Cosmic dust analogue on a chip. The cocktail of chemicals was collected on a microchip. Photo: Fiona Wolf A Sydney PhD student has recreated a tiny piece of the Universe
Cosmic dust analogue on a chip. The cocktail of chemicals was collected on a microchip. Photo: Fiona Wolf A Sydney PhD student has recreated a tiny piece of the Universe
Orgueil Carbonaceous Chondrite – Wikipedia The uneven detection of prebiotic organic compounds in meteorites—where amino acids and nucleobases are commonly identified but sugars remain rare and poorly characterized—limits our understanding
A schematic of the key processes included in our abiotic Earth model. Remotely observable quantities (surface temperature, albedo, and atmospheric H2O and CO2) are in bold. Volatile cycling is diagrammed
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Comparison of the posteriors (solid lines) from our four different fiducial models, labeled inset. The dashed-lines represent the likelihood functions of each, and the solid grey line is the prior
Spectra of NEOs with (potential) 3-µm absorption features. (A) Spectrum of (161989) Cacus as observed on 3&4 September 2022. (B) (756998) 2024 CR9 as observed on 9 June 2024. (C)
Eccentricity evolution of the four planets in the TOI-700 system over 10,000 years of the integration after 100 Myr of evolution. This plot is a zoom-in of a small range
KUBIK onboard the ISS — NASA Expanding human space exploration necessitates technologies for sustainable local resource acquisition, to overcome unviable resupply missions. Asteroids, some of which rich in metals like
Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), in collaboration with the Institute of Astrophysics of
Image courtesy of Sylvie Bruggman The Federal Council has approved funding for the “Genesis” project on the origins of life, led by ETH Zurich in collaboration with the University of






