Two Russian cosmonauts will spend hours spacewalking outside the International Space Station today (April 28) and you can watch them work in the void live online. Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis… [+2116 chars]
Inmarsat has warned that space is getting increasingly crowded with dangerous levels of space debris from satellite constellations planned by Elon Musks Starlink, Amazon, Chinese operators and others… [+1348 chars]
Researchers have found that a species of wee venomless orb weaver known as Philoponella prominens uses a truly unique strategy to prevent marital disharmony. After mating, the males bounce. Literally… [+4281 chars]
-Aparna Venkatesan, University of San Francisco Disclaimer: Beyond astro-ph articles are not necessarily intended to be representative of the views of the entire Astrobites collaboration, nor do the… [+10654 chars]
Scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered that body size is more important than body shape in determining the energy economy of swimming for aquatic animals.This study, published today … [+4307 chars]
As the new moon passes across our sun April 30, we will get a rare treat: a solar eclipse. Solar eclipses happen when the moon blocks at least a part of the sun, from Earth's perspective. In this c… [+2244 chars]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has launched on April 27 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, taking four astronauts and new cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). The Falcon 9 recently li… [+1684 chars]
In an international collaboration, Earth scientists at the University of Cologne and Freie Universität Berlin discovered that some magmas on Earth, which made their way through the deep terrestrial m… [+3104 chars]
Your artwork could fly to the moon. The Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC), a space development company, and the community space program LifeShip have partnered to launch a competition that will sen… [+2747 chars]
The origin of complex cells started without oxygen, new research suggests . Since the 1960s, many experts have argued that the emergence of eukaryotes (cells containing a clearly defined nucleus) h… [+3063 chars]
An artists rendering of a crewed Martian bio-manufactory powered by photovoltaics and capable of ... [+] synthesizing food and pharmaceuticals, manufacturing biopolymers and recycling biological wast… [+4768 chars]
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