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Space.com

Stone has retired as the project scientist of Voyager, which sent twin probes on a historic “grand tour” of the solar system’s giant planets and, much later, out to interstellar space. He had held the post since 1972 — five years before the launch of the …

Space.com

Samil Cabrera captured this image of an Orionid meteor streaking over the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 21, 2022 at Jekyll Island, Georgia. Be sure to check out Cabrera’s Instagram page for more astrophotography at www.instagram.com/astronycc/.

CNN

Deinococcus radiodurans, also called “Conan the Bacterium,” is well-suited to the harsh environment of Mars. Northwestern University. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science …

CNN

The James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with a glimpse of the early universe in a new image shared on Wednesday. The powerful space observatory is capable of detecting the faint light of incredibly distant galaxies as …

WIRED

On the morning of October 9, astronomers’ inboxes pinged with a relatively modest alert: NASA’s Swift Observatory had just detected a fresh burst of energy, assumed to be coming from somewhere within our own galaxy. But six hours later—when scientists …

Phys.Org

Using the technique of electron cryo microscopy (cryo-EM), the group of Stefan Raunser reveals in unprecedented detail how actin proteins are arranged together in a filament, how ATP—the cell’s energy source—sits in the protein pocket, and where individual …

CNET

Over the next decade, several space agencies plan on bringing Martian rock back to Earth for the very first time — and, according to a new study published Tuesday in the journal Astrobiology, whoever gets to analyze those seminal samples might stumble …

EurekAlert

image: Deinococcus radiodurans (affectionately known as “Conan the Bacterium”) is particularly well-suited to surviving Mars’ harsh environment. In experiments, it survived astronomical amounts of radiation in the freezing, arid environment. view more.

NPR

The International Space Station had to fire its thrusters this week to make sure it avoided space junk in orbit around Earth. The station fired its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds in what NASA called a “Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver” …

The New York Times

But it’s less tiny than previously thought. A study published Monday in the journal iScience found that when insects like honeybees and locusts gathered in swarms, the individual charges in each creature aggregated to form electric fields in the atmosphere …