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Betelgeuse and the Crab Nebula: Stellar Death and Rebirth

3 Min Read Betelgeuse and the Crab Nebula: Stellar Death and Rebirth This highly detailed image of the Crab Nebula was assembled by combining data from five telescopes spanning nearly the entire breadth of the electromagnetic spectrum: The Very Large…

Earth may have been ravaged by “invisible” explosions from space

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and destructive than previously thought, according to new research. Unlike crater-forming impacts, these events unleash extreme heat and pressure without leaving obvious…

Space Station Research Supports New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet removes the Protein Crystallization Facility hardware from an incubator aboard the International Space Station for the CASIS PCG-5 investigation, which crystallized a monoclonal antibody developed by Merck Research Labs. NASA NASA opens the…