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How I flew to space, by S. Alan Stern

Astronomy, solar physics, planetary science ... The initial training consisted of flights on zero-gravity aircraft, high-g ...

Astronomy students discover a tiny nearby galaxy hid an enormous secret

A class of University of Texas astronomy students has discovered that nearby dwarf galaxy Segue-1 seems to host a ...

Muscle tissue from a 3D printer—produced in zero gravity

Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle ...
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This Mysterious Object Near Earth Could Be a Cold War Relic, Says Harvard Scientist

A small object recently captured by Earth’s gravity may not be a natural satellite at all. According to Harvard ...

Jupiter’s Gravity May Explain a 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Mystery

The early growth of the gas giant carved rings that formed primitive meteorites and shaped the architecture of the inner ...

What If Einstein Was Only Half Right? NASA’s New Test for Dark Energy

New strategies may soon allow scientists to test dark energy theories within our own solar system, linking cosmic-scale physics to local observation. Science advances through a cycle of proposing ...

Tiny galaxy, big find: Black hole discovered in nearby Segue 1

Small and unassuming, Segue 1 is a nearby dwarf galaxy containing only a handful of stars—too few to provide the gravity ...