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Chinese scientists have bad news on having babies in space - South China Morning Post
Researchers use China’s Tianzhou spacecraft missions since 2017 to study how microgravity and space radiation can affect biology.
'Mind-blowing' ancient bones discovery sparked by family holiday
The "once in a lifetime" discovery could rewrite history, researchers say.
Near-Earth asteroid turns out to be something unusual, NASA finds - KTLA
A recent NASA study has revealed that a near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three decades ago is not, in fact, an asteroid, but rather an unusual object classified as a “dark comet.” The object, known as 1998 SH2, was first discovered in 1998 and had long b…
New Jersey home meteorite fragments contain 'extraterrestrial' amino acids - 6abc Philadelphia
Only one fragment was recovered, and that's because it punched through the ceiling of a master bedroom in a Hillsborough, New Jersey, home.
Ancient DNA Finally Solves a 16th-Century Murder Mystery - ScienceAlert
The Grand Duke Francesco de Medici, a prominent politician in the Tuscany region of Italy in the 16th century, died under mysterious circumstances in 1587 – with the suddenness of his death giving rise to rumors that he'd been poisoned.
Meteorite that crashed into NJ home contains 'alien world chemistry'... | | 'Building Blocks' Never Before Confirmed In Space Rock...
Meteorite from 2024 crash in New Jersey shows signs of ancient saltwater and amino acids tied to life's origins., scientists say.
Astronomers discover landslides on Pluto large enough to bury entire cities on Earth - Space
The great lengths that the debris rolled means that Pluto's landslides are among the most mobile in the solar system, a product of low gravity and low-friction icy rubble.
This Exoplanet Hid for 10 Years Before Astronomers Finally Found It
A team of astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The new planet, Beta Pictoris d, is 100 times fainter than Beta Pictoris b — the first planet discovered in the same system — and is among the lightest exoplanets ever to be…
Astronomers discover 1st atmosphere around a rocky Earth-like planet in the habitable zone - Space
"It's in the habitable zone, which is super exciting for astrobiology and habitability and searching for life."
Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna enters AI protein design arena - Fierce Biotech
Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., the Nobel Laureate best known for co-inventing the CRISPR system that has become the foundation for gene editing, is dipping her toes into a new, buzzy field:
A bar-tailed godwit flew 7,250 miles nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, going more than eight days without landing, eating or drinking - Space Daily
Satellite tags tracked a shorebird the size of a pigeon across the open Pacific in a single unbroken flight. To do it, the bird rebuilds its own body before takeoff, then flies on stored fat for more than a week.
Even Chemical Bonds Obey Einstein’s Relativity - Hackaday
Although Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is typically associated with really large and really heavy things like plants in solar systems and big things in universes in general, it turns out th…