk Schulze-Makuch
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
Astrobiology 11:1041-52. 2011..Applying the proposed metrics to bodies within our Solar System for comparison reveals two planets in the Gliese 581 system, GJ 581 c and d, with an ESI comparable to that of Mars and a PHI between that of Europa and Enceladus...- Microbial life in a liquid asphalt desertDirk Schulze-Makuch
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, 99164 6376, USA
Astrobiology 11:241-58. 2011.... - Testing the H2O2-H2O hypothesis for life on Mars with the TEGA instrument on the Phoenix landerDirk Schulze-Makuch
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
Astrobiology 8:205-14. 2008..Our experiments provide a baseline for an unbiased test for chemical versus biological responses, which can be applied at the time the Phoenix lander transmits its first results from the martian surface... - The prospect of alien life in exotic forms on other worldsDirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 2812, USA
Naturwissenschaften 93:155-72. 2006..We provide a detailed discussion of two possible habitats for alien life which are generally not considered as such: the lower cloud level of the Venusian atmosphere and Titan's surface environment... - Biologically enhanced energy and carbon cycling on Titan?Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA
Astrobiology 5:560-7. 2005..Metabolic activity may even contribute to the apparent youth, smoothness, and high activity of Titan's surface via biothermal energy... - Longitudinal dispersivity data and implications for scaling behaviorDirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geology, Washington State University, Webster Physical Sciences Building, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
Ground Water 43:443-56. 2005..5. No significant difference in scaling exponent was found among different media, and no clear evidence exists for the presence of an upper bound or asymptotic behavior on the relationship for any of the analyzed media... - Reassessing the possibility of life on venus: proposal for an astrobiology missionDirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
Astrobiology 2:197-202. 2002..Technology based on the Stardust Mission to collect comet particles could readily be adapted for a pass through the appropriate cloud layer for sample collection and return to Earth... - A sulfur-based survival strategy for putative phototrophic life in the venusian atmosphereDirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geological Sciences, Program of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968 0555, USA
Astrobiology 4:11-8. 2004..Thus, life could exist today in the clouds of Venus... - Venus, Mars, and the ices on Mercury and the moon: astrobiological implications and proposed mission designsDirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
Astrobiology 5:778-95. 2005..agents working in concert to allow for sufficient mission safety and redundancy, to perform extensive and challenging reconnaissance, and to lead to a thorough search for evidence of life and habitability... - Introduction to the special paper collection: methodologies and techniques for detecting extraterrestrial (microbial) lifeDirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968-0555, USA
Astrobiology 3:487-8. 2003 - Energy cycling and hypothetical organisms in Europa's oceanDirk Schulze-Makuch
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
Astrobiology 2:105-21. 2002..Organisms thriving on these gradients could interact with each other to form the complex energy cycling necessary for establishing a stable ecosystem... - Thermal energy and the origin of lifeAnthonie W J Muller
Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2812, USA
Orig Life Evol Biosph 36:177-89. 2006..Possible suitable examples are subsurface environments on Earth and in the outer Solar System, in particular the subsurface oceans of the icy satellites of Jupiter and Saturn... - Strategy for modeling putative multilevel ecosystems on EuropaLouis N Irwin
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968 0159, USA
Astrobiology 3:813-21. 2003..Calculations indicate the plausibility of both ecosystems, including small macroorganisms at the highest trophic levels, with ionotrophy supporting a larger biomass than chemoautotrophy... - Microbial survival rates of Escherichia coli and Deinococcus radiodurans under low temperature, low pressure, and UV-Irradiation conditions, and their relevance to possible Martian lifeBenjamin Diaz
Program of Environmental Toxicology, Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Astrobiology 6:332-47. 2006..Our results indicate that planetary surfaces that possess little to no atmosphere and have low water availability do not constitute a favorable environment for terrestrial microorganisms... - The effect of critical pH on virus fate and transport in saturated porous mediumHuade Guan
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
Ground Water 41:701-8. 2003..The concept of critical pH can assist in the design of geologic barriers for preventing viral contamination in ground water... - Low frequency electromagnetic waves as a supplemental energy source to sustain microbial growth?Victor A Gusev
Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Koptyuga pr 4, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
Naturwissenschaften 92:115-20. 2005..Microbes may be capable of converting this energy into chemical energy to supplement their energy needs...