Humans have been pondering the existence of life beyond Earth since ancient times.
In the 1900s, scientists beganactively searchingfor proof.
Needless to say, we still havent found any.
In a new study, researchers propose a way forward if we continue to not find extra terrestrial life.© graphic designed with Canva
Biosignaturesare indicators of biological processes and, therefore, potential signs of life as we know it.
Some scientists, however, nevertheless refer to exoplanets as planets for simplicitys sake.
These missions might survey enough exoplanets to reach the kind of conclusion outlined in the study.
Errors such as false negative detections could significantly skew the broader results.
In other words, upcoming surveys should carefully consider uncertainties and biases in their approach.
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