By Martin M Barillas Transgenic lettuce may one day be grown in space and eaten by astronauts to fight bone-density loss, known as osteopenia, during long-term space travel in microgravity — and may also address bone loss for the Earth-bound. At the University of California-Davis, researchers are developing a genetically modified lettuce featuring a bone-growing
By Zachary Rosenthal The first sharp image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a stunningly clear photo of a twinkling star roughly more than 2,000 light-years away from Earth. The photo, released on Wednesday, shows the distant Milky Way star located in deep space about 2,000 light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation. Experts
By Ana Marjanovic A new lunar rover has been unveiled — and been given the mark of approval by retired astronaut Chris Hadfield. The FLEX (Flexible Logistics and Exploration) rover aims to be the transport of choice when there is a sustained human presence on the moon and Mars. Californian company Venturi Astrolab, Inc. recently
“When I saw the results, my mind exploded,” said Anna Malanushenko, who led the study.
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GOES-T is the third in a series of four weather-predicting Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites.
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NACHOS’ ultra-sensitive hyper-spectral emote sensing will detect trace gases in areas as small as 0.15 square miles.
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SpaceIL’s co-founder talks about the Beresheet 1 mission, plans for Beresheet 2; hopes to spark children’s interest in space.
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Astronomers say the Extremely Large Telescope is so powerful it could find water forming on baby planets around distant stars.
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The strange filaments seen near the heart of the Milky Way are magnetized electrons dancing at the speed of light.
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Previously only theorized, the ultra-long period magnatar emits a radio beam intermittently.
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