Category: 7. Science

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  • Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples

    Sugars, ‘Gum,’ Stardust Found in NASA’s Asteroid Bennu Samples

    The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists’ biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx…

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  • Before trips to Mars, we need better protection from cosmic rays

    Before trips to Mars, we need better protection from cosmic rays

    The first step on the Moon was one of humanity’s most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips – and dreaming of Mars beyond.

    Next year, Nasa’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts to fly around the…

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  • China’s Shijian satellites split after secret on-orbit refueling test

    China’s Shijian satellites split after secret on-orbit refueling test

    China’s experimental Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites recently separated in geosynchronous orbit and reportedly conducted on-orbit refueling tests. The two satellites had been docked with one another for months.

    On-orbit refueling is…

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  • I watched scientists track interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS leaving the solar system in real-time: ‘This is some prime-time science’

    I watched scientists track interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS leaving the solar system in real-time: ‘This is some prime-time science’

    It was 4 a.m. on Nov. 25 at the top of Hawaii’s dormant Maunakea volcano. The process to view the comet took less time than expected.

    On the main screen, the subject at hand, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was a small, fuzzy blob drifting through a…

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  • Can stem cells aid coral reef recovery?

    Can stem cells aid coral reef recovery?

    Shani Talice and Benyamin Rosental from Ben Gurion University of the Negev explore how stem cells could help corals recover from stress and environmental damage, addressing the urgent threats of climate change, pollution, and disease to coral…

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  • International collaboration develops STREAMS to standardize microbiome data

    International collaboration develops STREAMS to standardize microbiome data

    Microbiomes, the communities of microorganisms that live in and around us, play a vital role in everything from human health to soil fertility and climate regulation. But studying these tiny life forms, especially outside the human…

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  • New study of dinosaur tracks suggests it walked with a limp

    New study of dinosaur tracks suggests it walked with a limp

    Scientists have shared a new study into this looping section of the dinosaur’s tracks at West Gold Hill Dinosaur Tracksite in Colorado. One finding is that this dinosaur, alive 150 million years ago, might have had a limp. Image via Paul…

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