Nathalie A. Cabrol
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THAT'S A FIRST ON MARS! Curiosity ran over a rock and found crystals inside! It's pure sulfur. Elemental sulfur is something we’ve never seen before on Mars. We don't know much about these yellow crystals yet, but the team is already at work to figure it out! NASA/JPL-Caltech
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In 20 years of studying Mars, that's the most bizarre rock I have ever seen. I cannot wait to have a microscopic image of this one...It is part of a Gigapan of Gale crater that you can see here:
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Now, here is a little surprise from Mars (another one...). Her latest discovery at Jezero crater. Can't wait to hear about the result of the analysis of this one. Does not look like anything we ever have encountered before...Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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This higher resolution is even better! Wow! What superb shot, Ingenuity! Backshell resting at the surface of Mars. Credit Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Again, very impressed by the amount of clouds we see at Gale crater on Mars. I don't remember anything like that while we were exploring with Spirit & Opportunity. This image was captured by Curiosity as she ascends Mount Sharp. What a landscape! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
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😁🤩 Now in true colors! We are on for a wild ride with this one!
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Well, between JWST, DART, and Juno, it is hard to keep up these days. When you think you saw them all... EUROPA IN EXTREME DETAIL (I'd say! 😲) Credit: NASA/Juno, Perijove 45.
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How about that?! There May Be A Second Kuiper Belt, And New Horizons Is Headed There! Data from the NASA New Horizons Team strongly suggests that our solar system actually has a second Kuiper Belt.
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Not sure if you saw this but if you have not, time to pull your hair out. Water-rounded rocks seen by NASA's Perseverance embedded in the layers of the preserved river delta...Now we are talking! Just WoW!!! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.
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Well, here is another close-up (New ChemCam image) that gives us the response to our mystery: resistant rippled mudflat sediments. Very, very cool! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ Gale crater - MSL mission.
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Our rover Curiosity is having a ball these days. This rock looks like a pocket book! As I always say: Geology is a book of stone for those who can decipher its language. Let's see what this one has to say! Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill
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First cosmic selfie from JWST that says hello from L2! Looking at itself in the mirrors...Credit: NASA.
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Welcome to the delta! Perseverance at Jezero Crater captured this view of the delta on June 12. There is a lot to unwrap in this view and I saw others that are going to make this investigation extremely interesting. More to come! Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
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Just IN! Trappist 1 by JWST. The system is a candidate for finding life. The pic may appear pixelated; it was made to confirm that the telescope was properly aimed and calibrated. Next data will search for biosignatures in the spectra of the Trappist planets! NASA/ESA/CSA/STScl
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And then, there was that... Composite view of Europa from images captured by Juno on Perijove 45 😁
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@UAPdimension
Actually, it's not. We see those a lot in the same type of environments on Earth, Mineralization, fractures, and remineralization. These are sedimentary processes that result in very interesting features. Same for the latest.
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I met with Lex Friedman a few weeks ago to chat. He posted the postcast yesterday, and you can find it here.
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Just in case anyone doubts that JWST can help us with the exploration of the solar system...Just wow! Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Pagan (STScI). Science: JWST Titan GTO Team
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I was with Hubert Reeves this afternoon. A magical hour, speaking about life in the universe and why cats don't do maths (according to Hubert😊). I hope we can continue this conversation next time I come to Paris. What an incredible moment. Credit picture: Benoit Reeves.
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Could There be Alien Life Right Beneath the Surface of Icy Worlds Like Enceladus and Europa? --- For decades, scientists have been speculating that life could exist in...
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✨🤯Incredibly detailed photograph of our Sun in H-alpha! Image credit: Arturo Buenrostro, via astronomy_eye
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Wow JWST! Webb’s powerful infrared eye has captured never-before-seen detail of Cassiopeia A, the remnant of a massive star that exploded about 340 years ago. Learn more: Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, D. Milisavljevic (Purdue), T. Temim (Princeton), I. De Looze/DePasquale (STScI)
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The Solar Orbiter watched Mercury as it crossed the face of the Sun. The transit of Mercury, the closest planet to the sun on Jan 3, 2023, offered the European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft an opportunity to sharpen its view of the sun. Credit video: ESA.
