Search for exo-life

• The case for H2O / O2

1. O2 produced by life

CO2 + 2 H2O + 8 hn ? (H-CHO) + O2 ? + H2O

2. O2 : very reactive gas / rocks… (t ~ 107 yrs)

if not continuously produced ? vanishes

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