/ en-us Â鶹ÒùÔº internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Â鶹ÒùÔºics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. This week, Russia is expected to launch its Bion-M No.2 biosatellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying 75 mice and 1,500 fruit flies. /news/2025-08-weve-animals-space-decades.html Space Exploration Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:30:01 EDT news674907680 The 33rd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission for NASA, scheduled to lift off from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in late August, is heading to the International Space Station with an important investigation for the future of bone health. /news/2025-08-nasa-potential-bone-loss-treatment.html Space Exploration Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:18:20 EDT news674821098 Since sending the first human into space in the 1960s, the solution to one key challenge has remained elusive: the efficient and reliable production of oxygen in space. On the International Space Station, this problem is addressed by heavy and energy-intensive systems that are not ideal for long-duration space missions. /news/2025-08-magnetism-efficient-oxygen-production-space.html Space Exploration Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:57:20 EDT news674737034 Features of spaceflight such as gravitational changes and circadian rhythm disruption—not to mention radiation—take a toll on the body, including muscle wasting and decreased bone density. These may even affect the ability to produce healthy offspring. /news/2025-08-space-mice-babies-stem-cells.html Space Exploration Fri, 15 Aug 2025 11:04:25 EDT news674467790 When the Crew-11 astronauts launched to the International Space Station on August 1, 2025, they carried with them another chapter in space farming: the latest VEG-03 experiments, complete with seed pillows ready for planting. /news/2025-08-astronauts-space-agriculture-seed-pillows.html Space Exploration Thu, 14 Aug 2025 17:19:03 EDT news674410741 According to the 35th annual State of the Climate report, greenhouse gas concentrations, the global temperature across land and oceans, global sea level, and ocean heat content all reached record highs in 2024, and glaciers lost the most ice of any year on record. /news/2025-08-high-greenhouse-gases-global-temperatures.html Environment Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:22:54 EDT news674392970 Old satellites and debris pose a danger to space travel. An international research team with participation from Würzburg is working on a satellite that cleans up space—inspired by the animal kingdom. /news/2025-08-space-gecko-technology.html Space Exploration Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:51:55 EDT news674387501 This summer, wildfires have caused evacuations across Canada and recently forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Newfoundland and Labrador. /news/2025-08-canadian-cities-unprepared-climate-driven.html Environment Wed, 13 Aug 2025 10:53:49 EDT news674301226 On July 3, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured a stunning photo of an event originally thought to be a sprite. /news/2025-08-astronaut-gigantic-jet-camera.html Planetary Sciences Tue, 12 Aug 2025 16:21:03 EDT news674234461 Wild salmon are not just rarer than their farmed cousins—they're better looking too. In a new study by my colleagues and I, we found that they are noticeably more symmetrical than those reared in captivity. In other words, they're prettier (by human standards, at least). And that's not just cosmetic. /news/2025-08-wild-salmon-stars-fish-world.html Plants & Animals Ecology Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:30:04 EDT news674227802 A major breakthrough in quantum technology was achieved in October 2024: the first-ever quantum satellite communication link between China and South Africa. The connection spanned a remarkable 12,900 km: the longest intercontinental quantum communication link established to date. The longest before this was 7,600 km and within the northern hemisphere only. /news/2025-08-south-africa-china-quantum-communication.html Optics & Photonics Quantum Â鶹ÒùÔºics Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:05:51 EDT news674139948 Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing's Starliner. /news/2025-08-astronauts-home-space-station-splashdown.html Space Exploration Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:53:01 EDT news674052767 After nearly five months onboard the International Space Station, an international crew of four astronauts began their descent back down to Earth on a SpaceX capsule Friday. /news/2025-08-astronauts-space-station-earth.html Space Exploration Sat, 09 Aug 2025 04:37:05 EDT news673933019 If Earthlings are ever going to colonize Mars, they won't be able to do so on an empty stomach—and Temidayo Oniosun thinks a helping of Egusi soup, a Nigerian staple, might just hit the spot. /news/2025-08-nigerian-scientists-await-egusi-seeds.html Space Exploration Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:40:02 EDT news673875280 Sinus and congestion problems are more than just earthly annoyances, according to new research from Houston Methodist. A newly published study reveals that a staggering 85% of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) experienced at least one nasal and sinus issue during their mission, which can significantly