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New research sheds light on how pollutants from aerosols and river run-off are impacting coastal seas. The research identified an 'Anthropogenic Nitrogen Pump' which changes the phosphorus cycle and therefore likely coastal biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Cj37Fas

The U.S. Department of Defense has reached out to SpaceX to inquire about using Starship on its own, flying the massive rocket as a government-operated military vehicle. from Space https://ift.tt/puDXVsm

The core module of China's Tiangong space station — named Tianhe, or "Harmony of the Heavens" — has now been orbiting Earth for more than 1,000 days. from Space https://ift.tt/N6BhiJZ

A new study may change the way clinicians and scientists understand, diagnose and treat placenta accreta spectrum disorder, a serious condition in which the placenta fails to separate from the uterus at birth, jeopardizing the life and health of both mother and baby. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/TG4uU7h

NASA's Lucy mission will fire its main engines for the first time on Wednesday (Jan. 31.) from Space https://ift.tt/ngrvsMY

NASA's TESS telescope has discovered a system of six young exoplanets that race around a newborn star, offering a snapshot of what our solar system looked like 4 billion years ago. from Space https://ift.tt/q1XroN9

Providing astronauts with the right diet is also paramount in supporting their mental and cognitive health, in a way unlike previous missions. from Space https://ift.tt/FWRh9GD

Physicists propose a novel way to create photoconductive circuits, where the circuit is directly patterned onto a glass surface with femtosecond laser light. The new technology may one day be useful for harvesting energy, while remaining transparent to light and using a single material. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/rWts3EF

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the glowing gas and dust patterns of 19 spiral galaxies in stunning detail, aiming to uncover the origins of these intricate structures. from Space https://ift.tt/juGXW8S

Walking robots might populate Mars one day, but first they need some practice on Earth. Dog-like robot Bert explored an alien-like terrain with an ISS astronaut at the controls. from Space https://ift.tt/Fnp87Cd

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Northop Grumman's latest cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station Tuesday (Jan. 30), and you can watch the action live. from Space https://ift.tt/J8jPBUm

Pet owners forced to be separated from their animals in crisis situations, including those who are victims of domestic violence, are suffering from a lack of support services needed to protect them. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/ie6C1jl

SpaceX plans to launch two more batches of its Starlink internet satellites today (Jan. 28), in doubleheader liftoffs just three hours apart. from Space https://ift.tt/c0Tn162

Watch this rousing concept trailer for director Fede Álvarez's upcoming xenomorph-filled movie, "Alien: Romulus." from Space https://ift.tt/K8yRfpW

On Feb. 22, 2022, a gigantic solar prominence formed on the surface of the sun, blasting a large coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. from Space https://ift.tt/3p10VQv

Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia's permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic. from Space https://ift.tt/PB5uKrJ

While monitoring around a billion Milky Way stars over 10 years, astronomers discovered a new ancient red star type along with a bunch of violently erupting newborn protostars. from Space https://ift.tt/h1jwx4e

NASA's Perseverance rover is equipped with a radar imager, allowing researchers to create a subsurface profile of Jezero Crater to better understand its geological past. from Space https://ift.tt/Z73IAdW

Asteroid 2024 BJ, which astronomers detected earlier this month, will be live-streamed as it zooms within 220,000 miles of Earth, or closer to us than the average distance to the moon. from Space https://ift.tt/MIdALXE

Four astronauts are set to fly aboard SpaceX to the International Space Station no earlier than late February, NASA officials announced. They will be in space for half a year. from Space https://ift.tt/yh0OUjZ

Belgium signed the Artemis Accords on Tuesday (Jan. 23), becoming the 34th nation to become part of the moon-exploration framework. from Space https://ift.tt/pgl0nhV

A shallow soda lake in Canada could resemble Darwin's 'warm little ponds' found on the primordial Earth that had the right chemistry for life to get started. from Space https://ift.tt/mVWHpKf

A pair of linked solar flares recently exploded near-simultaneously from sunspots on different hemispheres of our home star, triggering radio blackouts on Earth. from Space https://ift.tt/c0TdKjE

Axiom Space will provide spacesuits for the first moon landing in half a century, aiming to reach the critical design review stage in June —as the greater Artemis program battles delays. from Space https://ift.tt/lAKSGuc

A review of director Gabriela Cowperthwaite's new indie sci-fi film, 'I.S.S.' from Space https://ift.tt/bAXsgvO

