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Electrodes in Spacesuits Could Protect Astronauts from Harmful Dust on Mars
To quote NASA associate administrator Jim Reuter, sending crewed missions to Mars by 2040 is an "audacious goal." The challenges…
A Capsule With Antiviral Drugs Grown in Space Returns to Earth
On Wednesday, February 21st, at 01:40 p.m. PST (04:40 p.m. EST), an interesting package returned to Earth from space. This…
Can We Survive in Space? It Might Depend on How Our Gut Microbiome Adapts
For over a century, people have dreamed of the day when humanity (as a species) would venture into space. In…
The Brightest Object Ever Seen in the Universe
It's an exciting time in astronomy today, where records are being broken and reset regularly. We are barely two months…
European Satellite ERS-2 to Reenter Earth’s Atmosphere This Week
One of the largest reentries in recent years, ESA’s ERS-2 satellite is coming down this week.
Can the Gaia Hypothesis Be Tested in the Lab?
During the 1970s, inventor/environmentalist James Lovelock and evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis proposed the Gaia Hypothesis. This theory posits that Earth…
Ground-Based Lasers Could Accelerate Spacecraft to Other Stars
The future of space exploration includes some rather ambitious plans to send missions farther from Earth than ever before. Beyond…
Engineers Design Habitats for the Moon Inspired by Terminite Mounds
Through the Artemis Program, NASA intends to send astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo…
Venus “Quasi-moon” Just Got a Name. Henceforth, it Shall be Called Zoozve.
Ask any astronomer, and they will tell you that all of the planets in the Solar System (including those "dwarf…
“Seeing” the Dark Matter Web That Surrounds the Coma Cluster
According to our predominant cosmological models, Dark Matter makes up the majority of mass in the Universe (roughly 85%). While…