Life on Mars

Cave Biosignature Suites: Microbes, Minerals, and Mars

Penelope J. Boston, M. Spilde, Diana E. Northup, Leslie A. Melim, D.S. Soroka, L.G. Kleina, Kathleen H. Lavoie, Louise D. Hose, Lawrence M. Mallory, C. N. Dahm, Laura J. Crossey, Rachel T. Schelble

Citations: 231 • 2001

The provenance, formation, and implications of reduced carbon phases in Martian meteorites

A. Steele, F. M. McCubbin, M. Fries

Citations: 112 • 2016

Volcaniclastic habitats for early life on Earth and Mars: A case study from ∼3.5Ga-old rocks from the Pilbara, Australia

Francès Westall, Frédéric Foucher, Barbara Cavalazzi, Sjoukje T. de Vries, Wouter Nijman, V. K. Pearson, Jonathan S. Watson, A. B. Verchovsky, I. P. Wright, Jean‐Noël Rouzaud, Daniele Marchesini, Severine Anne

Citations: 83 • 2010

The Miniaturized Raman System and Detection of Traces of Life in Halite from the Atacama Desert: Some Considerations for the Search for Life Signatures on Mars

Petr Vítek, Jan Jehlička, Howell G. M. Edwards, Ian Hutchinson, Carmen Ascaso, Jacek Wierzchoś

Citations: 74 • 2012

Uninhabited habitats on Mars

Charles S. Cockell, M. R. Balme, J. C. Bridges, Alfonso F. Dávila, S. P. Schwenzer

Citations: 67 • 2011

Thermophiles, early biosphere evolution, and the origin of life on Earth: Implications for the exobiological exploration of Mars

Jack D. Farmer

Citations: 62 • 1998

The 2005 MARTE Robotic Drilling Experiment in Río Tinto, Spain: Objectives, Approach, and Results of a Simulated Mission to Search for Life in the Martian Subsurface

C. Stoker, Howard Cannon, Stephen E. Dunagan, Lawrence G. Lemke, B. Glass, D.O. Miller, Javier Gómez‐Elvira, Kiel Davis, J. Zavaleta, Alois Winterholler, Matt Roman, J. A. Rodríguez‐Manfredi, R. Bonaccorsi, Mary Sue Bell, A. J. Brown, M. Battler, Bin Chen, G. A. Cooper, Mark M. Davidson, David C. Fernández‐Remolar, Eduardo Gonzales-Pastor, J. L. Heldmann, Jesús Martínez‐Frías, Vı́ctor Parro, O. Prieto‐Ballesteros, B. Sutter, Andrew C. Schuerger, John Schutt, F. Rull

Citations: 61 • 2008

SOLID2: An Antibody Array-Based Life-Detector Instrument in a Mars Drilling Simulation Experiment (MARTE)

Vı́ctor Parro, Patricia Fernández‐Calvo, J. A. Rodríguez‐Manfredi, Mercedes Moreno‐Paz, Luis A. Rivas, Miriam García‐Villadangos, R. Bonaccorsi, José Eduardo González‐Pastor, O. Prieto‐Ballesteros, Andrew C. Schuerger, Mark M. Davidson, Javier Gómez‐Elvira, C. Stoker

Citations: 59 • 2008

Raman Spectroscopic Protocol for the Molecular Recognition of Key Biomarkers in Astrobiological Exploration

Howell G. M. Edwards

Citations: 54 • 2003

Searching for Life on Mars Before It Is Too Late

Alberto González Fairén, Vı́ctor Parro, Dirk Schulze‐Makuch, Lyle G. Whyte

Citations: 50 • 2017

Astrobiology and habitability studies in preparation for future Mars missions: trends from investigating minerals, organics and biota

P. Ehrenfreund, Wilfred F. M. Röling, Cora S. Thiel, R. C. Quinn, Mark A. Sephton, C. Stoker, J. Michelle Kotler, S. Direito, Zita Martins, Grazyna E. Orzechowska, Richard Kidd, C.A. van Sluis, Bernard Foing

Citations: 47 • 2011

A Low-Diversity Microbiota Inhabits Extreme Terrestrial Basaltic Terrains and Their Fumaroles: Implications for the Exploration of Mars

Charles S. Cockell, Jesse P. Harrison, Adam Stevens, Samuel J. Payler, S. S. Hughes, S. E. Kobs Nawotniak, Allyson L. Brady, R. C. Elphic, C. W. Haberle, A. Sehlke, Kara H. Beaton, Andrew F. J. Abercromby, Petra Schwendner, Jennifer Wadsworth, Hanna Landenmark, Rosie Cane, Andrew W. Dickinson, Natasha Nicholson, Liam Perera, D. S. S. Lim

Citations: 44 • 2019

Simulating Mars Drilling Mission for Searching for Life: <i>Ground-Truthing</i> Lipids and Other Complex Microbial Biomarkers in the Iron-Sulfur Rich Río Tinto Analog

Laura Sánchez‐García, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Martínez, Mercedes Moreno‐Paz, Daniel Carrizo, Miriam García‐Villadangos, Juan Manuel Manchado, C. Stoker, B. Glass, Vı́ctor Parro

Citations: 43 • 2020

Protection of cyanobacterial carotenoids' Raman signatures by Martian mineral analogues after high‐dose gamma irradiation

Mickaël Baqué, Franziska Hanke, Ute Böttger, Thomas Leya, Ralf Moeller, Jean‐Pierre de Vera

Citations: 43 • 2018

The implantation of life on Mars: Feasibility and motivation

Robert H. Haynes, Christopher P. McKay

Citations: 39 • 1992

Life in the sabkha: Raman spectroscopy of halotrophic extremophiles of relevance to planetary exploration

Howell G. M. Edwards, Mahmoud A. Mohsin, Fadhil Sadooni, Nik Fakhuruddin Nik Hassan, Tasnim Munshi

Citations: 32 • 2006

Biological contamination studies of lunar landing sites: implications for future planetary protection and life detection on the Moon and Mars

D. P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Mark Lupisella, Gerhard Kminek, John D. Rummel

Citations: 31 • 2004

Search parameters for the remote detection of extraterrestrial life

Dirk Schulze‐Makuch, Louis N. Irwin, Huade Guan

Citations: 28 • 2002

Detectability of biosignatures in a low-biomass simulation of martian sediments

Adam Stevens, Alison McDonald, Coenraad de Koning, Andreas Riedo, Louisa J. Preston, P. Ehrenfreund, P. Wurz, Charles S. Cockell

Citations: 25 • 2019

An inventory of potentially habitable environments on Mars: Geological and biological perspectives

J. M. Dohm, Hideaki Miyamoto, G. G. Ori, Alberto González Fairén, Alfonso F. Dávila, G. Komatsu, William C. Mahaney, J. P. Williams, Samantha B. Joye, G. Di Achille, Dorothy Z. Oehler, G. A. Marzo, Dirk Schulze‐Makuch, Valerio Acocella, M. Glamoclija, M. Pondrelli, Penelope J. Boston, Kris M. Hart, Robert C. Anderson, Victor R. Baker, Wolfgang Fink, Brian P. Kelleher, Roberto Furfaro, C. Gross, T. M. Hare, Andrew R. Frazer, F. Ip, Christopher C. R. Allen, Kyeong Ja Kim, Shigenori Maruyama, Patrick McGuire, Dennis I. Netoff, John Parnell, L. Wendt, Shawn J. Wheelock, A. Steele, R. G. V. Hancock, R.A. Havics, Pedro Costa, D. H. Krinsley

Citations: 25 • 2011