Health Issues From Spaceflight Might Originate in the Mitochondria
An analysis of all the data we have on the effects of microgravity has indicated that the problem could have to do with mitochondria, which could lead to new medical treatments! The post Health Issues...
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Magnetic Fields Help Shape the Formation of New Planets
In all of scientific modeling, the models attempting to replicate planetary and solar system formation are some of the most complicated. They are also notoriously difficult to develop. Normally they...
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A new Approach Could Tease out the Connection Between Gravity and Quantum...
In physics, there are two main ways to model the universe. The first is the classical way. Classical models such as Newton’s laws of motion and Einstein’s theory of relativity assume that the...
View ArticleFantastic Visualization Shows What Would Happen if you Dropped a Ball Across...
Summertime means it’s time to play ball! But what would it be like to play ball on various locations across our Solar System? Planetary scientist Dr. James O’Donoghue has put together a fun animation...
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If Planet 9 is out There, Here's Where to Look
There are eight known planets in the solar system (ever since Pluto was booted from the club), but for a while, there has been some evidence that there might be one more. A hypothetical Planet 9...
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What is Einstein’s Theory of Relativity?
In the history of science and physics, several scholars, theories, and equations have become household names. In terms of scientists, notable examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle, Galileo, Newton,...
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Many Astronauts Never Recover all of their Bone Density after Returning to Earth
In his book, Endurance, astronaut Scott Kelly described the arduous task of readjusting to life on Earth after spending a year in space. As part of NASA’s Twins Study, Kelly lived and worked aboard...
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Two New Space Telescopes Will Bring Dark Energy Into Focus
Since the 1990s, thanks to observations by the venerable Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have contemplated the mystery of cosmic expansion. While scientists have known about this since the...
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It's Official, Antimatter Falls Down in Gravity, Not Up
It’s a basic fact we’ve all learned in school. Drop any object, be it a baseball, feather, or cat, and it will fall toward the Earth at exactly the same rate. The cat will fortunately land on its feet...
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Will Wide Binaries Be the End of MOND?
It’s a fact that many of us have churned out during public engagement events; that at least 50% of all stars are part of binary star systems. Some of them are simply stunning to look at, others...
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