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Released: 23-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Potential Indicators of Life on Other Planets Can Be Created in a Lab
University of Colorado Boulder

Researchers find certain biosignature molecules may not indicate life is present, contrary to popular thought.

Newswise: Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
23-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in space weakened the tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats when compared to earth-bound samples from the same source.

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19-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
DECam Confirms that Early-Universe Quasar Neighborhoods are Indeed Cluttered
NSF's NOIRLab

Observations using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) confirm astronomers’ expectation that early-Universe quasars formed in regions of space densely populated with companion galaxies. DECam’s exceptionally wide field of view and special filters played a crucial role in reaching this conclusion, and the observations reveal why previous studies seeking to characterize the density of early-Universe quasar neighborhoods have yielded conflicting results.

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19-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
DECam Confirms that Early-Universe Quasar Neighborhoods are Indeed Cluttered
NSF's NOIRLab

Observations using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) confirm astronomers’ expectation that early-Universe quasars formed in regions of space densely populated with companion galaxies. DECam’s exceptionally wide field of view and special filters played a crucial role in reaching this conclusion, and the observations reveal why previous studies seeking to characterize the density of early-Universe quasar neighborhoods have yielded conflicting results.

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19-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
DECam confirma que los vecindarios de los cuásares del Universo primitivo están realmente abarrotados
NSF's NOIRLab

Observaciones realizadas con la Cámara de Energía Oscura (DECam, por sus siglas en inglés) confirman las expectativas de los astrónomos de que los cuásares del Universo primitivo se formaron en regiones del espacio densamente pobladas con galaxias compañeras. El enorme campo de visión de DECam y sus filtros especiales jugaron un papel fundamental para llegar a esta conclusión. Además, estas observaciones revelan la razón por la que los estudios previos que buscaban caracterizar la densidad de los vecindarios de los cuásares en el Universo primitivo arrojaban resultados contradictorios.

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19-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
DECam confirma que los vecindarios de los cuásares del Universo primitivo están realmente abarrotados
NSF's NOIRLab

Observaciones realizadas con la Cámara de Energía Oscura (DECam, por sus siglas en inglés) confirman las expectativas de los astrónomos de que los cuásares del Universo primitivo se formaron en regiones del espacio densamente pobladas con galaxias compañeras. El enorme campo de visión de DECam y sus filtros especiales jugaron un papel fundamental para llegar a esta conclusión. Además, estas observaciones revelan la razón por la que los estudios previos que buscaban caracterizar la densidad de los vecindarios de los cuásares en el Universo primitivo arrojaban resultados contradictorios.

Newswise: The Ocean Corporation collaborates with UTHealth Houston on Space Medicine Fellowship program
Released: 19-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
The Ocean Corporation collaborates with UTHealth Houston on Space Medicine Fellowship program
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

UTHealth Houston and The Ocean Corporation are collaborating on UTHealth Houston’s Space Medicine Training Fellowship program, which now includes a two-week intensive training focused on hyperbaric technologies and analog environments akin to those astronauts experience during extravehicular activities (EVAs), or space walks.

Newswise: UAH Researcher Wins $608k SHINE Grant to Study Joule Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere for Clues to the Biggest Mystery in Heliophysics
Released: 19-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
UAH Researcher Wins $608k SHINE Grant to Study Joule Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere for Clues to the Biggest Mystery in Heliophysics
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. Mehmet Sarp Yalim, a research scientist in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has won a $608,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Solar, Heliospheric and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE) grant to study a process known as Joule, or Cowling, heating.

Newswise: New Physics Needed? Maybe
Released: 19-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
New Physics Needed? Maybe
Southern Methodist University

An unexpected finding about how our universe formed is again raising the question: do we need new physics? The answer could fundamentally change what physics students are taught in classes around the world.

Newswise: A Moonshot for the World’s Oceans
Released: 18-Sep-2024 3:05 PM EDT
A Moonshot for the World’s Oceans
University of Miami

Ved Chirayath has been awarded the prestigious Moore Inventor Fellowship to advance his work in mapping the world’s oceans.

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Released: 18-Sep-2024 10:10 AM EDT
NASA's Webb Provides Another Look Into Galactic Collisions
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxies, shines brightly in high-resolution infrared light. A collision, which occurred hundreds of millions ago, created a tenuous bridge of gas and dust that connects the two galaxies, and started a new wave of star formation that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures clearly.

Newswise: Magnifying Deep Space Through the “Carousel Lens”
Released: 18-Sep-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Magnifying Deep Space Through the “Carousel Lens”
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

A newly discovered cluster-scale strong gravitational lens, with a rare alignment of seven background lensed galaxies, provides a unique opportunity to study cosmology.

Newswise: Vishveshwara Seamlessly Weaves Science and Art Together
Released: 17-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Vishveshwara Seamlessly Weaves Science and Art Together
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Her father was a renowned physicist who studied black holes, and her mother is a prominent molecular biophysicist. You could say that physics is in her DNA. But physics isn’t the only thing in Illinois Grainger Engineering professor Smitha Vishveshwara’s blood; so are the arts.

Newswise: NASA's Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early Universe
Released: 17-Sep-2024 10:00 AM EDT
NASA's Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early Universe
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Using Hubble, astronomers have found more black holes in the early universe than previously thought. They went black hole hunting in the landmark Hubble Ultra Deep Field, first revealed in 2004, and in following observations to look for supermassive black holes.

Released: 16-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: SpaceX’s Successful First Commercial Space Mission
George Washington University

SpaceX’s first commercial space mission, Polaris Dawn, arrived home safely and officially made history. ...

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Released: 13-Sep-2024 4:05 PM EDT
A Cosmic Question Mark?
Wellesley College

A cosmic question mark?

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Released: 13-Sep-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Curious by Nature: Dr. Robert Ferl - How You Too Can Go to Space
Newswise

Dr. Robert Ferl, a molecular biologist and professor at the University of Florida, discusses his work on understanding how organisms, particularly plants, adapt to extreme environments, including space. He highlights his recent spaceflight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard, where he conducted experiments to study the effects of space travel on plants.

Released: 12-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Unraveling the mystery surrounding the creation of heavy elements in stars
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists uncover new experimental data that will help them better understand how heavy elements are created in stars and the processes that shape the chemical makeup of the universe.

Newswise: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Unparalleled Vision Will Revolutionize Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Released: 12-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Unparalleled Vision Will Revolutionize Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Photons, neutrinos, cosmic rays and gravitational waves all carry information about the Universe. Multi-messenger astronomy brings together these four signals to investigate astronomical events from multiple cosmic perspectives.

Newswise: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Unparalleled Vision Will Revolutionize Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Released: 12-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory’s Unparalleled Vision Will Revolutionize Multi-Messenger Astronomy
Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Photons, neutrinos, cosmic rays and gravitational waves all carry information about the Universe. Multi-messenger astronomy brings together these four signals to investigate astronomical events from multiple cosmic perspectives.


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