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Brazilian technology helps NASA assess health risks for astronauts on mission to the Moon
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (913+ words) The U. S. space agency used a device developed by a startup supported by FAPESP to monitor the sleep patterns, physical activity, and interactions of astronauts on the Artemis 2 mission image: Rodrigo Trevisan Okamoto received confirmation he had been waiting for since…...
C. elegans nematodes [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ week, 1+ day ago (46+ words) C. elegans nematodes (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! C. elegans nematodes, genetically modified to'carry an AHC mutation, are viewed through a stereo microscope as they crawl in a petri dish.' Image credit: Diana Wall / Hart lab / Brown University For use only with editorial related…...
TELESCOPE [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ week, 4+ day ago (26+ words) TELESCOPE (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! The historic 1845 telescope at the Cincinnati Observatory. More on this News Release Lonely Jupiter-like planet tells us more about gas giants...
Astronomers pin down the origins of a planetary odd couple
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1032+ words) New measurements of a hot Jupiter and its mini-Neptune companion suggest both planets formed surprisingly far away from their host star image: The planetary odd couple of a mini-Neptune and hot Jupiter probably formed out beyond its star's "frostline," in…...
HKU astrophysicists lead research team to uncover the role of binary star evolution in the origin of a retrograde planet
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (383+ words) Most stars in the Universe exist in binary or multiple star systems, where the presence of close-in companion stars in such systems can adversely influence the formation and orbital stability of planets around one of the stars. An international team…...
NASA grant supports Rice research on next-generation lunar dating technology
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (269+ words) Rice University professor Bidong Zhang has received a grant to develop next-generation lunar radiometric dating techniques that will acquire more accurate ages for lunar samples. This project is supported by $2. 54 million over a three-year funding period from the NASA Laboratory…...
Pairwise galaxy motion
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (25+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! The relative motion of galaxy clusters can reveal how strongly gravity pulls across enormous distances. Lucy Reading / Simons Foundation...
Sw RI harnesses AI to find meaningful matches in solar data
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (188+ words) SAN ANTONIO " April 14, 2026 " New research led by Southwest Research Institute (Sw RI) integrated three types of machine learning models to generate solar magnetic patches with physical properties and used those as a query to find matching patches in real observations....
"Forbidden" Planet [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (42+ words) "Forbidden" Planet (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! An artist's conception of the gas giant planet TOI-5205 b orbiting a small, cool red dwarf star. Katherine Cain, Carnegie Science. More on this News Release How did this get made? Giant planet orbits small…...
Saturn [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (24+ words) Saturn (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Saturn's equinox captured by Cassini in 2009 More on this News Release Spacecraft data reveals surprising detail about Saturn's magnetic "shield"...