By Sandra Erwin, Space News
The upcoming SpaceX launch of a GPS 3 satellite scheduled for June 17 will be the first national security space mission to use a refurbished Falcon 9 booster. The U.S. Space Force initially ordered an expendable rocket but agreed to the switch with a caveat: the reused booster had to be the one that flew another GPS 3 satellite to orbit last November. Continue reading Upcoming SpaceX mission a reusability milestone for national security launch
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Tendrils of galaxies up to hundreds of millions of light-years long may be the largest spinning objects in the universe, a new study finds. Celestial bodies often spin, from planets to stars to galaxies. Continue reading Astronomers discover largest known spinning structures in the universe
By Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine
Just in time for World Ocean Day on June 8, National Geographic cartographers declared the oceanic ring around Antarctica the world’s fifth ocean. Continue reading National Geographic Officially Recognizes the Southern Ocean as World’s Fifth Ocean
By Ashley Strickland and Katie Hunt, CNN
The largest moon in our solar system got its first close-up in more than 20 years on Monday. NASA’s Juno mission took the images as it swung within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers) of Ganymede’s surface during a flyby, the nearest a spacecraft has been to the moon since the Galileo spacecraft made its approach in May 2000. Continue reading NASA’s Juno mission captures first closeup images of Jupiter’s largest moon in a generation
By Amy Sood, CNN
A new species of dinosaur discovered in Australia has been confirmed as the largest ever found in the country, and one of the biggest in the world. The fossilized skeleton, nicknamed “Cooper,” was found in southwest Queensland in 2007, at Cooper Creek in the Eromanga Basin. Continue reading Scientists confirm discovery of Australia’s largest dinosaur, two stories tall and a basketball court long
By LAUREL WAMSLEY, NPR
Jeff Bezos has already selected a hobby for his post-CEO life: space travel. Just two weeks after he steps down as CEO of Amazon, Bezos will climb aboard a rocket made by his space exploration company Blue Origin. “If you see the earth from space, it changes you. Continue reading Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space (For A Few Minutes)
By UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, Sci-Tech Daily
A new study of historical carbon dioxide levels stresses urgent action is needed to avoid prehistoric levels of climate change. The international team of scientists, led by the University of St Andrews, collected data spanning the last 66 million years to provide new insights into the kinds of climates we can ultimately expect if CO2 levels continue to rise at the current rate. Continue reading Earth’s History Sends Climate Warning – Urgent Action Needed
By BOB HOLMES, KNOWABLE MAGAZINE
Life, for most of us, ends far too soon—hence the effort by biomedical researchers to find ways to delay the aging process and extend our stay on Earth. But there’s a paradox at the heart of the science of aging: Continue reading Genetic tricks of the longest-lived animals
By Ashley Strickland, CNN
When astronauts venture outside of the International Space Station to go on spacewalks, the most important thing they have to do is focus. This may sound simple, but imagine trying to focus on a memorized set of tasks while stepping out of an airlock and wearing a 300-pound spacesuit — Continue reading This is what it’s like to walk in space
By Carl Zimmer, Yahoo! News
A team of scientists announced Monday that they had partially restored the sight of a blind man by building light-catching proteins in one of his eyes. Their report, which appeared in the journal Nature Medicine, is the first published study to describe the successful use of this treatment. Continue reading Scientists Partially Restored a Blind Man’s Sight With New Gene Therapy
