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Astronomers may not be able to build huge complicated power-hungry observatories in the future if they wish to reduce their carbon footprint to meet greenhouse gas emission targets. Powerful ground … [+4510 chars]
Imagining RNA and proteins as little input-output machines that carry out algorithmic genetic instructions explains the tendency toward symmetry in a way that Darwinian survival of the fittest hasnt … [+1620 chars]
European Space Agencys (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronaut Raja Chari performed a spacewalk on March 23 to install equipment outside the International Space Station (ISS). The recently… [+2064 chars]
Scientists have just taken the crispest image yet of one of the universe's most mysterious phenomena: odd radio circles. The stunning portrait could reveal clues about the origin of these enormous ri… [+3220 chars]
In January 2031, the International Space Station will fall to Earth and land in the depths of Point Nemo, a watery graveyard 2,000 miles (3,219 kilometres) north of Antarctica. The space station wil… [+4205 chars]
The number of sunspots on our sun typically ebbs and flows in a predictable 11-year cycle, but one unusual 70-year period when sunspots were incredibly rare has mystified scientists for 300 years. No… [+7110 chars]
WASHINGTON, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have selected two astronauts to launch on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station. NASA astron… [+3427 chars]
Scientists at Virginia Tech and U.S. Geological Survey used an 80-foot diameter electromagnet to survey the subsurface of the Yellowstone National Park and learn more about the water system, a press … [+4308 chars]
NASA has announced plans to develop a second lunar lander for the upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon. The space agency will solicit proposals from U.S. companies, with a target date for delivery w… [+5598 chars]
NASA is just days away from launching its first space tourism mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Currently targeting Sunday, April 3, for launch from Floridas Kennedy Space Center, th… [+2471 chars]
To survive on Mars will mean maximizing use of all available resources. A team from Spanish technological center Tekniker is working on a system that uses sunlight to produce fuel from astronaut wast… [+1526 chars]
