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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Discuss Eight-Month Space Station Mission – NASA
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim will recap his recent mission aboard the International Space Station during a news conference at 3:30 p.m. EST Friday, Dec. 19, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Watch the news conference live on NASA’s...
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A Rare Gourd – NASA
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an uncommon sight – the death of a low-mass star – in this image of the Calabash Nebula released on Feb. 3, 2017.
Here, we can see the star going through a rapid transformation from...
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Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image – NASA Science
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a glittering blue dwarf galaxy called Markarian 178 (Mrk 178). The galaxy, which is substantially smaller than our own Milky Way, lies 13 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major (the...
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How these strange cells may explain the origin of complex life
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R.B. Pedersen et al. Discovery of a black smoker vent field and vent fauna at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge. Nature Communications Vol. 1, 126. November 23, 2010. doi:10.1038/ncomms1124A. Spang et al. Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes...
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New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics
MIT researchers have developed a new fabrication method that could enable the production of more energy efficient...
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NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center for Moon, Mars Missions – NASA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIg_XgsnfJkThe center leverages AI along with JPL’s unique infrastructure, unrivaled tools, and years of operations expertise to support industry partners developing future planetary surface missions.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Wednesday inaugurated its Rover Operations Center (ROC),...
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Bats might be the next bird flu wild card
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Lima, Peru — Bats have become the latest mammals susceptible to H5N1, the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus responsible for bird flu.In Peru, over a dozen vampire bats have been found carrying H5N1 antibodies, indicating exposure to the virus,...
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NASA Demonstrates Safer Skies for Future Urban Air Travel – NASA
NASA is helping shape the future of urban air travel with a new simulation that will manage how electric air taxis and drones can successfully operate within busy areas.
The demonstration, held at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon...
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NASA Begins Moon Mission Plume-Surface Interaction Tests – NASA
In March, NASA researchers employed a new camera system to capture data imagery of the interaction between Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost Mission-1 lander’s engine plumes and the lunar surface.
Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, this data will help researchers understand the...
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Huge relatives of white sharks lived earlier than thought
Some 115 million years ago, a veritable fleet of giant predators prowled the waters near Australia. There were long-necked plesiosaurs, snaggletoothed pliosaurs with massive heads, dolphinlike ichthyosaurs, and now — suggests new fossil findings — 8-meter-long sharks. The findings, published...
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U.N. chief says 6 international peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a U.N. facility in Sudan
A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers,...