Space & Missions
July 2026
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Science & Engineering
In space, the human heart shrinks within days as gravity's load disappears
Human Factors
Astronauts returning from long missions can initially struggle to stand, walk, and…
Universe
Juno survives repeated dives through Jupiter’s lethal radiation belts by hiding its…
Universe
When Voyager 1 launched in 1977, each of its main computer systems had less than 70…
Universe
Most of every galaxy is made of matter nobody has ever seen, detected, or explained
Science & Engineering
NASA’s Deep Space Network can detect a signal as weak as a billionth of a billionth…
Earth & Life
Researchers froze the simplest amino acid to nearly minus 260°C and bombarded it…
Earth & Life
A queen honeybee can live for several years, while worker bees may live for only…
Space & Missions
Astronauts insist space has a smell — a mix of seared steak, hot metal and welding…
Universe
New Horizons flew past Pluto so quickly that an encounter nine years in the making…
Science & Engineering
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, returning a…
Universe
Voyager's signal now reaches Earth as a whisper measured in fractions of a…
Human Factors
Thought of the day by Stoic philosopher Seneca
Universe
Astronomers have found a super-Earth just 25 light-years away
Universe