Earth observations show how nitrogen may be detected on exoplanets, aiding search for life
Seattle WA (SPX) Sep 04, 2015 - Observations of nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere by a NASA spacecraft 17 million miles away are giving astronomers fresh clues to how that gas might reveal itself on faraway planets, thus aiding in the search for life. Finding and measuring nitrogen in the atmosphere of an exoplanet - one outside our solar system - can be crucial to determining if that world might be habitable. That's becaus ... more

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