Forward-looking: Nations around the world are increasingly thinking about our future in space, and not just jaunts to the Moon and back. Long-term colonies on the lunar surface and Mars are very well… [+1597 chars]
Many historical buildings were built of limestone, such as Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral. Limestone is easy to work with, but does not withstand weathering well. It consists mainly of calcite mine… [+3625 chars]
A genetic setup to investigate boundary function in vivo We previously demonstrated that a 150-kilobase (kb) region, the EP boundary, is sufficient to segregate the regulatory activities of the Epha… [+33714 chars]
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observation has captured the galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger which lies around 520-million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ori… [+585 chars]
One of the largest comets known is about to zip by our planet on the only trip through the inner solar system it will make during our lifetimes. Five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted a… [+2231 chars]
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A recent study about bone loss in astronauts is providing important information about the effects of space travel on the human body. The research could help space agencies reduce harmful effects on … [+4611 chars]
Solid-liquid-gas reactions are common in various natural phenomenon and industrial applications, such as hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell reactions, heterogeneous catalysis and metal corrosion in ambient en… [+1937 chars]
In October 2020, a small spacecraft briefly touched down on an asteroid to snag a piece of it to bring to Earth. Almost two years later, scientists have learned that if the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft had … [+2921 chars]
Sweating fighter is punched in the face getty This story on neuro-regeneration is part of an extended series on Regenerative Medicine. For other stories on this topic see williamhaseltine.com and s… [+8358 chars]
Touted as the first idea of its kind, the team is not stopping at just building a base on the moon and Mars. Interestingly, the Lunar and Mars Glass concepts are just one part of a larger project; th… [+1278 chars]
Using the latest technologies currently available, it takes over 25,000 tons of rocket hardware and propellant to land 50 tons of anything on the planet Mars. So, for NASAs first crewed mission to Ma… [+7589 chars]
