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Editor’s note: This article was updated Jan. 28, 2025, to update information about sanitization. Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples during crew spacewalks for the ISS External Microorganisms experiment. This investigation focuses on sampling at sites near life support system vents to examine whether the spacecraft releases…
You could see them if you tried: on paintings hung on cafe walls, tucked among arrays of souvenir ornaments and plastic knick knacks, blinking on the horizon of the Caspian. There they were: behind and beside and below the signs reading “Solidarity for a Greener World.” They were there in Elnur Soltanov’s excitement about the…
By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 13:34 EST, 8 February 2025 | Updated: 13:36 EST, 8 February 2025 Police are appealing to the public for help in their urgent search for a missing 14-year-old girl. Talailah Francis, from Brent, was last seen two weeks ago at Whittlesford Service Station in Cambridge on Saturday, 25 January. Officers believe she…
NASA’s NICER Continues Science Operations Post Repair NASA crew aboard the International Space Station installed patches to the agency’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) mission during a spacewalk on Jan. 16. NICER, an X-ray telescope perched near the station’s starboard solar array, resumed science operations later the same day. The patches cover areas of…
If the entirety of African nations cut their global emissions by 100%, that would only account for 4% reduction of the world’s emissions. That staggering fact is one I haven’t been able to shake after attending a panel discussion called “Just Climate Finance Requires a Regenerative Economy: a Black Liberation Analysis” featuring Analyah dos Santos. …
Reducing reliance on resupply missions Resupply of life support elements such as air, water, food, clothing, and hygiene items will be impractical on missions to the Moon and beyond. This research assessed current use and resupply of these elements on the International Space Station and outlines technologies needed for sustained human presence in space, such…
Detectives believe the killer of a British couple found lifeless in their home in rural France was ‘definitely caught on camera at some point’, as an investigation into their deaths continues. The bodies of Andrew and Dawn Searle, who were both in their 60s, were discovered on Thursday afternoon by a dog walker in Les Pesquiès,…
The world’s first oil well was built in Bibi-Heybat, Azerbaijan. This land has a deep history steeped in oil pipelines, fracking, and human right’s violations. Upon arrival the police presence paints a picture of a dystopian reality that many Azeris face daily. Lowly police officers are overshadowed by Azerbaijani soldiers in military gear proudly carrying…
Trump-hating Republican Adam Kinzinger has been accused of hogging the limelight over his role in stopping a deadly knife attack in Milwaukee in 2006. Kinzinger, 46, has been widely praised for saving the life of a young woman by wrestling her blade-wielding boyfriend to the ground in an act of heroism that jump-started his political…
Editor’s note: This release was updated on Jan. 31, 2025. Axiom Mission 4 will launch from Florida no earlier than spring 2025. NASA and its international partners have approved the crew for Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, launching from Florida no earlier than spring 2025. Peggy Whitson, former NASA…