2/2: #HotelMars: Discovery of the Tasmanian Devil at 200 million light years & What is to be done. Anna Ho, Nature, Cornell University. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
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2/2: #HotelMars: Discovery of the Tasmanian Devil at 200 million light years & What is to be done. Anna Ho, Nature, Cornell University. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03569-3
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