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As the world awaits the Sunday (Dec. 11) splashdown of NASA's Orion spacecraft that will mark the end of the Artemis 1 mission, many are already looking forward to the crewed Artemis 2 flight.

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft set for return to Earth on Dec. 11

Artemis 1's uncrewed Orion capsule is scheduled to return to Earth on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 11), wrapping up its nearly 26-day deep-space trek with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California.

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover bottles up 1st dirt samples

NASA's most advanced robotic geologist to date has collected its first samples of broken rocks and dust from the Red Planet's surface. The Perseverance rover drilled free two of what scientists call regolith samples as it continues its mission to ...

Rare Mars eclipse by the full moon wows stargazers with occultation (video)

On Wednesday (Dec. 7), skywatchers around the world were treated to a celestial show as the full moon eclipsed Mars in the night sky. The rare event, known as a lunar ...

A year only lasts 17.5 hours on the 'hell planet'

The exoplanet Janssen (left), also known as 55 Cancri e, is a scorching hot exoplanet that zips around its host star every 17.5 hours. NASA.

Rare cosmic collision acted like one of the 'factories of gold' in the universe

An unusual bright blast of light detected by multiple telescopes in December 2021 was the result of a rare cosmic explosion that created a wealth of heavy elements such as gold and platinum. The gamma-ray burst ...

Researchers discover embryonic origins of adult pluripotent stem cells

Stem cells are a biological wonder. They can repair, restore, replace, and regenerate cells. In most animals and humans these cells are limited to regenerating only the cell type they are assigned to. So, hair stem cells will only make hair.

Discovery of a cellular uptake pathway for larger drug molecules

Recent findings by UCSF and Arc Institute scientists open up new possibilities for overcoming a fundamental challenge in drug discovery. There can be a tradeoff between optimizing a drug's key-in-a-lock fit with its target and the drug's ability to ...

Microbial miners could help humans colonize the moon and Mars

The biochemical process by which cyanobacteria acquire nutrients from rocks in Chile's Atacama Desert has inspired engineers at the University of California, Irvine to think of new ways microbes might help humans build colonies on the moon and Mars.

Scientists reveal secrets to burping black hole with the Green Bank Telescope

The NSF's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has revealed new information about mysterious radio bubbles surrounding a supermassive black hole. In a new paper studying the galaxy cluster MS0735, "We're looking at one of the most energetic outbursts ever seen ...