Ka taƙaita labarin:  An tura wani balloon da ke dauke da na'urori masu auna sigina da aka tsara don gano raunin da baƙon rayuwa ya bari a wasu duniyoyi a kan wani aiki mai zurfi a cikin yanayin duniya. Na'urar daukar hoto ta Planetary Atmospheres Minor Species Sensor (PAMSS) ta kwashe sama da awa daya a mita 105,000 sama da saman duniya tana daukar ma'auni kafin ta yi parachuting cikin aminci zuwa kasa. Masu bincike a NASA da kuma Jami'ar Florida ta Tsakiya ne suka kirkiro na'urar, kuma an gwada ta kafin a tura ta zuwa wasu duniyoyi. Jirgin saman saman da ke sama da shi ya dauki sabon kayan aiki mai mahimmanci 19.8 mil a cikin yanayi. Da yake zai iya gano iskar gas a kashi ɗaya cikin tiriliyan - wanda ya fi ƙarfin fasahar zamani - zai iya bayyana wanzuwar rayuwa a wasu duniyoyi. Ko da ƙananan matakan methane a duniyar duniyar zasu iya nuna cewa akwai rayuwa a can ta rushe kwayoyin halitta. An kaddamar da na'urar PAMSS a cikin iska a karkashin wani balloon mai tsayi daga Tucson, Arizona. Farfesa Robert Peale, masanin kimiyyar lissafi a Jami'ar Florida ta Tsakiya wanda ke jagorantar aikin, ya ce: 'Sensor ɗinmu yana da damar gano takamaiman iskar gas a ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta. 'Metabolic byproducts na rayuwa sun hada da halaye na gas kamar methane, wanda a kan Mars zai zama ƙananan ƙananan.' Farfesa Peale da tawagarsa sun kaddamar da na'urar daukar hoto, wanda ke amfani da na'urar daukar hoto mai girman kwayar gishiri, a kan wani balloon mai tsayi daga Tucson, Arizona, a ranar Lahadi. Na'urar mai girman toaster tana amfani da wata dabara da ake kira 'intracavity laser absorption spectrometry' don gano ƙananan gas. Yawancin binciken sararin samaniya da ake amfani da su a yau ba sa iya auna ma'aunin tururi ko gas. Koyaya, NASA tana fatan cewa ta amfani da PAMSS za su iya gano ƙananan methane a wasu duniyoyi kamar Mars, watannin Jupiter Europa da watannin Saturn Enceladus. An riga an gano ƙananan matakan methane a duniyar Mars tare da wurare masu zafi inda ake tunanin matakan za su hau. Masana kimiyya yanzu suna so su bincika waɗannan sosai a cikin...
Sensor na Planetary Atmospheres Minor Species Sensor zai iya gano ƙananan alamun gas. Zai iya gano kwayar methane guda daya a cikin wasu kwayoyin tiriliyan. Na'urar girman toaster ta tashi mil 19.8 sama da saman duniya a gwajin farko. Ya shafe sa'a daya a mita 105,000 yana tattara bayanai kafin ya sauka zuwa duniya. NASA na fatan tura shi zuwa duniyar Mars da sauran duniyoyi don neman alamun rayuwa.