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heic2502 — Photo Release

4 April 2025

In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is kicking off the celebrations with a new image of the star cluster NGC 346,…

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose microfibrils intertwined with polysaccharides like hemicellulose or…

Japanese miso paste has taken an unprecedented leap into orbit. For the first time, scientists have successfully fermented miso aboard the International Space Station (ISS), producing what could be the first intentionally space-fermented food in…

The first four humans to orbit over Earth’s north and south poles have safely returned to Earth.

SpaceX’s private Fram2 mission splashed down today (April 4) at 12:18 p.m. ET (1618 GMT), softly parachuting down into the Pacific Ocean, off the…

Further observation of the nest revealed that the female hummingbird had added to its hatchling’s caterpillar camouflage by lining the nest with hairy-looking material from the seeds of balsa trees. The researchers also…

After a four-day flight around Earth’s poles, four private citizens aboard a SpaceX rocket returned Friday with a splashdown off the coast of Oceanside.

The Fram2 mission was the first Dragon rocket spaceflight with human…

Regardless of how far apart we sit on branches of the evolutionary tree, human faces are very different from those of our ancestors. Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other…

SpaceX sent 27 of its Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit from California this evening (April 3).

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today at 9:02 p.m. EDT (6:02 p.m. local…