SpaceX and NASA have set a new date for the already-delayed CRS-25 resupply mission that will send a robotic Dragon capsule to the International Space Station aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA now says … [+2126 chars]
An international group of researchers led by Arnaud Belloche (MPIfR, Bonn, Germany) reports the first identification of iso-propanol in interstellar space, a substance which is used as a sanitizer on… [+8454 chars]
Better Together As ambitious as the SWIM concept is, its intent would be to reduce risk while enhancing science. The cryobot would be connected via a communications tether to the surface-based lande… [+2714 chars]
A private cargo spacecraft, Cygnus spacecraft, departed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to re-enter Earth atmosphere after wrapping up its months-long service. However, it is fa… [+1744 chars]
Roger N. Shepard, the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor, Emeritus, in Stanfords School of Humanities and Sciences, known for his groundbreaking research on mental imagery, died May 30 at his home in Tucson,… [+8178 chars]
Scientific investigations are becoming increasingly collaborative resulting in growing lists of contributors to studies that can be time consuming to organize when formatting journal title pages. Her… [+6707 chars]
Get ready for space hydroponics. Interstellar Salad Earthly space travelers have been trying to perfect orbital botany for a while now. Stable, sustainable off world agricultural practices are need… [+1754 chars]
It has long been known that when salt is kept in a humid environment, it absorbs water, dissolving some of the salt and making it clump. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that water vapor i… [+3312 chars]
image: Stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes produced to study arrhythmic mechanismsview more Credit: Fátima Lois The results help explain why as many as 60% of patients with DMD have potentially life-… [+5086 chars]
In the science fiction film Pitch Black (now streaming on Peacock!), interplanetary travelers encounter a world inhabited by creatures who spend their entire lives in the dark. While there are certai… [+3628 chars]
image: Space robots play essential roles in the construction, operation, and maintenance of space stations. Target tracking algorithms for space robots need to filter noise for precise functioning. H… [+7155 chars]
To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of ou… [+7546 chars]
