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US astronauts upbeat seven months into eight-day mission

Two US astronauts who have been stuck for months on the International Space Station (ISS) said Wednesday they have plenty of food, are not facing a laundry crisis, and don’t yet feel like castaways.

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NASA to test solution for radiation-tolerant computing in space

Onboard computers are critical to space exploration, aiding nearly every spacecraft function from propulsion and navigation systems to life support technology, science data retrieval and analysis, communications, and reentry.

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Dormancy: Life’s first survival strategy?

The early Earth was an extreme place. Asteroids pommeled the surface. Volcanoes spewed lava and carbon dioxide. The thick, toxic atmosphere lacked oxygen. Yet, in this turmoil, life emerged.

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Astronaut set to patch NASA’s X-ray telescope aboard space station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague will install patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) X-ray telescope on the International Space Station as part of a spacewalk scheduled for Jan. 16. Hague, along with astronaut Suni Williams, will also complete other tasks during the outing.

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Debris falling from the sky: More often, more risk

It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet.

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NASA lander to test vacuum cleaner on moon for sample collection

Among all the challenges of voyaging to and successfully landing on other worlds, the effective collection and study of soil and rock samples cannot be underestimated.

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NASA joins telescope, instruments to Roman spacecraft

Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload—the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments—to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there.

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JAXA’s first wooden satellite deploys from space station

In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the International Space Station. Among them was LignoSat, a wooden satellite from JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) that investigates the use of wood in space. Findings could offer a more sustainable alternative to conventional satellites.

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Helical magnetic fields: A universal mechanism for jet collimation?

New observations from the National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory’s (NSF NRAO) Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (NSF VLA) provide compelling evidence supporting a universal mechanism for the collimation of astrophysical jets, regardless of their origin.

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Scientists propose new method to detect alien civilizations via black holes

Of all the unanswered questions in modern science, perhaps the most talked about is whether we are alone in the universe. A new paper looks at another way we might be able to detect advanced civilizations, and at its center is the need for energy.

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Gamma-ray outburst detected from the radio source 3C 216

Using NASA’s Fermi space telescope, Italian astronomers have observed a radio source known as 3C 216. As a result, they detected increased gamma-ray activity from this source, including a strong outburst. The finding is reported in a research paper published on the arXiv preprint server.

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NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration

Anyone hoping for a clear path forward this year for NASA’s imperiled Mars Sample Return mission will have to wait a little longer.

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The LZ experiment’s first science run sets new constraints on dark matter interactions

The LUX ZEPLIN (LZ) Dark Matter experiment is a large research effort involving over 200 scientists and engineers at 40 institutions worldwide. Its key objective is to search for weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) by analyzing data collected by the LZ detector, situated at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.

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A CubeSat mission will detect X-rays from GRBs and black-hole mergers

The long-awaited detection of gravitational waves has opened up a whole new world of astronomy. One of the key efforts is now to tie signals across multiple domains—for example, a gravitational wave and the associated electromagnetic radiation created by that same event, such as a black hole merger or a gamma-ray burst.

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NASA eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin to cut Mars rock retrieval costs

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk’s SpaceX or Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

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US astronauts upbeat seven months into eight-day mission

NASA to test solution for radiation-tolerant computing in space

Dormancy: Life’s first survival strategy?

Astronaut set to patch NASA’s X-ray telescope aboard space station

Debris falling from the sky: More often, more risk

NASA lander to test vacuum cleaner on moon for sample collection

NASA joins telescope, instruments to Roman spacecraft

JAXA’s first wooden satellite deploys from space station

Helical magnetic fields: A universal mechanism for jet collimation?

Scientists propose new method to detect alien civilizations via black holes

Gamma-ray outburst detected from the radio source 3C 216

NASA punts Mars Sample Return decision to the next administration

The LZ experiment’s first science run sets new constraints on dark matter interactions

A CubeSat mission will detect X-rays from GRBs and black-hole mergers

NASA eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin to cut Mars rock retrieval costs

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