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Space & Cosmos
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Survived Close to the Sun’s Hot Surface
This image released by NASA is an artist’s depiction of the Parker Solar Probe as it approaches the Sun. Designed to withstand the effects of the sun like never before thanks to an innovative heat shield that can withstand 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,370 degrees Celsius). Credit: Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins University APL/NASA, via AP, File NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has made…
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Space & Cosmos
New commercial Artemis lunar probe undergoes testing at NASA
From left to right: Astrolab’s FLEX, Intuitive Machines’ Moon RACER, and Lunar Outpost’s Lunar Terrain Explorer Eagle at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford Through NASA’s Artemis campaign, astronauts will land on the moon and use a new generation of spacesuits and probes to live, work, and do science in the moon’s south polar region, expanding the reach of…
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Space & Cosmos
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe aims to get closer to the sun than ever before
This image released by NASA is an artist’s depiction of the Parker Solar Probe as it approaches the Sun. It’s designed to withstand the sun like never before, thanks to an innovative heat shield that can withstand 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit (1,370 degrees Celsius). Credit: Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins University APL/NASA, via AP, File NASA’s spacecraft aims to fly closer to the…
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Chemistry
Scientists discover chemical probe for previously ‘untreatable’ cancer target
Structural models predict that the small molecule binding site on FOXA1 is close to DNA. Credit: Scripps Research Cancers caused by hormones, such as breast and prostate cancers, often rely on a difficult-to-target protein called forkhead box protein 1 (FOXA1). FOXA1 mutations may enable these types of cancers to grow and proliferate. Currently, FOXA1 is notoriously difficult to block with…
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Space & Cosmos
Hera probe departs to investigate the aftermath of DART’s asteroid impact
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will send the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft into space from a launch pad in Florida. Credit: SpaceX The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft is departing to make follow-up observations of Dimorphos, two years after a previous spacecraft crashed the asteroid into a different orbit around the larger space rock. Scientists say a close look at…
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Science
NASA prepares to test lunar terrain probe
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins takes Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot Harrison “Jack” Schmidt aboard NASA’s rover prototype at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/James Blair When astronauts return to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, they will benefit from having a human-rated, unpressurized LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle), allowing them to explore more of the Moon’s surface. This…
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