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We lost another great mind today. Astronomer Hubert Reeves, author of "Poussières d'Étoiles" passed away 10/13/23 in Paris. Names like Carl Sagan and Hubert Reeves resonate in the heart of so many. We met last January to talk about life in the universe. I'll miss you, Hubert.
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I was with Omar Sy on the TV show "Quotidien" in Paris tonight. He promoted his new movie "Tirailleurs" and I promoted my new book "A l'Aube de Nouveaux Horizons". We had a great time!
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PUBLICATION ALERT! I am super excited! "THE SECRET LIFE OF THE UNIVERSE" is coming out in the US (August 13, 2024, that's TOMORROW) and in the UK on August 15, 2024. Same editor (Scriber), same book, two different covers. Your go-to book for the search for life in the universe!
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Every speck of light in this image by JWST, is a galaxy containing 100s of billions of stars. The large spiral galaxy is the nearest, about 1 billion ly away, so that we're seeing it now as it was when the first multicellular life appeared on Earth. Caption: David Darling.
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@CollectPanda33
This one is a meteorite. Looks like a iron/nickel, very common on Mars. We found them a lot - the asteroid belt is not that far :)
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First time a rover on Mars captures the sunrays during a sunset. Curiosity snapped that great shot on Feb. 2, 2023. Wow!
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This is spectacular! NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Left Navigation Camera (Navcam) on March 18, 2023, yes today! (Sol 738) at the local mean solar time of 05:20:41. What a view!!! Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Je m'envole pour la France et je serai à Paris aux Théâtre des Mathurins dans le 8e Arrondissement, Lundi 17 Avril à 19:30 pour une conférence qui fera le point sur la recherche de la vie dans l'univers: "Sommes-Nous Seuls Dans L'Univers?" Venez m'y retrouver! À bientôt Paris!
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Today is the day! ✨You can now find these two books in bookstores in France...and hopefully in other countries soon! Publication des deux titres aujourd'hui dans les librairies françaises et j'espère à l'étranger bientôt! Merci LE SEUIL!
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One very, very cool image of the Earth’s crescent, the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter captured from the International Space Station...That's one planetary view, I'd say! Credit Image: Via NASA Marshall.
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Here it is! That's the final cover of my book, which is going to fabrication today in France. Thanks so much to the fantastic team at Le Seuil! Publication day is September 16 this year. Only a few more months to go!
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That's interesting...It seems that Perseverance has left a piece of hardware behind...Not sure what that is. The image is from 3 days ago, and apparently, she is still going so, it does not look mission critical!🙂Credit Image: NASA
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While they look like two ships passing in the night, these overlapping galaxies are in reality far away from each other. Stunner image by Hubble. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel.
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The book is not released yet (Jan. 6), yet apparently it is already best seller on Amazon all categories (scientific personalities, astronomy, and history of science).
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Here’s how an asteroid impact would kill you --- Winds and shock waves are most deadly, computer simulations of...
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Feeling deeply grateful to the LE SEUIL team and the public for the amazing success of "A l'Aube de Nouveaux Horizons". Just Wow! 🙃 Mes plus sincères remerciements aux éditions du SEUIL et au public pour l'incroyable succès de " A l'Aube de Nouveaux Horizons"!
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The rights of my book “À l'aube de nouveaux horizons” (Dawn of New Horizons) were sold to American publisher Simon & Schuster at the London Book Fair in March. A publication date in US/UK is targeted in June 2024. I am delighted to share this cosmic odyssey of life with you!
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And this is the same area viewed by HST and JWST...Just wow. Illustration via Hashem Al-Ghaili.
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🤯Amazing Juno mission! Just incredible...This infrared image of Io from 80,000km reveals hotspots: Volcanoes, lava flows and lava lakes... Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM.
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"The aerodynamic body of bumblebees is not fit to fly, but it's good that the bumblebee doesn't know about it."
A life's lesson...and the cutest little butt in the galaxy! 📷via Avantgardens
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Bientôt dans votre librairie favorite, voici un beau livre chez LE SEUIL qui révèle la beauté de notre univers et le mystère de la vie. Je l'ai écrit pour qu'il soit accessible pour tous. Il sortira en Novembre, juste à temps pour les fêtes!
