The study was conducted in a climate-regulated growth chamber in the Netherlands. (Credit:Silje Wolff, NTNU Social Research (CIRiS))
(Inside Science) — Scientists in Norway and the Netherlands may have brought us closer to workable space farms, which experts agree are necessary if astronauts are ever going to reach Mars.
“Astronauts stay on the International Space Station for six months and they can bring everything they need in either freeze-dried or vacuum packs, but the next goa ...read more
Using a new strategy, one researcher believes that he has solved the longstanding mystery of the length of a day on Saturn. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute)
The Time on Saturn
For years, the length of a day on Saturn has remained an unsolved puzzle to frustrated astronomers. But now, a graduate student from the University of California Santa Cruz believes that he has finally solved the mystery. Christopher Mankovich used the planet’s rings to determine that a day on Sat ...read more
The strange, clustered orbits of trans-Neptunian objects (shown on the right) suggest that a giant planet could be out past Neptune. One new study shows how a giant disk of small rocks could better explain the strange orbits of these TNOs. (Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC)).
For years, some astronomers have suspected that a planet lies beyond Neptune’s orbit in the far reaches of our solar system — a mysterious, giant planet dubbed “Planet Nine.” Tha ...read more
Scientists are trying to learn more about the placenta, which plays a fundamental role in creating a healthy baby. (Credit: sciencepics/shutterstock)
More than 15 percent of women in developed countries suffer from pregnancy complications associated with the placenta, the disk-shaped organ that sustains a growing fetus. Now researchers find the placenta adapts when nutrients are scarce. The discovery identifies possible targets for intervention, the researchers say.
“Pregnancy complicati ...read more
Researchers are pushing for a new kind of energy storage based on compressed air. Using renewable energy, the tech would pump air into underground rocks in the North Sea, and it would power turbines when released. (Credit; NASA)
With reports about climate change becoming increasingly dire, it’s increasingly important to find an eco-friendly way to not only generate energy, but also store it. After all, wind turbines and solar power and the like don’t run steadily. So we c ...read more
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