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Final design of ELT's METIS instrument completed
METIS is the first instrument of the Extremely Large Telescope to pass its final design review.
An ammonia trail to exoplanets
Researchers measured with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope?ammonia in the atmosphere of a cold brown dwarf, showing that the isotopic abundance of ammonia can be used to study how giant gas planets form. ?
Humanity’s quest to discover the origins of life in the universe
For thousands of years, humanity and science have contemplated the origins of life in the Universe. Humanity still has a long way to go before we fully understand the fundamental aspects of what life is and how it forms.