# The fingerprints of life beyond Earth

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMonterey
- Speaker: Clara Sousa-Silva
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Astronomy and space
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/clara_sousa_silva_the_fingerprints_of_life_beyond_earth)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Is there life on Venus? Quantum astrochemist Clara Sousa-Silva makes the case for a new way to seek and possibly discover habitable planets -- and shares her research into a poisonous, smelly molecule that might signal life beyond Earth.

## Lectures

1. [The fingerprints of life beyond Earth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/clara_sousa_silva_the_fingerprints_of_life_beyond_earth/55a72afce830), 8 min (TED's player)