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How planetary age reveals water content  
Water is necessary for life as we know it, but too much water is bad for habitability. Therefore, to study the habitability of extrasolar planets, determining the abundance of water is a key element. Astronomers now show that the observation of exoplanets at different ages can be used to set statistical constraints on their water content -- an important result for future space missions.  
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Space team discovers universe is self-cleaning  
Astronomers have released a catalog of the hidden universe, which reveals the unseen sources of energy found over the last 12 billion years of cosmic history.  
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CAVES 2016 Exploring a cave  

europeanspaceagency posted a photo:

Caves offer a dark and alien underground environment with many analogies to space. Deep underground, our senses are deprived of many sounds and natural light. The procedure for moving along a cave wall resembles spacewalking and cave explorers need to stay alert, take critical decisions both as an individual and as a team, just as in space.

The CAVES Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising course focuses on multicultural approaches to leadership, following orders, teamwork and decision-making.

Credits: ESAS.Sechi

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Credits: ESA-S.Sechi

 
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