Dragonfly: Auf der Spur der chemischen Ursprünge des Lebens

In einem Reinraum des Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, entsteht derzeit eines der ungewöhnlichsten Raumfahrzeuge, das je für die Erforschung unseres Sonnensystems gebau…

Zukunftsprojekt Deutschland und Europa 4.0 – KI und Quantencomputing für moderne Sicherheit, Zukunftstechnologien und Astrobiologie
#FotoVorschlag: Traumwelt // Dream world

#Quallen sehen immer ein bisschen so aus, als würden sie durch eine Traumwelt schweben // Watching #jellyfish is always mesmerising, they look like they're floating through a dream world


#Qualle #Aquarium #ethereal #marineLife #underwaterWorld #oceanWorld #wildlife #wildlifePhotography #oceanLife #marineBiology #aquaticWorld #deepSea #etherealBeauty #nature #Natur #AcquarioDiGenova #AquariumGenua #AquariumOfGenoa #stillerSonntag #SilentSunday
🎬 NEMO ORANGE
I found him! Nowadays he is living in his anemone near Kelor Island in the Flores Sea. Lovely neighbourhood 🧡


#nemo #clownfish #indonesia #snorkling #oceanworld #asia #travel #nature #relaxing #diving #sealife #film #ocean #fish #tropic
Ceres: The Frozen Ocean World Between Mars & Jupiter — NASA’s Stunning Discovery!

In the vast expanse of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter lies a celestial enigma: Ceres, the dwarf planet once dismissed as a barren rock. Recent discoveries by NASA’s Dawn mission have…

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Europa Clipper is a mission to chatacterize the "habitability" of Europa. That is its goal. The team has been very very careful to not claim that it is looking for life. It is effectively being pitched as an early precursor #OceanWorld #astrobiology mission.

But...if life were there and evidence was detected by the spacecraft, what instruments might give the hint of a biosignature?

That might be the mass spectrometer MASPEX.

What could it detect?

Can we all just agree that whatever projection you use, the #PacificCentredMap is one of the better alignments? Stop splitting #Polynesia in half! The Pacific is not an empty expanse, but a populous, diverse and culturally rich region home to millions of humans and countless others.

#Earth #BluePlanet #OceanWorld #MapsThatIncludeAotearoa #ImFairlySureAotearoaActuallyExists

On January 14, 2005, the Huygens probe successfully landed on the surface of Saturn's moon #Titan

Here is a link to a video clip, as well as links to where you can download this video.

https://science.nasa.gov/resource/titan-descent-data-movie-with-bells-and-whistles/

This was one of the greatest of humankind's achievements....the first time we ever landed on an #OceanWorld.

But what did we learn? What do these images tell us?

Thread time!

Titan Descent Data Movie with Bells and Whistles - NASA Science

This movie, built with data collected during the European Space Agency's Huygens probe on Jan. 14, 2005, shows the operation of the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer camera during its descent and after touchdown.

Digging Deeper to Find Life on Ocean Worlds - NASA Science

In February 2023, researchers from around the country gathered at a NASA-sponsored workshop to discuss the latest developments and a roadmap for a cryobot mission concept to drill through the icy crusts of Europa and Enceladus and search for life.

More differences of #OceanWorld ice.

Temperature. At top of many icy moons, the ice is waaay colder than Earth. 100 K on many worlds. The coldest on Earth is maybe 200 K. Cold ice is different. Harder, abd high thermal conductivity makes it harder to melt at a spot on surface (heat energy just conducted away.)

Formation. Ice sheets and glaciers are meteoric ice. Comes from snowfall. On Ocean Worlds (except some areas Enceladus is freeze down ice.