picture of panspermia. This image is 400 x 529 pixels; the original measures 2,000 x 2,643 pixels.
A magnetic white dwarf star (middle left) bathes a nearby protoplanetary system in circularly polarised ultra-violet radiation. Bacteria are shown on the rocks to illustrate the possibility of life in space.
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