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There are plenty of inorganic/abiotic pathways to produce oxygen under laboratory conditions, and these could be at play on an exoplanet.
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Big Think, 17 Feb. 2026
In order to determine if the intriguing minerals were produced by microbial metabolism or an abiotic process, samples collected by the rover would need to be delivered to Earth for further analysis, team members have stressed.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
And yet, every clue has an abiotic escape hatch.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This change in pH is as drastic a change in the environment as temperature or any other abiotic factor.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
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Big Think, 17 Feb. 2026
In order to determine if the intriguing minerals were produced by microbial metabolism or an abiotic process, samples collected by the rover would need to be delivered to Earth for further analysis, team members have stressed.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
And yet, every clue has an abiotic escape hatch.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This change in pH is as drastic a change in the environment as temperature or any other abiotic factor.
—Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
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“Abiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abiotic. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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abiotic
adjective
abi·ot·ic
ˌā-bī-ˈät-ik 
: not living or composed of living things
water and rock are abiotic
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