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Cells in Space/Dr. Julie Robinson's, International Space Station Chief Scientist, Expedition 43-46 (One-Year Crew) Mission Overview and Science Briefing graphics ....related article -Thiel, Cora Sandra; Tauber, Svantje; Seebacher, Christian; Schropp, Martin; Uhl, Rainer; Lauber, Beatrice; Polzer, Jennifer; Neelam, Srujana; Zhang, Ye; Ullrich, Oliver (25 April 2019). "Real-Time 3D High-Resolution Microscopy of Human Cells on the International Space Station" . International Journal of Molecular Sciences . 20 (8). doi :10.3390/ijms20082033 . ISSN 1422-0067 . Retrieved 1 December 2019 . {{cite journal }}
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HR 8799 Orbiting Exoplanets/ HR 8799 (133 ly) harbors four super-Jupiters orbiting with periods that range from decades to centuries. Motion interpolate was used on 7 images of HR 8799 taken from the Keck Telescope over 7 years to create this image....Credits: Video making & motion interpolation: Jason Wang (UC Berkeley) Data analysis: Christian Marois (NRC Herzberg) Orbit determination: Quinn Konopacky (UCSD) Data Taking: Bruce Macintosh (Stanford), Travis Barman (University of Arizona), Ben Zuckerman (UCLA) Funded by: NASA NExSS Data from the W. M. Keck Observatory [1] .(having taken 7 years to do, it is the best done so far)... Note:Alpha Centauri/Proxima is the nearest solar system at about 4 ly[2] other news :::::::::::::::::::::::Webb & HT view
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Ingenuity Helicopter's 1st Flight by Mars 2020 Perseverance for flight on the surface of Mars 19 April, 2021 JPL (
House, Christopher H.; Wong, Gregory M.; Webster, Christopher R.; Flesch, Gregory J.; Franz, Heather B.; Stern, Jennifer C.; Pavlov, Alex; Atreya, Sushil K.; Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.; Gilbert, Alexis; Hofmann, Amy E.; Millan, Maëva; Steele, Andrew; Glavin, Daniel P.; Malespin, Charles A.; Mahaffy, Paul R. (25 January 2022). "Depleted carbon isotope compositions observed at Gale crater, Mars" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 119 (4). doi :10.1073/pnas.2115651119 . ISSN 0027-8424 . Retrieved 19 January 2022 . )
It has been suggested that biominerals could be important indicators of extraterrestrial life and thus could play an important role in the search for past or present life on Mars (and perhaps other places in this solar system). Furthermore, organic components (biosignatures ) that are often associated with biominerals are believed to play crucial roles in both pre-biotic and biotic reactions.[ 1] On 24 January 2014, NASA reported that current studies by the Curiosity and Opportunity rovers on the planet Mars will now be searching for evidence of ancient life, including a biosphere based on autotrophic , chemotrophic and/or chemolithoautotrophic microorganisms , as well as ancient water, including fluvio-lacustrine environments (plains related to ancient rivers or lakes) that may have been habitable .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] The search for evidence of habitability (and perhaps future human habitability ) , taphonomy (related to fossils ), and organic carbon on the planet Mars is now a primary NASA objective.[ 2] [ 3]
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