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NASA to Launch Capstone, a 55-Pound CubeSat to the Moon
June 26, 2022: On Sunday, NASA announced a delay of at least one day for the launch of CAPSTONE to allow more time to perform final systems checks. The article has been updated.In the coming years, NASA will be busy at the moon.A giant…
Artificial Photosynthesis Can Produce Food in Complete Darkness
Plants are growing in complete darkness in an acetate medium that replaces biological photosynthesis. Credit: Marcus Harland-Dunaway/UCRArtificial photosynthesis is being developed by researchers to help make food production more…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spots Mystery Rocket Impact Site on Moon
Artist’s animation of a rocket booster crashing into the moon.Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on March 4, 2022, with <span class="glossaryLink"…
How NASA might protect tomorrow’s astronauts from deep space radiation
There are , whether it’s from or , or . And is death by radiation.
Those same energetic emissions from our local star that give you a tan can if it doesn’t . While today’s low Earth orbit crew and cargo capsules may not come equipped…
Scientists Discover the Largest Bacteria Ever Seen
In a Caribbean mangrove forest, scientists have discovered a species of bacteria that grows to the size and shape of a human eyelash.These cells are the largest bacteria ever observed, thousands of times bigger than more familiar…
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Few Extra Weeks of Science Operations
NASA’s InSight Mars lander uses a seismometer to study the inner layers of Mars. Seismic signals from quakes change as they pass through different kinds of materials; seismologists can “read” the squiggles of a seismogram to study the…
Microscopic Mites That Mate on Our Faces at Night May Soon Become One With
Image showing Demodex folliculorum mite on skin under Hirox microscope. Credit: University of ReadingThe secret lives of mites in the skin of our faces.First ever full <span class="glossaryLink"…
The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science
This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.Marcia Rieke (opens in new tab), Regents Professor of Astronomy,…
Ongoing Artemis moon rocket’s final prelaunch test faces issues on the launchpad
The fourth attempt of a final prelaunch test started on Saturday, with fueling of the rocket expected to begin Monday morning. The crucial test, known as the wet dress rehearsal, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket leaving…
Spirals of blue light in New Zealand night sky leave stargazers ‘kind of
New Zealand stargazers were left puzzled and awed by strange, spiralling light formations in the night sky on Sunday night.Around 7.25pm Alasdair Burns, a stargazing guide on Stewart Island/Rakiura, received a text from a friend: go…