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on N79, a 1,630-light-year-wide star birthing complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, to produce a stunning image. from Space https://ift.tt/Gcl4u8z

Comet Wild 2 formed 4.5 billion years ago and is a relic of the birth of the solar system. In 2006, NASA brought pieces of it down to Earth. from Space https://ift.tt/QK4aCoY

This galactic superstructure appears to us as it was over 9 billion years ago. from Space https://ift.tt/rl70TfA

As light reaching the James Webb Space Telescope, it took between 6,500 and 7,600 years to be received. As images on Priority stamps, they will get your mail to its destination much sooner. from Space https://ift.tt/NKxl8fX

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable genetic phenomenon in lycophytes, which are similar to ferns and among the oldest land plants. Their study reveals that these plants have maintained a consistent genetic structure for over 350 million years, a significant deviation from the norm in plant genetics. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/RXM4xfk

Scientists created a new drug delivery system that can receive commands wirelessly from a smartphone or computer to schedule and trigger the release of drugs from individual microneedles. The patch's thin, soft platform resembles a Band-Aid and was designed to enhance user comfort and convenience, since wearability is a crucial factor for chronically ill patients. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Qx7e1jV

Electrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established method for treating disordered movement in Parkinson's disease. However, implanting electrodes in a person's brain is an invasive and imprecise way to stimulate nerve cells. Researchers report a new application for the technique, called magnetogenetics, that uses very small magnets to wirelessly trigger specific, gene-edited nerve cells in the brain. The treatment effectively relieved motor symptoms in mice without damaging surrounding brain tissue. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Ub0mxTu

As the Mars Ingenuity helicopter continues to soar, an early-stage Red Planet craft is in the works. The first fixed-wing plane on Mars would seek water — and perhaps life. from Space https://ift.tt/GtEQFnv

The inexplicable entity, which likely had a chemical composition unlike any other known star, was identified by a group of "stellar archaeologists" who traced back the cosmic history of another equally unique star. from Space https://ift.tt/Mc6Yat7

Scientists have found fingerprints of water in ancient meteorites reminiscent of the planetesimals that formed Earth. from Space https://ift.tt/NQqgrH0

While ambitious plans to return Red Planet samples to Earth are in development, some scientists argue that we should instead find ways to analyze Mars samples on the planet itself. from Space https://ift.tt/hQkaMJt

Satellite data show melting Arctic sea ice has reduced the amount of sunlight the region reflects, triggering an unprecedented rise in local temperatures. from Space https://ift.tt/GLcF7Yy

Recent advances in generative AI help to explain how memories enable us to learn about the world, re-live old experiences and construct totally new experiences for imagination and planning, according to a new study. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/aFioMGU

A new cosmic crime scene reconstruction tells the full story of a star ripped apart by a ravenous black hole, revealing a previously unknown aspect of these tidal disruption events. from Space https://ift.tt/2yiMvmB

New research shows that behavioral activation therapy is as effective as antidepressant medications in treating symptoms of depression in patients with heart failure. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/TSiMxCI

Young galaxies in the early universe adopted elongated shapes as they formed along filaments of the cosmic web, before evolving into more disc-like galaxies. from Space https://ift.tt/0kbTBsY

The warming climate has not lead to an expected increase in atmospheric moisture over arid and semi-arid regions of the world. The finding, which has surprised scientists, indicates that some regions may be even more vulnerable to future wildfires and extreme heat than projected. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/BhdgFmZ

Researchers have linked the travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth with the oldest known human settlements in Alaska, providing clues about the relationship between the iconic species and some of the earliest people to travel across the Bering Land Bridge. Isotopic data, along with DNA from other mammoths at the site and archaeological evidence, indicates that early Alaskans likely structured their settlements to overlap with areas where mammoths congregated. Those findings, highlighted in the new issue of the journal Science Advances, provide evidence that mammoths and early hunter-gatherers shared habitat in the region. The long-term predictable presence of woolly mammoths would have attracted humans to the area. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/EZokdT0

Netflix released a new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi film "Spaceman" starring Adam Sandler and Paul Dano. from Space https://ift.tt/ghJNYyl

High-temperature experiments conducted on Earth with lunar rock samples may have finally revealed how a unique type of rock was created and distributed on the moon. from Space https://ift.tt/fYEQ2Aj

