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Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life.

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Crucial to all life on Earth, the 15th element of phosphorus remains a real puzzle for astronomers. Specialized space telescopes are needed to shed light on the issue.

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Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, ...