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Scientists test yeast in space to produce food, medicine, and fuel for long missions, cutting costs and boosting self-reliance.
A tiny orbital lab is testing yeast in space, exploring how microbes could produce food, fuel, and medicine for future astronauts.
Mac Oliveau
Magnetic fields, stellar winds, and cosmic filaments are rewriting what we know about star formation and galactic evolution.
Scientists crack the mystery of galactic filaments and magnetic fields at the heart of the Milky WayJoshua Shavit
Scientists recreated hexagonal diamond, a form harder than ordinary diamond
50,000-year-old meteorite helps scientists create the hardest diamonds on EarthJoseph Shavit
Artist’s impression of one of the first generation of stars – Pop III stars.
A cosmic flash that could explain the birth of supermassive black holesJoshua Shavit
Exodus Propulsion Technologies has built a propulsion drive that doesn’t need fuel and can counter Earth’s gravity.
NASA veteran unveils propellant-free space drive that could redefine explorationJoseph Shavit
New research finds over 200 exoplanets may be larger than earlier estimates, reshaping the search for life in space.
Astronomers find exoplanets are far larger than previously believedMac Oliveau
A new study reveals sulfur’s hiding place in icy space dust
Scientists solve the cosmic mystery of missing sulfur in deep spaceJoshua Shavit
New research on Vesta’s internal structure challenges long-held ideas about early planet formation, pointing to a more violent and complex past.
Vesta might be much more than an asteroid, astronomers findMac Oliveau
A galaxy from the early universe, nicknamed Cosmic Grapes, is brimming with 15 massive star-forming clumps, giving astronomers a new look at how young galaxies evolve.
Strange ‘Cosmic Grapes’ galaxy sheds new light on first billion years after Big BangJoseph Shavit
Hidden deep in the cosmos, a massive spiral galaxy is giving astronomers an extraordinary glimpse into what may lie ahead for the Milky Way.
Distant galaxy’s black hole offers extraordinary glimpse into the Milky Way’s futureJoseph Shavit
On one side is our Universe, expanding and moving forward in time as we experience it. On the other side is a mirror Universe that also expands, but in the opposite time direction from our point of view.
Physicists propose the existence of a mirror universe where time runs in reverseJoseph Shavit
New research connects deep-sea dust, ancient ruins, and historic blasts to a hidden cosmic threat: airbursts that can change Earth’s climate.
Cosmic Airbursts: The hidden impacts that shape Earth’s historyJoshua Shavit
Astronomers using Webb may have found a Saturn-like planet near Alpha Centauri A, offering the closest view yet of a world around a Sun-like star.
JWST detects giant exoplanet in the Alpha Centauri star system – just 4 light-years awayJoshua Shavit
Massive buried structure found under the Moon’s largest craterJoseph Shavit
In a landmark result, astronomers used gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to weigh a dormant black hole in the Cosmic Horseshoe at 36 billion solar masses
Astronomers detect the largest black hole ever observed – Mass equal to 36 billion sunsJoshua Shavit
Hubble’s ultraviolet detection of trace carbon shows a rare white dwarf merger event.
Rare white dwarf star collision revealed by Hubble TelescopeJoshua Shavit
Cosimo Bambi’s proposal envisions an interstellar mission to a black hole using tiny, laser‑driven probes
Space travel to a nearby black hole could happen in the next 100 yearsJoseph Shavit