Understanding Life Signatures Across Geothermal-Ice Gradients in Europa-like Environments using Raman Spectroscopy
Dina M Bower1, Conor A Nixon2, Tilak Hewagama3, Shahid Aslam2, Jennifer L Eigenbrode4, Jennifer C Stern5, Claire Rachel Cousins6, Aaron Benjamin Regberg7, Amy McAdam8, Christine A Knudson9, Kelsey Young1, Cherie Achilles10, Christopher W. Hamilton11 and Patrick Whelley1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Planetary Systems Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar System Exploration Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)University of St Andrews, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, St Andrews, United Kingdom, (7)NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States, (8)NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, United States, (9)CRESST/University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (10)University of Arizona, Geosciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (11)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States