Plants Successfully Grown in Lunar Soil
Scientists have successfully grown Arabidopsis plants in twelve grams of lunar soil brought back by the Apollo missions, using two types of soil.
Earth Analog for Martian Subsurface Contains Life
Researchers working in the high Arctic region of Canada have discovered a spring that hosts a thriving microbial community.
Review: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
This week, Beth reviews the first episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, starring Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike.
Chinese Rover Discovers More Evidence for Water on Mars
According to a new paper, the number of hydrated minerals found by Zhurong’s two spectrometers could have only come from water being present for a long time.
New Brown Dwarf Stars Found with Companions
The COPAINS pilot survey has combined the data from several catalogs and discovered four new brown dwarfs in binary systems.
Eclipsing Shadows in Black Hole Merger
In a pair of papers, researchers describe a pair of eclipsing binary black holes found by their changing light using the Kepler space telescope.
A New Color Observed in Classic Nova
Entirely by accident, researchers happened to be pointing the eROSITA instrument at a classical nova a few hours before it flared into visible brightness.
Milky Way’s Black Hole Revealed in New Image
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration held a press conference with their latest results related to the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy.
What’s Up: Finding Sgr A* and a Total Lunar Eclipse
This week’s What’s Up provides a guide for finding Sgr A*, the Milky Way’s central black hole, and also for looking at this weekend’s total lunar eclipse.
Found: Metal-rich Star. Parents Being Sought.
Researchers detail the presence of 63 different elements in an otherwise metal-poor star whose origin is unknown but whose ratios match our Sun.
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