Mouse Sperm Frozen in Space for Almost Six Years Produces Eight Healthy Pups
Astronauts in low-Earth orbit have received far more cosmic radiation than people on Earth, and there are concerns that it could be damaged by DNA…
Astronomy
Boundary Between the Heliosphere and Interstellar Space has been Mapped for the First Time
The region around the sun where the solar wind applies its energy is known as the heliosphere but the name is misleading. We have known…
Astronauts Installing New Solar Panels to Boost the Orbital Outpost
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Shane Kimbrough of the United States spacewalked outside the International Space Station to begin the laborious process of installing…
China’s new Space Station Blasted Off for the Country’s Longest Crewed Mission
The first astronauts for China’s new space station took off for the country’s longest crewed mission to date, marking a watershed moment in the country’s…
New York Times Accidentally Publishes Article Claiming Watermelons have been Found on Mars
The New York Times accidentally published an article claiming that the presence of watermelons on Mars had been confirmed. The piece appeared on their site…
Violent Collisions of Black Holes and Neutron Stars may Increase Universe’s Expansion Rate
A new study simulated 25,000 scenarios of black holes and neutron stars colliding, with the goal of determining how many would be detectable by instruments…
Different States of Activity of Supermassive Black Holes in the Centers of Galaxies
Most galaxies contain black holes that are so massive — up to several billion times the mass of our sun — that they have earned…
Some of the Best Photos from Today’s Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse
Millions of people from the eastern US traveled all the way from Europe to Russia and China. Today, June 10, a solar eclipse was caught…
Russia has Threatened to Leave the International Space Station by 2025
Tensions between the United States and Russia continue to rise, so it is not surprising that they have now spread beyond the world. After all,…
Richard Branson may Actually Beat Jeff Bezos to Space
The new space race is getting excited in multiple different ways. It’s not just a race to shoot the first commercial film in space, it’s…
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