In the clean room – PLATO in OHB’s integration facility – The ‘optical bench’ with its 26 cameras is lifted onto the service module of the spacecraft. The service module
In the clean room – PLATO in OHB’s integration facility – The ‘optical bench’ with its 26 cameras is lifted onto the service module of the spacecraft. The service module
A 3D image obtained by X-ray microtomography of a macroscopic multicellular organism dated to 2.1 billion years ago (Francevillian Basin, Gabon). Scale bar = 1 cm. Credit Arnaud Mazurier and
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