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How Oumuamua Changes Our Perspective on Galactic Panspermia
Panspermia is an innately attractive idea that's gained prominence in recent decades. Yet, among working scientists, it gets little attention.…
A New Model Explains How Gas and Ice Giant Planets Can Form Rapidly
The most widely recognized explanation for planet formation is the accretion theory. It states that small particles in a protoplanetary…
Astronomers Uncover New Details in the Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Detected
In October 2022, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory detected an extraordinarily powerful Gamma Ray…
Can Geoengineering Protect Earth’s Icesheets?
It's time to take a thorough, more serious look at using geoengineering to protect the planet's icesheets, according to a…
Astronauts’ Muscle Loss Mimics Age-Related Muscle Loss
One of the hazards astronauts must contend with is muscle loss. The more time they spend in a microgravity environment,…
The Shelf Life of Many Medications Is Shorter Than A Round Trip To Mars
Check any container of over-the-counter medicine, and you'll see its expiration date. Prescription medicines have similar lifetimes, and we're told…
Astronomers Have Tools That Can Help Detect Deepfake Images
There's a burgeoning arms race between Artificial Intelligence (AI) deepfake images and the methods used to detect them. The latest…
Experimental Radar Technique Reveals the Composition of Titan’s Seas
The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn generated so much data that giving it a definitive value is impossible. It's sufficient to…
Astronauts Struggle To Eat Their Space Food and Scientists Want to Know Why
Astronauts sometimes struggle to consume enough nutritious food on the ISS because it tastes bland. But astronaut food is of…
Black Holes Dominate Large Regions of Space, But They’re Mysterious
In the beginning, the Universe was all primordial gas. Somehow, some of it was swept up into supermassive black holes…