impact health. The work is published in the journal Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. /news/2025-08-houston-sinus-problem-astronaut-nasal.html Space Exploration Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:10:04 EDT news673789300 One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired from the space agency, less than five months after his unexpectedly long spaceflight came to an end. /news/2025-08-stuck-astronaut-butch-wilmore-nasa.html Space Exploration Thu, 07 Aug 2025 05:10:02 EDT news673761705 NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission with agency astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov is preparing to return to Earth in early August after a long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. During their stay, McClain, Ayers, and Onishi completed dozens of experiments and technology demonstrations, helping push the boundaries of scientific discovery aboard the orbiting laboratory. /news/2025-08-nasa-spacex-crew-science-mission.html Space Exploration Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:47:06 EDT news673692421 NASA's acting administrator, Sean Duffy, plans to accelerate the construction of a nuclear reactor that could be used on the moon and alter the way NASA will partner with industry to replace the aging International Space Station. /news/2025-08-nasa-chief-duffy-issues-moon.html Space Exploration Tue, 05 Aug 2025 07:20:08 EDT news673596671 During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the sun's corona—its outer atmosphere—in ways they are unable to do at any other time. /news/2025-08-spacecraft-fly-precisely-line-imitate.html Astronomy Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:05:03 EDT news673538701 The United States and China aren't the only powerful, wealthy nations in the world, and they're certainly not the only nations active in space. For example, there are the Russians, who are…kind of distracted at the moment, so for our purposes there really isn't much to talk about there. /news/2025-08-global-space-isnt-big-countries.html Space Exploration Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:31:03 EDT news673518661 SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. /news/2025-08-spacex-astronauts-international-space-station.html Space Exploration Sat, 02 Aug 2025 05:20:50 EDT news673330845 Astronauts sidelined for the past year by Boeing's Starliner trouble blasted off to the International Space Station on Friday, getting a lift from SpaceX. /news/2025-08-astronauts-space-station-sidelined-boeing.html Space Exploration Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:27:41 EDT news673280854 The next four humans in the parade of SpaceX launches from the Space Coast will have to wait at least another day for their trip to the International Space Station after weather caused a late scrub Thursday. /news/2025-08-weather-crew-nasa-spacex-friday.html Space Exploration Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:14:18 EDT news673247647 The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Thursday that he had agreed with his NASA counterpart during talks in the United States to extend the International Space Station's (ISS) operation until 2028. /news/2025-07-russian-space-chief-nasa-iss.html Space Exploration Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:20:01 EDT news673197010 Thick clouds prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday's planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. /news/2025-07-clouds-minute-delay-astronaut-international.html Space Exploration Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:44:54 EDT news673184683 When you're on a camping trip, you might have to pack your own food and maybe something to filter or treat water that you find. But imagine your campsite is in space, where there's no water, and packing jugs of water would take up room when every inch of cargo space counts. That's a key challenge engineers faced when designing the International Space Station. /news/2025-07-recycling-paramount-space-stations-duration.html Space Exploration Wed, 30 Jul 2025 13:39:04 EDT news673101542 Rather than completely burning up when a spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere, its heat shield's outer surface is sacrificed to protect the rest of the vehicle. The carbon fibers decompose, dissipating the heat. /news/2025-07-4d-images-shield-spacecraft-surface.html Materials Science Wed, 30 Jul 2025 09:55:22 EDT news673088116 A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India launched Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. /news/2025-07-india-powerful-earth-satellite.html Earth Sciences Wed, 30 Jul 2025 05:10:01 EDT news673069941 The catastrophic Durban floods of April 2022, which claimed 544 lives and displaced tens of thousands, were made significantly worse by climate change, a new study led by Wits University has confirmed. /news/2025-07-climate-significantly-worsened-deadly-durban.html Environment Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:00:18 EDT news672918608 The structure and function of astronauts' arteries appear to remain stable and free of disease for as long as five years after they've returned from the International Space Station (ISS), according to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Â鶹ÒùÔºiology. /news/2025-07-good-news-astronauts-arteries-years.html Space Exploration Thu, 24 Jul 2025 12:27:24 EDT news672578840