James Van Allen
scientific instrument package (Rockoon).
Credit: NASA
Occupation: Space Scientist
Year born: 1914
Atmosphere
scientific instrument package (Rockoon).
Credit: NASA
Life on Earth
Credit: LadyofHats
Life on Earth has taken billions of years to evolve. Life includes anything which can do the following things:
Locating Life
Many scientists are working on ways of searching for signs of life on other planets, both within our own Solar System and beyond. Some of these ways include the following techniques:
Searching for Atmospheric Biomarkers
Atmospheres
International Space Station (ISS)
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Greenhouse Effect
Credit: Oliver Dixon
Greenhouses work by allowing the heat from the Sun to go straight through glass windows, but then once inside, it becomes trapped and the inside of the greenhouse gets hotter.
