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Virtual 'Universe Machine' Sheds Light on Galaxy Evolution

August 12, 2019

Observing real galaxies in space can only provide snapshots in time, so researchers who want to study how galaxies evolve ove...

Dark Matter May Be Older Than the Big Bang, Study Suggests

August 8, 2019

A recent study presents a new idea of how dark matter was born and how to identify it with astronomical observations...

Continuing the Apollo Legacy

August 1, 2019

Study shows that the Moon is older than previously believed

The Early Days of the Milky Way Revealed

July 23, 2019

A study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) puts a sequence to the events which gav...

Space Research Helps Patients on Earth with Low Blood Pressure Condition

July 22, 2019

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers recently published heart-related space research that helps us to understand the pr...

Astronauts Could Turn Waste into Hydrogen Peroxide

July 18, 2019

Sudeep Popat of Clemson University is developing a way of making hydrogen peroxide for use on long-term space missions

A Material Way to Make Mars Habitable

July 16, 2019

Silica aerogel could warm the Martian surface similar to the way greenhouse gases keep Earth warm

Hubble Uncovers Black Hole That Shouldn't Exist

July 11, 2019

The unexpected presence of a disk of material so close to a black hole offers a unique opportunity to test Albert Einstein's ...

Deep-CEE: The AI Deep Learning Tool Helping Astronomers Explore Deep Space

July 8, 2019

By automating the discovery process, scientists can quickly scan sets of images, and return precise predictions with minimal ...

'Oumuamua Is Not an Alien Spacecraft

July 2, 2019

New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitor

NASA's Landmark Twins Study Reveals Resilience of Human Body in Space

April 12, 2019

The Twins Study provides the first integrated biomolecular view into how the human body responds to the spaceflight environme...

NASA Researchers Catalogue All Microbes, Fungi on the International Space Station

April 9, 2019

The researchers found that microbes on the ISS were mostly human-associated

Scientists Tackle Major Challenges to Sending Astronauts to Search for Life on Mars

March 7, 2019

What is the best way to conduct meaningful science in such harsh and dangerous conditions?

ISS Microbes Should Be Monitored to Avoid Threat to Astronaut Health

November 26, 2018

Strains of the bacterium Enterobacter have been identified on the International Space Station (ISS)

Molecular Evolution: How the Building Blocks of Life May Form in Space

April 25, 2018

New research offers evidence that humans—and the rest of life on Earth—may have been able to form with the right ...

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