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Protocells self-assembling on micrometeorites hint at origins of life

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/01/2025 - 7:20am
Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells form could tell us something about the chances of life elsewhere
Categories: Astronomy

Protocells self-assembling on micrometeorites hint at origins of life

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/01/2025 - 7:20am
Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells form could tell us something about the chances of life elsewhere
Categories: Astronomy

Rubin Observatory Data Flood Will Let the Universe Alert Astronomers 10 Million Times a Night

Scientific American.com - Tue, 07/01/2025 - 7:00am

Astronomers have never had this much data available this quickly before

Categories: Astronomy

A pinch of France in space

ESO Top News - Tue, 07/01/2025 - 6:12am

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot selected the French chef Anne-Sophie Pic to develop the bonus food she will bring to the International Space Station during her mission εpsilon.

Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of July 2025

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 07/01/2025 - 6:00am
From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of July 2025

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 07/01/2025 - 6:00am
From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far
Categories: Astronomy

'Like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice': How a surprise mineral could change the history of asteroid Ryugu

Space.com - Tue, 07/01/2025 - 6:00am
"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system."
Categories: Astronomy

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Polycystic ovary syndrome may be passed on via chemical tags on DNA

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 7:01pm
Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited
Categories: Astronomy

Polycystic ovary syndrome may be passed on via chemical tags on DNA

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 7:01pm
Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited
Categories: Astronomy

Citizen Scientists Help Discover 8,000 New Eclipsing Binaries

Universe Today - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 7:01pm

Despite the proliferation of AI based research lately, sometimes researchers need a human eye to make true discoveries. That collaboration was in evidence in a recent paper by Dr. Veselin Kostov, a research scientist at the SETI Institute and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, who led a team of almost 1,800 to review a dataset from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) that led to the discovery of almost 8,000 new eclipsing binary systems.

Categories: Astronomy

Typos and slang spur AI to discourage seeking medical care

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 5:00pm
AI models change their medical recommendations when people ask them questions that include colourful language, typos, odd formatting and even gender-neutral pronouns
Categories: Astronomy

Typos and slang spur AI to discourage seeking medical care

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 5:00pm
AI models change their medical recommendations when people ask them questions that include colourful language, typos, odd formatting and even gender-neutral pronouns
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers discover a galaxy frozen in time for billions of years: 'Fossil galaxies are like the dinosaurs of the universe'

Space.com - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 5:00pm
Astronomers have discovered a galaxy that has been "frozen in time" for billions of years. Like a celestial dinosaur fossil, this galaxy could reveal the secrets of cosmic evolution.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA Awards Electrical Utility Services Contract for Kennedy

NASA News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 4:03pm

NASA has awarded a task order to Florida Power and Light of Juno Beach, Florida, to provide electric distribution utility service at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This is a fixed-price task order with an estimated value of $70 million over five years. The contract consists of a two-year base period beginning July 1, 2025, followed by a two-year and a one-year option period.

Under the contract, the awardee will provide all management, labor, transportation, facilities, materials, and equipment to provide electric distribution utility service up to and including all meters across the spaceport.

For more information about NASA Kennedy, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/kennedy

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Patti Bielling
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
321-501-7575
patricia.a.bielling@nasa.gov

Categories: NASA

NASA Awards Electrical Utility Services Contract for Kennedy

NASA - Breaking News - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 4:03pm

NASA has awarded a task order to Florida Power and Light of Juno Beach, Florida, to provide electric distribution utility service at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This is a fixed-price task order with an estimated value of $70 million over five years. The contract consists of a two-year base period beginning July 1, 2025, followed by a two-year and a one-year option period.

Under the contract, the awardee will provide all management, labor, transportation, facilities, materials, and equipment to provide electric distribution utility service up to and including all meters across the spaceport.

For more information about NASA Kennedy, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/kennedy

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Patti Bielling
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
321-501-7575
patricia.a.bielling@nasa.gov

Categories: NASA

Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 4:00pm
Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species
Categories: Astronomy

Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Mon, 06/30/2025 - 4:00pm
Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species
Categories: Astronomy