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    Lunar first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon
    Joseph Shavit
    • 3 days ago

    Lunar first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon

    Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.
    New experiments reveal the source of the aurora borealis
    Joseph Shavit
    • May 2

    New experiments reveal the source of the aurora borealis

    Researchers have demonstrated Alfvén waves accelerating electrons under conditions that correspond to Earth’s magnetosphere.
    Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 30

    Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water

    Hydrogen and oxygen escaping from Earth’s upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar water.
    Could the blueprint for life have been generated in asteroids?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 26

    Could the blueprint for life have been generated in asteroids?

    Using new analyses, scientists found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in meteorites
    What will the Earth be like in 500 years?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 26

    What will the Earth be like in 500 years?

    Scientists can make some pretty accurate forecasts about the future, but predicting what the Earth will be like in 500 years is difficult.
    Moon-based telescopes could explain the birth of our universe
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 24

    Moon-based telescopes could explain the birth of our universe

    Earth-based telescopes that look that far back to the big bang (BB) 13.8 billion years ago are unable to resolve the relevant details.
    Scientists Plan to Store DNA on The Moon!
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 23

    Scientists Plan to Store DNA on The Moon!

    The ambitious project aims to preserve humankind – and animal-kind, plant-kind and fungi-kind – in the event of a global crisis.
    Beam Me Up Scotty: NASA 'Holoported' a doctor onto the International Space Station
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 20

    Beam Me Up Scotty: NASA 'Holoported' a doctor onto the International Space Station

    NASA flight surgeon Dr. Josef Schmid, Fernando De La Pena Llaca and their teams were the first humans “holoported” from Earth into space.
    NASA uses moonlight to improve satellite accuracy
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 5

    NASA uses moonlight to improve satellite accuracy

    NASA has more than 20 Earth-observing satellites that give researchers a global perspective on the interconnected Earth system.
    Ancient helium leaking from our planet's core offers clues to Earth's formation
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 30

    Ancient helium leaking from our planet's core offers clues to Earth's formation

    As a planet grows, it accumulates material from its surroundings, so its composition reflects the environment in which it formed.
    The Sun is likely source of the Earth's water, study finds
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 26

    The Sun is likely source of the Earth's water, study finds

    Researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth’s water, finding the Sun to be a surprising likely source.
    Space station studies into the origins of life and the early universe
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 19

    Space station studies into the origins of life and the early universe

    Research conducted aboard the International Space Station is helping scientists answer questions about the formation of the universe
    Moon’s orbit can become a gravitational wave detector
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 18

    Moon’s orbit can become a gravitational wave detector

    The Moon’s exact position is known with an error of at most one centimeter, thanks to the use of lasers sent from different observatories.
    Where did meteorites that helped form the Earth come from?
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 14

    Where did meteorites that helped form the Earth come from?

    Earth is believed to have formed partly from carbonaceous meteorites, which are thought to come from outer main-belt asteroids.
    The fall of dinosaurs actually took place in the spring, research concludes
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 25

    The fall of dinosaurs actually took place in the spring, research concludes

    The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime according to an international team of researchers.
    Astronomers identify real-life Tatooine using new method
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 24

    Astronomers identify real-life Tatooine using new method

    Astronomers have used a new technique to confirm a real-life Tatooine, the fictional planet with two suns that was home to Luke Skywalker.
    New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 12

    New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment

    MUSE and HelioSwarm will help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun-Earth connection, and the changing space environment.
    What is the Earth's inner core made of?  It's different than scientists thought
    Joseph Shavit
    • Feb 10

    What is the Earth's inner core made of? It's different than scientists thought

    Earth's core is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature. It is composed of a liquid outer core and solid inner core.
    Just Look Up: New asteroid tracking system can monitor entire sky
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 31

    Just Look Up: New asteroid tracking system can monitor entire sky

    A state-of-the-art asteroid alert system can scan the entire dark sky every 24 hours for dangerous bodies that could plummet toward Earth.
    Scientists answer a century-old question on the origins of life
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jan 31

    Scientists answer a century-old question on the origins of life

    The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
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