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💥☄️The team searching for pieces of the small meteor that fell in Normandy just found debris. Right is Peter Jenniskens, one of our researchers at the SETI Institute. Peter's CAMS system monitors meteors , allowing to calculate and predict trajectories.
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Another absolutely ridiculous image from JWST! Unbelievable! Another ringed world. This time: Uranus. The Caption on the JWST site:
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The books came in yesterday! LE SEUIL did a formidable job on both: Fantastically presented, wonderful color plates for the new one; a pocket format for "Voyage". The presentation is elegant. You'll be the judges for content. Thank you so much to the wonderful team at LE SEUIL💞
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Alright, I am just going to lay it out here...I will make a BIG announcement tomorrow...📷 Stay tuned!
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Je me réjouis de vous retrouver ce soir à 18:30 à Nancy au Musées des Beaux Arts, 3 place Stanislas. Venez nombreux! Nous ferons ensemble le point de la recherche de la vie dans l'univers, la découverte d'exoplanètes et l'avenir de l'exploration planétaire!
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This video shows us the relative significance of our perception of reality. Remote sensing sees in a much broader range than the human eye. Through the various wavelengths, the view of the universe completety changes. Here, Hubble sees the Lagoon Nebula in the Visible and IR.
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And apparently, THAT happened today...Fresh off the press! The book arrived at the publishing company in France. It's becoming more real by the minute now. I'll be in Paris for its release on January 6, 2023. See you there!
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Push-broom spectroscopy to discover exoplanets? 😅 Credit: Bronnian Comics (2014)
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JunoCam Captures a Northern Jet in Jupiter's atmosphere on May 23, 2022. Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS. Image Catalog ID: PIA25693. Image processing: S. Díaz
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I have to share this. Absolutely mindblowing. This is M66 (35.88 million light years away from us). Of course, JWST.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, JWST, MIRI, NIRCam
Processing: Robert Eder.
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Et la surprise du jour! Malgré la sortie du livre du Prince Harry, "Le Suppléant", "A l'Aube de Nouveau Horizons" gagne encore une place dans la liste de l'Express cette semaine (vente toutes catégories). Merci à toute l'équipe du SEUIL et au public! Ad Astra! ✨
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@MAstronomers
This image is highly saturated and does not give a good representation of the actual image we took with Spirit, which was actually a lot more poetic. I invited you to look at the original one, much less processed and even more beautiful.
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There are other observations, such as the combination of hydrogen and carbon dioxide in the ocean of Enceladus, which represents chemical energy that could support life, that makes this discovery even more intriguing. It's about time to go back there...
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JWST = Just Wow Space Telescope! Absolutely incredible 😳✨
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Venez me retrouver mardi 10 janvier 2023 à la Cité des Sciences à Paris à 18:30 pour parler de la recherche de la vie dans l'univers. J'y signerai aussi mon nouveau livre "A l'Aube de Nouveaux Horizons". Je me réjouis de vous voir!
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A whole new world! 41 light-years away is the small, rocky planet LHS 475 b. At 99% of Earth’s diameter, it’s almost exactly the same size as our home world. Learn more at:
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JWST detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in SPT-S J041839-4751.9 (SPT0418-47 for short), a galaxy observed less than 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang — the most distant galaxy in which these molecules are now known to exist. Read here:
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Fantastic visualization of earthquakes between January 2021 and 2022. There is also an interactive version here: Via Alon Lazarus.
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The secret of the universe...Of course, the unknown here is the cat... 😅 Le secret de l'univers. Évidemment, l'inconnu ici est le chat...
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At the Seascape resort near Santa Cruz for the annual retreat of the SETI Institute. This was my first vision walking on the beach this morning. So much to celebrate this year for SETI, and for me, 25 years of science in this absolutely mind-bending institution. Ad Astra! ✨
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Nine years today as the Chief Scientist of the SETI Institute. One of the greatest adventures I have ever been part of!
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Possibly the very first halo captured on Mars. Image processing seems to show that it is not internal camera reflection or any other effect. Absolutely outstanding! This image is from Perseverance at Jezero crater. Credit Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Image processing: Don Davis.
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This is crazy! I processed the JWST image to bring up the faintest objects. Forget about being able to count the number of galaxies. You think the large ones are awesome? Look again...There is hardly a mm of that pix that's not covered by a dot. We are on for a wild ride!
