K. Enya   Y. Yoshimura   K. Kobayashi   A. Yamagishi   
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 11815 2021
This work reviews the search for extraterrestrial life signatures with a special focus on the fluorescence microscope that we have been developing for the life-signature search on Mars and other sites. The surface and subterranean Mars, clouds of ...
SPACE TELESCOPES AND INSTRUMENTATION 2020: ULTRAVIOLET TO GAMMA RAY 11444 2021
Many Earth-sized planets have been discovered and some of them are potentially in the habitable zone. In addition, several Earth-sized planets have been detected around low temperature stars near our solar system. However, it is difficult to chara...
K. Enya   Y. Yoshimura   S. Sasaki   A. Yamagishi   A. Miyakawa   E. Imai   K. Kobayashi   H. Mita   
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 11353 2020
We present a life detection fluorescence microscope (LDM) for near-future Solar System exploration. The search for extra-terrestrial life in the Solar System is considered a crucial issue in space science. Previously, the NASA Viking mission condu...