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Scientists Identify “Pioneer Peptide” That May Have Sparked Life on Earth

Rutgers University scientists have identified a portion of a protein called “Nickelback” that is a likely candidate for kickstarting life on Earth over 3...

Bob Bruner’s 2023 Exhibit NoRCEL

R. B. Bruner, a Denver Museum of Nature and Science volunteer and life-origins enthusiast, has updated his collection on "Meteorites and Minerals associated with...

Multi-instrumental study of a 162173Ryugu Sample (Hayabusa-2 mission, JAXA)

A dark, so-called carbonaceous asteroid, was recently sampled for the first time. History was made when the sampling spacecraft (Hayabusa-2) travelled ~3.2 billion kilometres...

OxR: an instrument for measuring Reactive Oxygen Species in nature

Author(s): Elias Chatzitheodoridis, Christos Georgiou Editorial: Sohan Jheeta Planetary and asteroid surfaces are irradiated by both particle and UV radiation from the Sun, as well as...