Category: 7. Science

The National Science Foundation’s NoirLab released the picture.

Snapped last month by the Gemini South telescope, the aptly named Butterfly Nebula is 2,500 to 3,800 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius.

Space scientists report that spending time in microgravity makes certain blood-forming stem cells in humans act “old” in a much faster timeframe than they should.

In a recent study, human bone marrow cells spent 32 to 45 days aboard the

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