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<a class="hover:underline" href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/martin-van-kranendonk-453723" rel="author">Martin Van Kranendonk</a> is director of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW.

Martin Van Kranendonk

<a class="hover:underline" href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/albert-fahrenbach-1156017" rel="author">Albert Fahrenbach</a> is an associate professor at the School of Chemistry, UNSW.

Albert Fahrenbach

Luke Steller is an associate researcher at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology, UNSW.

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