A star’s rotation may help solve a longstanding mystery involving repeated encounters between stars and supermassive black holes. At the center of most galaxies sits a supermassive black hole, an object millions to billions of times more massive than the Sun. Its gravity is powerful enough to tear apart a star that ventures too close, […]
A Star’s Spin Could Solve a Longstanding Black Hole Mystery
A star’s rotation may help solve a longstanding mystery involving repeated encounters between stars and supermassive black holes. At the center of most galaxies sits a supermassive black hole, an object millions to billions of times more massive than the Sun. Its gravity is powerful enough to tear apart a star that ventures too close, […]
NASA Is Building “Air Traffic Control” for the Moon
As NASA prepares for humanity’s first lunar spaceport, engineers are developing a traffic control system to keep spacecraft moving safely and efficiently. Within the next two decades, NASA’s planned Gateway could become humanity’s first lunar spaceport, serving Orion crew capsules, lunar landers, cargo vehicles, and astronauts traveling between Earth, the moon, and eventually farther into […]
NASA Finds Earth Microbes Could Hide in the Moon’s Deep Shadows
Microbes carried to space by human explorers could survive in shaded areas near the moon’s south pole, according to researchers from NASA and the University of Maryland. Even on the moon, where extreme temperatures and intense ultraviolet (UV) radiation make the surface deeply hostile to life, some microbes from Earth may find temporary refuge. New […]
New Study: Intermittent Fasting Lowers Blood Sugar in Type 1 Diabetes
A small trial suggests time-restricted eating may help adults with Type 1 diabetes lower blood sugar without increasing major safety risks. For adults with Type 1 diabetes, limiting food intake to a set eight-hour period each day may offer another way to manage blood sugar without counting calories. A UIC study led by kinesiology and […]
New Study: Intermittent Fasting Lowers Blood Sugar in Type 1 Diabetes
A small trial suggests time-restricted eating may help adults with Type 1 diabetes lower blood sugar without increasing major safety risks. For adults with Type 1 diabetes, limiting food intake to a set eight-hour period each day may offer another way to manage blood sugar without counting calories. A UIC study led by kinesiology and […]
This Tiny Wearable Patch Could Automatically Reverse a Fentanyl Overdose
A wearable patch that can detect fentanyl and automatically release naloxone may offer a new way to prevent unwitnessed opioid overdose deaths. A device smaller than a penny is designed to recognize dangerous fentanyl exposure and release an overdose reversal medication automatically, potentially providing help even when no one else is present. Researchers in Virginia […]
NASA’s Roman Telescope Is Almost Ready to Leave Earth
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached one of the final major milestones before launch. On August 21, teams sealed the observatory inside the protective fairing of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fairing is the large protective shell that surrounds […]
NASA’s Roman Telescope Is Almost Ready to Leave Earth
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached one of the final major milestones before launch. On August 21, teams sealed the observatory inside the protective fairing of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fairing is the large protective shell that surrounds […]
NASA’s Roman Telescope Is Almost Ready to Leave Earth
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has reached one of the final major milestones before launch. On August 21, teams sealed the observatory inside the protective fairing of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fairing is the large protective shell that surrounds […]