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On the study of life phenomena and laws in extreme extraterrestrial analogue environments

  • Yinghui LI , 1 ,
  • Guangjun HE 1 ,
  • Shuai DING 2, 3 ,
  • Chao YANG 1
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Space Medicine, China Astronaut Research and Training Center, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2. School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
  • 3. Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision−making, Ministry of Education, Hefei 230009, China

Received date: 2024-04-12

  Online published: 2025-06-05

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Yinghui LI , Guangjun HE , Shuai DING , Chao YANG . On the study of life phenomena and laws in extreme extraterrestrial analogue environments[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2025 , 43(8) : 27 -37 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2024.04.00378

在本文撰写过程中，中国科学院国家空间科学中心研究员、中国科学院院士王赤提出了宝贵建议。

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