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This artist’s impression shows the evolution of heavy water molecules (H2O, HDO, and D2O) as they have been observed in giant molecular clouds, a planet forming-disk, and comets—before they eventually

Lava-covered proto-Earth – Grok via Astrobiology.com Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of “proto Earth,” which formed about 4.5 billion years ago, before a colossal collision

Enhanced view of Enceladus’ South pole region showing the locations of organic-rich geysers in blue Saturn’s moon Enceladus is an exciting destination for future exploration missions due to

Latitude-longitude maps of surface temperature overlaid with the wind field at the bottom layer, and surface precipitation. The black contours indicate where the surface temperature is 50◦ Celsius.

Snapshots of VGS-calculated surface water mass (in units of Earth’s ocean mass) for TRAPPIST-1 analogs, shown as a function of total planet mass (M⊕) and final orbital distance (AU). Panel

Assembly of ribonucleoprotein condensates in response to Mars-like stress conditions. Credit Dhage et al. — Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Any life on Mars in the past, present, or future