Biosignatures as revealed by spectropolarimetry of Earthshine

Michael F. Sterzik (), Stefano Bagnulo and Enric Palle
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Michael F. Sterzik: European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107
Stefano Bagnulo: Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, UK
Enric Palle: Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Via Lactea s/n, E38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Nature, 2012, vol. 483, issue 7387, 64-66

Abstract: Sunlight that has been reflected first from the Earth and then from the Moon is known as ‘Earthshine’, and its linear polarization spectra are found to contain signatures of life, such as oxygen and vegetation.

Date: 2012
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