SpaceX just rolled its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule out to the pad for the planned Wednesday (Jan. 17) launch of the private Ax-3 astronaut mission. from Space https://ift.tt/MAm3tf8

The Hubble Space Telescope zoomed into a galaxy 150 million light years away to study a supernova that released 2.5 billion times more energy than the sun, resulting in a stunning image. from Space https://ift.tt/Tnv68bL

The leak that stopped the Peregrine moon lander's attempt is nearly finished, but the Astrobotic mission is still on track to burn up above Earth instead of reaching its lunar destination. from Space https://ift.tt/XU1wd6m

In organic optoelectronic devices, the control of molecular deposition on thin films is important for optimal surface arrangement and device performance. In a recent study, researchers developed a new method for achieving stable deposition on thin films effectively. They also developed a tool to track real-time potential changes on the surface. These findings are expected to aid the improvement of organic devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, in terms of efficacy and durability. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/Aj6wusW

NASA's Mars Sample Return program is the agency’s highest priority in planetary science, but projected multibillion-dollar overruns have some calling the plan a 'dumpster fire.' from Space https://ift.tt/92DTXFa

We can't feel Earth spinning and you probably take it for granted, but what would happen if it stopped spinning? We take a look at the disastrous impacts it would have. from Space https://ift.tt/CokMaTx

Identification of genes under recent selection provides insights into the molecular mechanisms of human-related adaptation in Candida pathogens. The study reveals both known and novel genetic variants associated with drug resistance, offering potential targets for improved antifungal therapies. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/xo3btl4

In a new study, researchers have discovered how a system of proteins, called TamAB, helps Salmonella survive under the harsh conditions inside macrophages. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/zwcXBnu

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch tonight (Jan. 13), sending 23 Starlink satellites to orbit. from Space https://ift.tt/HaQFbks

To combat viruses, bacteria and other pathogens, synthetic biology offers new technological approaches whose performance is being validated in experiments. Researchers applied data integration and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop a machine learning approach that can predict the efficacy of CRISPR technologies more accurately than before. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/lpCgFqD

Paramount announces new "Star Trek" movie examining the origins of Starfleet from Space https://ift.tt/ecyXOIG

The propellant leak that has crippled Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander continues to slow, allowing the company to squeeze more science and engineering data out of the craft. from Space https://ift.tt/Xux859S

How far would you go to steal to an asteroid? This epic season closer has the answers. from Space https://ift.tt/RuMbiJK

The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds from Space https://ift.tt/yJ8YKa6

Hummingbirds use two distinct sensory strategies to control their flight, depending on whether they're hovering or in forward motion, according to new research. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/DqE6G0j

Astrobotic's latest mission update on its Peregrine moon lander indicates that, despite a crippling propulsion system anomaly, the mission's payloads are working as planned. from Space https://ift.tt/2bTzRw7

Researchers have been studying the effects of climate change on coral reefs. Monitoring two coral species off the coast of Hawaii, one team found that local adaptations in response to near-severe heat stress allowed certain populations to endure such events. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/IpMiuS8

Despite anomalies experienced by the Peregrine lunar lander scientists are looking ahead to upcoming missions under NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. from Space https://ift.tt/Hd9tSzg

Mysterious "odd radio circles" or ORCs that compass entire galaxies may have finally been explained, with astronomers pointing the finger at winds from bursts of supernova star explosions. from Space https://ift.tt/Fz5yb7M

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) system that can rapidly detect COVID-19 from chest X-rays with more than 98 percent accuracy. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/O0Iebsr

The mysterious wispy green light captured by the James Webb Space Telescope last year near the heart of Cassiopeia A turns out to be a result of a blast wave slamming into surrounding material. from Space https://ift.tt/VzK3bvM

Climate change could pose a big risk to Australians' reproductive health with a new, large-scale study revealing a possible link between extreme bioclimatic exposure during pregnancy and babies' birthweights for gestational age. Researchers examined more than 385,000 pregnancies in Western Australia between 2000 and 2015, from 12 weeks prior to conception until birth. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/ronlM8v

Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander launched today (Jan. 8) with five NASA science payloads aboard. Here's what the experiments are designed to do. from Space https://ift.tt/h6uyDed

On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, snows of organic compounds may form glacier-like honeycomb chunks in methane lakes, appearing as floating "magic islands." from Space https://ift.tt/PO9JlcU

