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Researchers tested what happens when a nutrient-rich liquid made from recycled waste meets fake Moon and Mars dirt.
NASA-linked tests show recycled waste liquids can weather Moon and Mars soil simulants and release key plant nutrients.
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A new “stochastic siren” method uses the gravitational-wave background to sharpen estimates of the Hubble constant.
SpaceScientists develop a new way to measure the expansion rate of the universeJoseph Shavit
High-resolution image taken with the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham in Arizona, USA, displaying the two lens galaxies in a warm tone, and the five lensed copies of SN Winny in blue.
SpaceWhat a rare lensed supernova could mean for measuring cosmic expansionJoseph Shavit
A University of Sheffield team reports signs that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, offering a new way to explain a cosmic tension.
SpaceDark matter and neutrinos are linked and interact with each otherJoseph Shavit
Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, informally known as Ultima Thule. New simulations suggest Kuiper Belt “snowman” objects can form directly from gravitational collapse, without rare events.
SpaceNew simulations reveal the hidden forces shaping ‘snowman’ worlds beyond NeptuneJoshua Shavit
Paola Tiranti of Northumbria University.
SpacePHD student built the first-ever 3D map of Uranus’s upper atmosphereJoseph Shavit
CDG-2 in the Perseus cluster was found through four globular clusters and a faint glow seen by Hubble and Euclid.
SpaceNearly invisible galaxy may be built mostly of dark matter, Hubble findsJoseph Shavit
The BioAsteroid experiment. NASA astronaut Michael Scott Hopkins performs the insertion of the experiment containers in KUBIK.
SpaceScientists use microbes on ISS to extract valuable metals from meteoritesJoseph Shavit
This view was taken from above the ringplane and looks toward the unlit side of the rings. Here, the probe gazes upon Titan in the distance beyond Saturn and its dark and graceful rings.
SpaceSaturn’s rings and moon Titan formed through ancient moon collisionsJoseph Shavit
A small mare ridge in Northeast Mare Imbrium taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera.
SpaceNew global map finds recent tectonic activity across the Moon’s surfaceJoshua Shavit
ESO 137-001, a jellyfish galaxy like the one recently observed by astrophysicists at the University of Waterloo.
SpaceAstronomers spot ‘jellyfish galaxy’ torn apart 8.5 billion years agoJoseph Shavit
A study traces Antarctica’s gravity hollow to slow mantle motion, with timing that overlaps major shifts in Antarctic glaciation.
SpaceScientists reveal why gravity is weaker beneath Antarctica than elsewhere on EarthJoseph Shavit
An artist’s rendering of protocluster SPT2349-56 captures clashing galaxies in varied shapes and sizes, with orange gas ripped apart and superheated by tidal forces.
SpaceHow did massive elliptical galaxies appear so early after the Big BangJoseph Shavit
A new model suggests Io formed dry and Europa formed water-rich, with the contrast set during their birth around Jupiter.
SpaceNew study uncovers the formative conditions that made Io dry and Europa wateryJoseph Shavit
EHT researchers tracked polarized light around M87* across years, finding a stable ring but dramatic changes in magnetic patterns.
SpaceEvent Horizon Telescope captures magnetic turbulence flickering at the edge of black hole M87*Joshua Shavit
An illustration of a star that collapsed, forming a black hole. The black hole is at the center, unseen. Surrounding it is a dust shell moving away from the black hole and gas being pulled toward it.
SpaceAstronomers observe a massive star vanish and turn into a black holeJoseph Shavit
A new idea suggests hidden supermassive black hole pairs could reveal themselves through repeating, magnified flashes of starlight.
SpacePhysicists propose a new way to spot supermassive black hole pairsJoseph Shavit