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With Artemis II, NASA is taking the science of living and working in space beyond low Earth orbit. While the test flight will help confirm the systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration, the crew also will be serving as both scientists and volunteer research subjects, completing a suite of experiments that will allow NASA to better understand …

In February, Luna donated blood at her high school in Miami, with the goal of helping save others. “She was very proud to come home and say, ‘I gave blood today,’” her mother, Valerie, said. (The Guardian is not using the mother or daughter’s full names to protect their privacy.) It turned out, she was not able to save someone …

Our sun can seem deceptively peaceful from Earth, but only because we have the luxury of living 150 million kilometers away. Up close, it’s a nuclear-fuelled carnival ride of terror, launching countless tiny particles at speed far into interplanetary space. “The Sun is the most energetic particle accelerator in the Solar System,” writes a team of researchers behind a study …

An unforeseen contribution from Juno Juno, meanwhile, has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, collecting information on the giant planet’s internal structure, magnetic field, and atmosphere. “Everything is functional,” said Scott Bolton, the lead scientist on Juno, also from SWRI. “There’s been some degradation, things that we saw many years ago, but those haven’t changed. Actually, some of them improved, to …

A new species of deep-sea fish has been identified off the coast of California, with researchers confirming the discovery of the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi). The fish, with its large head, jelly-like body, and loose skin, was described for the first time in a study published in a scientific journal. Scientists from the State University of New York at Geneseo, …

Black holes may be invisible, but their surroundings aren’t — and for the first time, astronomers have directly measured a superheated “corona” encircling one of these cosmic giants. The supermassive black hole, RX J1131, sits about 6 billion light-years from Earth and spins at more than half the speed of light. While the monster itself remains hidden, it gorges on …

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New research suggests that there is a 90% chance that within the next decade, humanity could use a space or Earth-based telescope to spot an exploding black hole. Such a detection would change our perspective of the universe by proving the existence of “primordial black holes” born 13.8 billion years ago, a second after the Big Bang. Scientists have long …

Emma Maria Mazzenga of Italy holds four world records in running for the 90-plus age group. Researchers who examined her muscles and bones were surprised to discover extraordinary data that positions her as a living example of healthy aging. Now they’re trying to understand the secret behind her lifestyle. “We have many more experiments to understand the full picture,” they …

A new study reports that women with Alzheimer’s have fewer unsaturated lipids and more saturated ones in their blood. The same pattern did not show up in men with the disease. Almost two thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer’s are women. That gap has puzzled researchers for years. Lipids and Alzheimer’s disease Dr. Cristina Legido-Quigley of King’s College …