The moss species physcomitrium patens is the latest organism to survive an extended stay in the vacuum and radiation of space. After a christmas launch and a month of unfolding and assembling itself in space, the new space. Humankind accomplished new feats in space this year, including scooping up some of the moon’s farside and launching a probe to jupiter’s moon europa.
Quantum computers in space could be useful for communications networks or for testing fundamental physics. Here are the best space pictures ever, from hubble, the james webb space telescope and more. Hubble is still going strong 35 years after it was launched into space.
The space topic features the latest news in astronomy, cosmology, planetary science, exoplanets, astrobiology and more. The james webb space telescope has finally arrived at its new home. Hundreds of surface swabs reveal the station lacks microbial diversity, an imbalance that has been linked to health issues in other settings. Astronauts suni williams and butch wilmore’s extended stay in the international space station will add to what we know about how space affects health.