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A new study published today in Science Advances reveals that NASA's Perseverance rover has made the most robust organic carbon detection ever recorded in Jezero Crater — and potentially on Mars. Researchers detected macromolecular carbon (MMC) in two mudstone rocks in the Bright Angel outcrop of Neretva Vallis, an ancient river channel that fed Jezero's western delta. One of those rocks is "Cheyava Falls" — already famous for its "leopard spots," lighter specks surrounded by dark mineral rings that scientists have compared to features on Earth associated with ancient microbial activity. "Measurements of two mudstones show hundreds of organic detections, making this the most robust organic detection in Jezero crater," the paper states. The organic carbon is accompanied by phosphorous, sulfur, and oxidized iron — a chemical cocktail that could have powered ancient microbial metabolisms. Finding organics more than 3,500 km from where Curiosity detected them at Gale Crater suggests that if life ever existed on Mars, it may have been widespread. The samples are cached for possible return to Earth for further analysis. Scientists caution: organic carbon can form abiotically. But no alternative explanation has been found for the full chemical pattern.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finding tantalizing clues about the origins of the second known interstellar object to visit our solar system, comet 3I/ATLAS. Using JWST, astronomers found ratios of carbon and heavy hydrogen (deuterium) in 3I/ATLAS that are not found in any known comet in our own solar system — pointing to a dramatically different origin environment, possibly around a carbon-rich star or planetary system with exotic chemistry. The discovery raises fresh questions about what planetary systems across the galaxy look like at their most basic compositional level. Earlier this month, astronomers also found that 3I/ATLAS underwent a "startling transformation" as it passed the Sun. Meanwhile, SpaceX successfully launched its first-ever Starfall reentry capsule on June 23 from SLC-40, Cape Canaveral. The 2,100 kg disk-shaped vehicle (3.1m diameter, 1,000kg payload) splashed down in the Pacific, completing the first orbital manufacturing return mission in SpaceX history. Starfall is designed to return goods — pharmaceuticals, exotic alloys, protein crystals — manufactured in microgravity back to Earth customers.
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The June 20 CME glancing blow AND a negative-polarity coronal hole high-speed stream are expected to arrive at Earth today June 24 around 10 UTC. Combined, these could push Kp to 4-5, bringing unsettled-to-active conditions and a chance of isolated G1 (minor) geomagnetic storms. Southern hemisphere aurora watchers in southern New Zealand and similar latitudes have the best prospects tonight. A large, complex sunspot group is ALSO rotating into view today from the far side — keep watching. Check spaceweather.com and NOAA for live Kp index.
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