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Bennu polycam mosaic obtained before spacecraft arrival December 10, 2018 This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 kilometers). The image was obtained at a 50° phase angle between the spacecraft, asteroid and the Sun, and in it, Bennu spans approximately 1,500 pixels in the camera’s field of view. Instrument Used: OCAMS (PolyCam)

Environmental Health, BGC,

Tracing the First Building Blocks of Life

What connects Helmholtz Munich with space research? The globally unique analytical methods developed by Prof. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin not only decipher metabolic processes – such as those involved in environmentally triggered diseases or diabetes –…

Fallen Leaves

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A Chemical Mystery Solved: The Reaction Explaining Large Carbon Sinks

A mystery that has puzzled the scientific community for over 50 years has finally been solved. A team from Helmholtz Munich and Linköping University, Sweden, has discovered that a certain type of chemical reaction can explain why organic matter found…