Hello, lovelies, and welcome to your favorite space news breakdown. This week, it’s mostly planets and geopolitics, with relatively little launch news. Shall we? SpaceX Next Crew Launch Delayed By D… [+7414 chars]
Not since the 1960s space race has the world been as enthusiastic about space travel. Privatized efforts from the likes of Blue Origin and SpaceX are creating new opportunities for civilians to leave… [+2090 chars]
ByKyushu UniversityJuly 29, 2022 More than a million individuals in Japan are believed to suffer from hikikomori, and research over the last ten years has suggested that the disease is spreading int… [+2953 chars]
ByChandra X-ray ObservatoryJuly 29, 2022 Zeta Ophiuchi was once in close orbit with another star, before being ejected when this companion was destroyed in a supernova explosion. Infrared data from … [+4277 chars]
Known as the gentle giants of the oceans, the whale sharks or Rhincodon typus are the biggest sharks and are known to be filter feeders who looked for tiny animals like krill to survive. While gulpi… [+3143 chars]
Who let one rip? Smelt It It's not easy cohabitating inside a tiny metal box while screaming through outer space at over 17,000 mph especially when it comes to foul odors that can't escape by simpl… [+2163 chars]
As seen with the COVID-19 pandemic, detection methods that are rapid, simple, accurate, and sensitive are vital for detecting viral pathogens and for controlling the spread of infectious diseases. Un… [+3985 chars]
ByUniversity of InnsbruckJuly 29, 2022 The scientists believe that their discovery allows for many interesting new medical possibilities. A recently found lipid inhibits cell death. An organism us… [+6088 chars]
NASA's search for life on Mars has been in fast mode for the last 25 years! Back in 1997, NASA's Pathfinder mission landed on the surface of Mars for the first time and it took some stunning images o… [+1937 chars]
For the first time in almost 5,000 years of observations, researchers have fully cataloged optical illusions created in the sky as light shines through ice crystals known as atmospheric halos. The … [+4843 chars]
New research has found that microbial instability in the gut could hinder the performance of elite endurance athletes, and that short-term, high-protein diets are associated with this type of imbalan… [+3082 chars]
Radio waves from space flow through our atmosphere every day, but the fast, steady and repeated bursts that were detected in 2019 and recently released to the public are unusual and mysterious. Kiy… [+830 chars]