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Antarctic Offworld Analog: Aurora Australis Over Concordia Station

This dazzling light show appears when charged particles from the Sun are guided by Earth’s magnetic field towards the polar regions, where they collide with gases in the upper atmosphere […]

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Working on Hoth: Offworld Conditions For Space Life Science Research At Concordia In Antarctica

Sascha Freigang is the ESA-sponsored medical doctor from Germany spending 12 months at Concordia research station in Antarctica for the 2022–2023 season. He facilitates a number of experiments on the […]

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Surface Microbial Diversity at the Detection Limit within the Vicinity of the Concordia Station, Antarctica

The Concordia Research Station provides a unique location for preparatory activities for future human journey to Mars, to explore microbial diversity at subzero temperatures, and monitor the dissemination of human-associated […]

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