Scientific discovery with the James Webb space telescope

J Kalirai - Contemporary Physics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
For the past 400 years, astronomers have sought to observe and interpret the Universe by
building more powerful telescopes. These incredible instruments extend the capabilities of …

The colour and stereo surface imaging system (CaSSIS) for the ExoMars trace gas orbiter

N Thomas, G Cremonese, R Ziethe, M Gerber… - Space science …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) is the main imaging
system onboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) which was …

Background levels of methane in Mars' atmosphere show strong seasonal variations

CR Webster, PR Mahaffy, SK Atreya, JE Moores… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Variable levels of methane in the martian atmosphere have eluded explanation partly
because the measurements are not repeatable in time or location. We report in situ …

Planetary Spectrum Generator: An accurate online radiative transfer suite for atmospheres, comets, small bodies and exoplanets

GL Villanueva, MD Smith, S Protopapa, S Faggi… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2018 - Elsevier
We have developed an online radiative-transfer suite (https://psg. gsfc. nasa. gov) applicable
to a broad range of planetary objects (eg, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, TNOs, KBOs …

Genomically recoded organisms expand biological functions

MJ Lajoie, AJ Rovner, DB Goodman, HR Aerni… - science, 2013 - science.org
We describe the construction and characterization of a genomically recoded organism
(GRO). We replaced all known UAG stop codons in Escherichia coli MG1655 with …

Mars methane detection and variability at Gale crater

CR Webster, PR Mahaffy, SK Atreya, GJ Flesch… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Reports of plumes or patches of methane in the martian atmosphere that vary over monthly
time scales have defied explanation to date. From in situ measurements made over a 20 …

Mechanical‐Force‐Induced Non‐spontaneous Dehalogenative Deuteration of Aromatic Iodides Enabled by Using Piezoelectric Materials as a Redox Catalyst

R Qu, S Wan, X Zhang, X Wang, L Xue… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of green and efficient deuteration methods is of great significance for
various fields such as organic synthesis, analytical chemistry, and medicinal chemistry …

Strong water isotopic anomalies in the martian atmosphere: Probing current and ancient reservoirs

GL Villanueva, MJ Mumma, RE Novak, HU Käufl… - Science, 2015 - science.org
We measured maps of atmospheric water (H2O) and its deuterated form (HDO) across the
martian globe, showing strong isotopic anomalies and a significant high …

Reflections on O2 as a Biosignature in Exoplanetary Atmospheres

VS Meadows - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Oxygenic photosynthesis is Earth's dominant metabolism, having evolved to harvest the
largest expected energy source at the surface of most terrestrial habitable zone planets …

No detection of methane on Mars from early ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter observations

O Korablev, AC Vandaele, F Montmessin, AA Fedorova… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The detection of methane on Mars has been interpreted as indicating that geochemical or
biotic activities could persist on Mars today. A number of different measurements of methane …