Category: 2. Space
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What Happens if You Put a Black Hole Into the Sun?
An international research team suggests that “Hawking stars,” stars with central primordial black holes, could mimic normal stars and aid in exploring dark matter and the early universe. Credit: SciTechDaily.com In a hypothetical scenario, small, primordial black holes could be captured by newly forming stars. An international team, led by researchers at the Max Planck…
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Designing the ‘perfect’ meal to feed long-term space travelers
Imagine blasting off on a multiyear voyage to Mars, fueled by a diet of bland, prepackaged meals. As space agencies plan for longer missions, they’re grappling with the challenge of how to best feed people. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Food Science & Technology have designed the optimal “space meal”: a tasty vegetarian salad. Theychose…
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Crescent Moon Over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
The crescent moon, along with Jupiter (top right of Moon) and Venus (below Moon) appeared over the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Feb. 22, 2023, as preparations continued for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos…
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Copernic Space sells digital assets for 2024 lunar flight
SAN FRANCISCO — Copernic Space is selling digital capacity and lunar assets for a 2024 moon mission. It’s the latest step in the Los Angeles startup’s campaign to create a digital marketplace for selling and financing space assets. Copernic Space lunar payload will be housed in a capsule from San Francisco startup LifeShip. LifeShip is…
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Talking Heads Talking Space On TV
Yea that’s me on tee vee again. … Continue Reading News Source: nasawatch.com
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Payroll – NASA
The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Payroll Office (NPO) reviews, validates, and delivers time and attendance data to the Department of the Interior (DOI) Interior Business Center (IBC) for NASA Centers. NPO acts as liaison between Centers, employees and IBC for other payroll related activities such as supplemental payments, prior pay period adjustments (PPPA) and…
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NASA’s VIPER Moon Rover Hits Key Milestone
An artist’s concept of the completed design of NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER. VIPER will get a close-up view of the location and concentration of ice and other resources at the Moon’s South Pole, bringing us a significant step closer to NASA’s ultimate goal of a long-term presence on the Moon –…
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A toxic gas that could help spawn life has been found on Enceladus
SAN FRANCISCO — For those delighted by the possibility of alien life, Enceladus, the wintry moon of Saturn, is a gift that just keeps giving. Key compounds that could support alien microbes or help life emerge have been detected in the enormous plume of water that erupts from vents in Enceladus’ icy shell, biophysicist Jonah…
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An Animal That Challenges Humanity For Sheer Diversity And Global Impact
There are 22,000+ ant species on Earth. Their population is measured in the quadrillions. Their collective biomass is equal 20+% of humanity’s i.e. 12 megatons). The diversity in form and function and ecological niche is incredible. But is it unique to Earth? Here is just a small example of their faces by macro photographer Kamil…
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Tricorder Tech: Andreas Mogensen Using ESA’s Electronic FieldBook On An Away Mission
Keith Cowing Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Station Payload manager/space biologist, Away Teams, Journalist, Lapsed climber, Synaesthete, Na’Vi-Jedi-Freman-Buddhist-mix, ASL, Devon Island and Everest Base Camp veteran, (he/him) 🖖🏻 Follow on Twitter … Continue Reading News Source: astrobiology.com