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John Hawley, a major pioneer in numerical astrophysics, passed away on 12 December 2021. Besides having been outstanding as a scientist, teacher and administrator, he will always be ‘the funniest man in astrophysics’ to many who knew him.
The Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), which will focus on solar eruptions and their origins, is scheduled for launch in late 2022, explain Chief Scientist Weiqun Gan and assistants Li Feng and Yang Su.
The combination of hydrogen and carbon dioxide in the ocean of Enceladus represents chemical energy that could support life — but should we expect to see any energy ‘left on the table’ if anything alive is actually there to use it?