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Farewell, Hubert. The world said goodbye today. Thank you bringing stars in so many eyes and for your vision of humanity and for the privilege of a wonderful conversation with you not so long ago that I will never forget. You did well, Hubert, very well. Ad astra, my friend.
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Changes in the atmosphere of Uranus over a year by JWST. This is amazing. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI.
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Merci Bordeaux pour votre merveilleux accueil à la librairie Mollat ce soir!!! C'est moi qui suit repartie des étoiles plein les yeux de votre si jolie ville!😍🤩
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Haunting Portrait: NASA’s Webb Reveals Dust, Structure in Pillars of Creation! Credits:
SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. IMAGE PROCESSING: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI).
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You're looking at the first direct image of another planetary system located about 300 light-years away around a star like our Sun. Captured by ESO Telescope
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I am about to leave for France tomorrow for the release of " L'énigme cosmique de la vie" (The cosmic riddle of life). I'll be there from November 3-13, mostly in Paris, but with visits to Rennes and Montpellier. I cannot wait to see you all!
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Alien Volcanoes. Pele erupts on Jupiter's moon Io. A volcanic plume rises 300 km in space. To the left, the surface is covered by colorful lava flows rich in sulfur. The vent is the center dark spot. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS. Voyager 1.
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Shoreline this afternoon...Look for the pot of gold, whatever this means to you 💖🌈
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Asteroid Bennu's samples through an electron microscope! One major surprise: Bennu contains minerals similar to those found at the mid-Atlantic ridge on Earth, indicating that this little asteroid was once part of a bigger, water-rich world. Article here:
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Curiosity views Gediz vallis channel! This area was formed by floods of water and debris that piled jumbles of rocks into mounds within the channel and created a long ridge downhill. The region is in the foothills of Mount Sharp. Getting closer! Credit: NASA.
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Ce matin dans l'Echo.
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Support the SI's amazing science in astronomy, astrobiology, climate, exoplanets, planetary exploration, and SETI!
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The article by O. Pascal-Mousselard in Telerama is out online this morning. The magazine itself will be out Wednesday and make the cover! We went to Mt Hamilton to take pictures with Olivier for it. Here, I'm hovering pretty high above the ground near the 36-inch Lick Refractor.
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🤯NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRSpec shows a water vapor plume jetting from the southern pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, extending out more than 20 times the size of the moon itself! Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, G. Villanueva (NASA-GSFC). Image processing: A. Pagan (STScI)
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For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a star other than the Sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface. R Doradus seen with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
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My paper is out in Nature Astronomy!
Nathalie Cabrol takes a look back at Carl Sagan et al.'s 1993 paper, where the Galileo spacecraft itself looked back at Earth, trying to make out signs of life. This is part of our
#IAU100
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Le monde a perdu un autre grand homme. L'astronome Hubert Reeves est décédé aujourd'hui à Paris. Il y a des noms comme Carl Sagan et Hubert Reeves qui restent à jamais dans nos coeurs. Nous avons parlé ensemble de la vie dans l'univers en janvier dernier. Tu me manqueras, Hubert.
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Here is a better view of "Granny", the oldest galaxy ever seen. Discovered in the early-release of the JWST NIRCam data, its red-shift suggests it formed only 300 million years after the Big Bang. That's 97.8% the age of the Universe 😳. Stupendous! Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA STScl.
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Soon to be followed by Felicity, Nomercy, Oldfloppy, Almighty, and Ittybittyy rovers...🤣
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found carbon on Europa’s surface, which likely originated in this ocean. The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa:
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I could not be more proud to be the Chief Scientist of the SETI Institute where we seek out to understand the coevolution of life and planetary environments, from its origin to the rise of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations. We are the SETI Institute.
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Last night in Rennes - Thank you so much all for your warm welcome! La nuit dernière Rennes. Merci à tous pour votre accueil si chaleureux!
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Je vous retrouve demain dimanche 5 Novembre à Montrouge et on parlera de l'énigme cosmique de la vie ensemble! à très bientôt!
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Here is our beautiful planet from up high! I made a short trip to San Diego yesterday to meet with students. The sky over the Pacific was completely blanketed in marine layer for the whole flight. This was stunning at times, like on this shot. Image credit: Nathalie A. Cabrol.
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