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Category: Space

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A space-age rat cage helps NASA study health in low gravity

Posted on March 27, 2016June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

When the NASA Space Shuttle was flying, it carried a variety of scientific equipment for running experiments. One of these devices was an…

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    Could Life Thrive on Radiation? Scientists Say It’s Possible

    Posted on September 29, 2015October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    All life on Earth survives because of the sun. Plants use a process called photosynthesis to transfer energy from the Sun’s rays into the…

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      Kepler discovers the first planet believed to be very similar to Earth

      Posted on July 28, 2015June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

      1992 First exoplanet to orbit a main sequence star is discovered by Aleksander Wolszczan. The first confirmed exoplanet is a ‘hot…

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        Are We Alone In the Universe?

        Posted on July 27, 2015June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Astrobiology is asking three fundamental questions: 1. What is life? 2. Are we alone out there? 3. What is the future of humankind? “Are…

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          How do we define life – or, in fact, can it be defined?

          Posted on June 5, 2015June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

          So far, we cannot be sure that this question has been properly answered. Even so, NASA has proposed that life be taken as a self-sustained…

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            Abnormally high plume observed above surface of Mars

            Posted on February 20, 2015June 25, 2025 by Sciworthy

            Plumes seen reaching high above the surface of Mars are causing a stir among scientists studying the atmosphere on the Red Planet On two…

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              How Long Will Human Civilization Last?

              Posted on December 5, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Human-caused climate change, ocean acidification and species extinctions may eventually threaten the collapse of civilization, according to…

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                Stray stars between galaxies add to the cosmic light in the universe

                Posted on November 9, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers at Caltech and their colleagues have detected a diffuse…

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                  First detection of dark matter

                  Posted on October 20, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Cutting-edge paper by Professor George Fraser — who tragically died in March this year — and colleagues at the University of…

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                    Huge galaxies grow by eating nearby smaller ones

                    Posted on September 25, 2014June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

                    Massive galaxies in the Universe have stopped making their own stars and are instead snacking on nearby galaxies, according to research by…

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