Resurrected protein’s clue to origins of life
By Simon Redfern from BBC News: The earliest life would have survived at more than 100 C New reconstructions of ancient proteins have provided clues to the habitat and origins of life on Earth. The resurrected protein is thought to have existed almost four billion years ago in single-celled organisms linked to the earliest ancestor […]
Submit your name and a haiku poem to be sent into Mars orbit on the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) spacecraft
Who can submit a name and where will it go? Anybody on planet Earth is welcome to participate! However, to create a log-in you must be 18 or older. If you are under 18 and you would like to enter, please ask your parent or teacher for help. Your name will be written to a […]
Distance to Mars in Pixels
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