Towards an Integrated In-Situ Biosignature Detection Suite for Space Missions: Miniaturized MS, CE/LC-MS, Biosensors, Nanopore Sensing, and Standoff Spectroscopy

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Detecting life beyond Earth will require a compact, integrated set of instruments that combines liquid-phase separations with detection, mass spectrometry, biosensors, nanopore sensing, and remote spectroscopy, together with automated sample preparation and rigorous validation, because no single technique can identify all biosignatures across different worlds.

Frontiers | In situ organic biosignature detection techniques for space applications
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Frontiers | In situ organic biosignature detection techniques for space applications

The search for life in Solar System bodies such as Mars and Ocean Worlds (e.g., Europa and Enceladus) is an ongoing and high-priority endeavor in space scien...