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Universe Today has recently had the privilege of investigating a myriad of scientific disciplines, including impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, solar physics, comets, planetary atmospheres, planetary geophysics, cosmochemistry, meteorites,…
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The Solar System's icy ocean moons are primary targets in our search for life. Missions to Europa and Enceladus will…
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If the periodic table listed the elements in order of their importance to life, then oxygen might bully its way…