The Best Way to Use a Telescope to Look for Life

question 88

Multiple Choice

The best way to use a telescope to look for life on other planets is to

• A) search for absorption from nitrogen in their atmospheres.
• B) search for absorption from oxygen in their atmospheres.
• C) search for emission lines from water vapor in their atmospheres.
• D) search for carbon dioxide on their moons.
• E) look for artificial satellites.

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