
"What would an imaginary terrestrial observer see as the Sun runs out of hydrogen in the future?"
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Calling the Planetary Police

Today’s astrobiologists face a difficult task when building a contamination-free spacecraft. By the rules of planetary protection, the more likely a location is to harbor life, the more difficult it is to visit. Researchers are now working on new ways of sterilizing spacecraft built on Earth in the hopes that soon no place in the solar system will be off limits for exploration. A special feature concerning their work was recently published in the journal Nature.Source: [Nature]
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