February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... showing that perchlorate salts, which are widely found in Martian regolith and are toxic to the growth of plants, under conditions of low temperature increase the activity of the enzyme α-chymotrypsin. This may suggest that cryophiles...
February 2022
Building space-qualified detector chips
... land-surface temperatures derived from evapotranspiration (evaporation from the land surface combined with transpiration from plants). The detector due to be deployed for this task, which will play a key role in the Copernicus Land...
03 December 2015
Rare Lithium-Rich Star Discovered
... is the result of internal lithium that is synthesized near the luminosity bump, or that it is caused by the accretion of plants or brown dwarfs. Swallowing a planet could provide a new supply of lithium, however no traces of an orbiting planet...
23 March 2016
Could an encounter with a passing dark molecular cloud be responsible for killing off the dinosaurs?
The mass extinction responsible for the disappearance of some three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth—including all non-avian dinosaurs, is widely thought to have been caused by an impact of an ...
12 July 2016
Did two ancient supernovas cause cell mutation and climate change on Earth?
Did two prehistoric supernovae exploding about 300 light years from Earth cause mutations to plant and animal life as little as 2 million years ago? Scientists from the University of Kansas studying the effects of ...
01 September 2016
New software uses satellite data to monitor wildlife habitats by airports
... site visits, pointing out the most problematic areas. Registering a lake in Ascend As early as next year, Ascend plants to extend their service to help locate objects that exceed height restrictions in designated areas. “ESA’s ARTES Applications...
