Science & Health: Space, Medicine, Climate Change And Humans
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Webb Space Telescope Takes Portrait of Star-Studded Barred Galaxy
The Webb Space Telescope is on a tear, imaging regions of star formation across the cosmos. Its latest target? The barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068 — a bedazzled conglomeration of gas and stars 17 million light-years from Earth.
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It Takes the Fat From 8,800 Pigs to Power a Transatlantic Flight
In the growing search for alternative fuels, scientists are looking to animal fats to power cars, trucks, and even planes one day.
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The Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars Is Ghosting NASA Scientists
The Ingenuity helicopter paved new ground (air?) in April 2019, when it communicated data of its first flight — the first powered, controlled flight on another planet — to NASA scientists on Earth.
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Space Bread, Zero-Gravity Oven, and Fresh Greens: A Look at NASA’s Deep Space Food Challenge
The space agency is running a competition for innovative food technologies that astronauts can pack with them on long duration missions.