ALMA emission maps of H2O and HDO in comet 12P/Pons-Brooks. The image cubes have been spectrally integrated, continuum-subtracted, and are centered on the thermal continuum peak. The contour separation is

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The McDonough Meteorite is likely over 4.56 billion years old. (Photo by Cade Massey) A mysterious extraterrestrial visitor now has a permanent home and identity, thanks to University of Georgia

Obelisk alpha has a predicted extensive secondary structure and appears to colonise and speciate within the human gut a) overview of the iterative approach taken in Obelisk discovery, (see methods)

Scientists think that under the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa a saltwater ocean exists that may contain more than twice as much liquid water as all of Earth’s oceans