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China Space Station “Tiangong” 天宫 as seen by the by Shenzhou 16 crew on Oct. 30, 2023 upon departure – CGTN Understanding the characteristics of microbes during long-term space missions

Target planet selection and terraformation. A. The objective function, used for determining the destination of life from a terraformed “parent” planet. Candidate destinations are first constrained by a maximum positional

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) characterization of the micrometeorites. (A-C) SEM images of the micrometeorites. (D-F) close up SEM images corresponding to (A-C). A: Porphyritic

Spectral energy distributions of WASP-102 (top row left), WASP-116 (top row middle), WASP-149 (top row right), WASP-154 (second row left), WASP-155 (second row middle), WASP-188 (second row right), WASP-194 (bottom

Latitude differences between the 1979 planetodetic and the 2000 planetocentric Mars description, in minute — astro-ph.IM Different research communities are involved in planetary coordinate standardization. Geologists and Remote Sensing specialists

McMurdo Iceberg, NASA Reducing the rates and impacts of biological invasions is a major policy goal of international biodiversity agreements. Yet the extent to which this goal is being achieved

NASA Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Award — Grok via Astrobiology.com The Astrobiology Early Career Collaboration Awards offer research-related travel support for undergraduate, graduate students, postdocs, and early career scientists. Applicants

Mars InSIght SEIS (Seismic Experiment for the Interior Structure) — NASA (From September 2024) Are subterranean lifeforms viable on Mars? A new interpretation of Martian seismic data by scientists Ikuo

Structure and electrical connectivity in the Rnf complex of Acetobacterium woodii. Credit Kumar et al., 2025 Animals, plants and many other living organisms inhale oxygen to “burn” (technically: oxidize) compounds