When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry.
The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts
as with creating images.

— Niels Bohr

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September 2024

NASA - Breaking News - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 9:30am
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Fall back to school with this edition of the NASA eClips newsletter! Educators are provided with a host of resources to help engineer a great school year! Videos and activities focus on comparing science and engineering practices. Two new Spotlite Design Challenges are launched on climate change and Earth-observing satellites! And a fun activity for learners to work in groups to design their own mission patches.

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Categories: NASA

USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy

Scientific American.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 9:00am

USAID investments significantly reduced deaths among children under age five and women of reproductive age, studies show

Categories: Astronomy

An Unlikely Organ Helps to Explain Sherpas’ Aptitude for Altitude

Scientific American.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 9:00am

New work reveals a surprising hero in combating altitude sickness

Categories: Astronomy

How did Earth get such a strange moon? Exploring the giant impact theory

Space.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 9:00am
The moon is unlike anything else in the solar system. So how did our planet end up with such a special moon?
Categories: Astronomy

Rocket Lab launches final 5 satellites for French 'Internet of Things' constellation

Space.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 8:04am
Rocket Lab launched the final five satellites for the French company Kinéis' "Internet of Things" constellation tonight (March 17).
Categories: Astronomy

How a start-up plans to mine the moon for a rare form of helium

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 8:00am
A private moon mission planned for 2027 will be the first step towards commercial lunar mining of rare and expensive helium-3
Categories: Astronomy

How a start-up plans to mine the moon for a rare form of helium

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 8:00am
A private moon mission planned for 2027 will be the first step towards commercial lunar mining of rare and expensive helium-3
Categories: Astronomy

Starliner astronauts head back to Earth with SpaceX Crew-9 duo to make long-awaited landing (video)

Space.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 7:42am
Nick Hague, Aleksandr Gorbunov, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are heading back to Earth, and you can watch their Tuesday (March 18) homecoming live.
Categories: Astronomy

Biomass out of the box

ESO Top News - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 7:25am
Image: Biomass out of the box
Categories: Astronomy

Gravity may arise from quantumness of space

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 7:00am
Scientists have long sought the particle that carries the force of gravity, but a new theoretical model tosses out that idea entirely – and shows how it could be tested in experiments
Categories: Astronomy

Gravity may arise from quantumness of space

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 7:00am
Scientists have long sought the particle that carries the force of gravity, but a new theoretical model tosses out that idea entirely – and shows how it could be tested in experiments
Categories: Astronomy

How climate change could make Earth's space junk problem even worse

Space.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 7:00am
Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases decrease the atmosphere's ability to devour space junk, a new study finds.
Categories: Astronomy

How to Build a Wildfire-Resistant House

Scientific American.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 6:30am

With wildfires happening more often and burning more area, homes need to be “hardened” to make them more fire-resistant

Categories: Astronomy

Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 6:00am
The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly early for a spiral galaxy of a similar size to our Milky Way
Categories: Astronomy

Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 6:00am
The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly early for a spiral galaxy of a similar size to our Milky Way
Categories: Astronomy

Recent Deregulation at the EPA, SPHEREx and PUNCH Launch and Saturn’s Many Moons

Scientific American.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 6:00am

The EPA rolls back regulations, NASA launches two exciting missions, and we discuss the surprising way whale urine moves nitrogen across the ocean.

Categories: Astronomy

What makes a good day a good day, according to science

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 5:00am
Surveys that ask thousands of people how they spend their time have revealed some surprising activities that seem to make any given day a good one
Categories: Astronomy

What makes a good day a good day, according to science

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 5:00am
Surveys that ask thousands of people how they spend their time have revealed some surprising activities that seem to make any given day a good one
Categories: Astronomy

Mars could have an ocean's worth of water beneath its surface, seismic data suggest

Space.com - Mon, 03/17/2025 - 5:00am
Researchers examining seismic data recorded on Mars say the have found evidence supporting the presence of liquid water deep inside the Red Planet.
Categories: Astronomy

What Will the Betelgeuse Supernova Be Like - And Will It Hurt Us?

Universe Today - Sun, 03/16/2025 - 7:39pm

When Betelgeuse goes off, it's going to be the show of a lifetime. But it’s not going to hurt us.

Categories: Astronomy