OWLS: NASA JPL's Autonomous Eight-Instrument Platform for Onboard Life-Detection in Watery-World Samples

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Led by Peter Willis and Chris Lindensmith, NASA's JPL built OWLS, an autonomous eight‑instrument life‑detection system that analyzes liquid samples with a no‑moving‑parts microscope and chemical analyzers, processes data onboard, and can be tailored for future missions.

JPL Developing More Tools to Help Search for Life in Deep Space
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JPL Developing More Tools to Help Search for Life in Deep Space

A team at the Lab has invented new technologies that could be used by future missions to analyze liquid samples from watery worlds and look for signs of alien life.