WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 24 successfully launched the classified NROL-69 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office, putting the agency on a path to build the largest ever U.S. government satellite network.
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Webb Telescope Reveals Hidden Galaxy Behind “Cosmic Tornado” – SciTechDaily
- Webb Telescope Reveals Hidden Galaxy Behind “Cosmic Tornado” SciTechDaily
- Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away The Associated Press
- NASA’s Webb Telescope Unmasks True Nature of the Cosmic Tornado
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Space news you may have missed over the past week (March 24)
SpaceX rocket launch, Boeing Starliner astronaut splashdown scheduled for Tuesday afternoon
A SpaceX Starlink rocket launch from Cape Canaveral and the splashdown return-to-Earth of Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are…
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Understanding the role of iron-dependent ferroptosis in immune suppression
Iron-dependent ferroptosis, a non-apoptotic cell death mechanism, is gaining attention for its role in immune suppression. Ferroptosis, driven by excessive lipid peroxides and iron-dependent reactive oxygen species (ROS), differs…
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Sperm viability boosted in IVF with glycan technology
The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign documents a new way to select viable sperm and prolong their viability…
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The Most Treacherous Ocean Crossing Where Waves Reach 80 Feet
The Drake Passage, located between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula, is known for being one of the most dangerous stretches of ocean on Earth. With waves reaching up to 80 feet (25 meters), this treacherous…
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars
Perhaps most important, scientists determined that Yellowknife Bay was indeed the site of an ancient lake, providing an environment that could concentrate organic molecules and preserve them in fine-grained sedimentary rock called mudstone.
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Your Brain Might Start ‘Eating Itself’ During Strenuous Endurance Exercise : ScienceAlert
When the human brain is starved of energy, it may start to ‘eat’ its own fatty tissue for fuel, according to a pilot study on the brains of marathon runners.
The findings hint at a whole new form of neuroplasticity, which may help keep the…
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AI Boosts Parkinson’s Diagnosis to 96% Accuracy
AI-driven software was able to differentiate between typical and atypical forms of Parkinson’s disease with 96% accuracy. The corresponding study was published in JAMA Neurology.
“This effort truly…
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Teaching kids about bugs benefits the environment
Pro-environmental behaviour increases among school students who participate in insect-related citizen science projects, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.
Students who participated in citizen science project Insect…
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