ScienceAncient bacterial genes, Ceres and exoplanet searches in a September 16 science roundup
Astrobiology.com describes research on gene evolution, space weathering on Ceres and methods for finding exoplanets in simulated PLATO data.
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Astrobiology.com's September 16, 2026, roundup spans ancient bacterial genes, Ceres' surface and interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. The publisher reports that 3I/ATLAS's high deuterium-to-hydrogen ratio in water is consistent with a low-metallicity origin. It also highlights work on instruments for the Habitable Worlds Observatory, precision measurements for Theia and HWO, and a comparison of exoplanet-search methods using simulated PLATO data.
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Ancient bacterial genes, Ceres and exoplanet searches in a September 16 science roundup
Astrobiology.com describes research on gene evolution, space weathering on Ceres and methods for finding exoplanets in simulated PLATO data.