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Astrobiology at altitude in Earth’s near space

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An experiment designed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences — the Balloon-Borne Astrobiology Platform (CAS-BAP) — paves the way to conducting astrobiology research in Earth’s near space as a planetary analogue.

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Fig. 1: CAS-BAP flying in Earth’s near space.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Earth and Planetary Physics, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Wei Lin, Fei He, Wensi Zhang, Zhonghua Yao, Jianxun Shen, Zhipeng Ren, Yong Wei & Yongxin Pan

  2. Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Hong Yuan & Rong Cai

  3. College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Yong Wei & Yongxin Pan

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Lin, W., He, F., Zhang, W. et al. Astrobiology at altitude in Earth’s near space. Nat Astron 6, 289 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01606-1

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