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NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Is Finding Hundreds of Exoplanets and Is Poised to Find Thousands More
Posted in Science on 24th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
Within just 50 light-years from Earth, there are about 1,560 stars, likely orbited by several thousand planets.
Mars 2020 landing site could be a fossil hotspot
Posted in Science on 13th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
“We know from Earth that this mineral phase is exceptional at preserving microfossils and other biosignatures, so that makes these outcrops exciting targets for the rover to explore.”
SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites
Posted in Business, Hardware, Online on 12th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
SpaceX sent another 60 satellites into orbit on Monday, one of many such launches the company hopes to conduct over the next year as it works to build a massive broadband-from-space business.
ESA studies growing blood vessels in zero gravity
Posted in Medicine, Science on 8th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
In zero gravity, there's nothing to pull or push the cells out of place, allowing them to form themselves into simple 3D structures, including globules and tubes.
NASA pops open its first untouched Moon sample in more than 40 years
Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2019
by Alex Muller
It is hoped that the study of these pristine samples can enlighten our understanding of the Moon and its resources, which will be a key plank of the Artemis missions slated for touchdown from 2024.