{"662202":{"#nid":"662202","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Laughing Gas Could Be the Key to Hunting Down Alien Life","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDon\u0026rsquo;t laugh off the potential value in finding nitrous oxide (N2O) in space\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/space\/deep-space\/a40314174\/does-life-exist-on-exoplanets\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eatmospheres\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026mdash;scientists say the laughing gas could be a key biosignature in the search for life beyond our own planet.\u0026nbsp;In a paper\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4357\/ac8cfb\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epublished\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;earlier this month in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Astrophysical Journal,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eresearchers\u0026nbsp;say we\u0026rsquo;ve focused plenty on oxygen and methane\u0026nbsp;as biosignatures, but skipping out on nitrous oxide \u0026ldquo;may be a mistake.\u0026rdquo; Researchers\u0026nbsp;used simulations to show that with different stars from the sun we know and love, the biosignature search could well include N2O. One of those researchers is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/reinhard-dr-chris\u0022\u003EChris Reinhard\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-10-17 14:55:18","changed_gmt":"2022-10-17 14:55:18","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/space\/solar-system\/a41587860\/laughing-gas-signs-of-life-in-space\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-10-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"170504","name":"Chris Reinhard"},{"id":"178812","name":"nitrous oxide"},{"id":"170554","name":"N2O"},{"id":"191452","name":"atmospheric bio signatures"},{"id":"722","name":"Astrobiology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}