Relive ULA's Vulcan Centaur debut with these awesome photos. The mission sent the private Peregrine moon lander toward Earth's nearest neighbor. from Space https://ift.tt/GS32PMq

Europe will launch two satellites in September which will together form an artificial eclipse to help scientists study the sun. from Space https://ift.tt/ZnE5BrR

ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket launched on its first-ever mission this morning (Jan. 8), sending the private Peregrine lander toward the moon. from Space https://ift.tt/qGvz4ML

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) today (Jan. 7), sending 23 Starlink satellites to orbit. from Space https://ift.tt/J7HLyRX

Archaeologists in China have unearthed a mysterious set of rectangular wooden pieces linked to an ancient astronomical calendar. from Space https://ift.tt/HdgVNOF

Experience the wonder of the northern lights aboard the iconic Hurtigruten Coastal Express. See what you can expect from an Astronomy Voyage and hear from the people who took part in this adventure to the top of the world. from Space https://ift.tt/zheSMxZ

ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch for the first time early on Jan. 8, sending the private Peregrine lander toward the moon, and you can watch it live. from Space https://ift.tt/zv4oct2

The 243rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society runs from Jan. 7 to Jan. 11, and we can't wait to see what amazing science announcements it bestows upon us. from Space https://ift.tt/Vhgd3t8

Supernova remnant 30 Doradus B, or 30 Dor B, is the (former) star of this new image. from Space https://ift.tt/SNbREXV

A preview of Prime Video's adult animated series, "The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy," best described as 'Scrubs' in outer space. from Space https://ift.tt/eIJNkSt

India sent its XPoSat X-ray observatory into orbit on New Year's Day to study black holes, supernovae and other cosmic phenomena. from Space https://ift.tt/BDUd7fR

Scientists used transcranial magnetic stimulation to temporarily enhance hypnotizability in patients with chronic pain, making them better candidates for hypnotherapy. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/ZL9GKif

NASA has responded to the Navajo Nation's objections over a private mission placing human remains on the moon alongside agency science payloads. from Space https://ift.tt/IkSoPxe

Japan has postponed the launch of a mission seeking to bring samples of a Martian moon to Earth until 2026, due to problems with the nation's new H3 rocket. from Space https://ift.tt/Yx70VLR

Higher levels of omega-3, the healthy fat found in fish and nuts, were associated with better lung function and longer transplant-free survival. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/LBd6iAJ

The mystery of what dwells within dead stars could be solved at last, thanks to supercomputer simulations that show neutron stars are comprised of "cold quark matter." from Space https://ift.tt/V8yqaUd

If the James Webb Space Telescope detects depleted carbon dioxide in a planet's atmosphere, that could indicate water. from Space https://ift.tt/ViWYngq

Three modules forming a new-to-nature CO2 fixation cycle have been successfully implemented in E.coli. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/bPsmRxt

Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa need to diversify away from growing maize and switch to crops that are resilient to climate change and supply enough key micronutrients for the population, according to a major research study. Maize is a staple crop across the region -- where it is grown and consumed in vast quantities. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/ZiRcH29

On Dec. 30, 2023, NASA's Juno spacecraft came closer to the volcanic moon Io than any other mission has in 20 years. In the process, Juno was able to grab some incredible images. from Space https://ift.tt/07t4FAW

A drug screening system that models cancers using lab-grown tissues called organoids has helped uncover a promising target for future pancreatic cancer treatments. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/KmXjLPx

The United Arab Emirates' Hope spacecraft spotted a lot of dust moving around on Mars after a regional storm in January 2022. from Space https://ift.tt/5dbnKNo

Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. from Space https://ift.tt/puBHIzY

The International Space Station will continue to see launching crews mixed with American and Russian astronauts, according to media reports based on a Roscosmos press release. from Space https://ift.tt/lRXIDvr

Up to 120 shooting stars per hour could be visible during a brief peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower — the year's first meteor shower, coming to North America Jan. 3 and 4. from Space https://ift.tt/PzbDg0v

Canadian Space Agency Artemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen has never been in space before. But he is getting ready for his 1st launch on NASA's Space Launch System in 2024. from Space https://ift.tt/N9rfiDs

Earth and other terrestrial planets probably use their gravitational forces to tear apart asteroids ― but this creates more streams of smaller asteroids. from Space https://ift.tt/saK7Spf

Over 31 million people in North America will experience a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Here we have listed 10 of the biggest cities in the path of totality. from Space https://ift.tt/rLSX9jG