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[ad_1] The ExoMars rover is one step closer to landing on the red planet after successful parachute tests that will take it down to the Martian surface. The two parachutes that will safely deliver the UK’s first Mars rover to our neighbor planet have completed a first full-scale high-altitude drop …

[ad_1] Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes. In adult cells, telomeres shorten each time a cell divides and this contributes to aging and cancer. Pluripotent stem cells, however, are specialized cells that exist in the early days of development. These pluripotent cells do not age and …

[ad_1] NASA’s Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was recently launched with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from California on November 21. It is now up and running to orbit the planet with the web-based “Eyes on the Earth” app to monitor. The app provides real-time updates and 3D visualization of Earth’s orbit conditions …

[ad_1] A genetic analysis of transparent nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans on the International Space Station it showed “subtle changes” in about 1,000 genes; stronger effects were found in some genes, particularly those responsible for neuronal function and cellular metabolism. Willis et al. performed comparative transcriptomic analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans responses to …

[ad_1] The UK-built Rosalind Franklin rover is one step closer to landing on the surface of the Red Planet after parachute tests in the Oregon desert proved a success. A pair of parachutes, each 115 feet in diameter, will be used to slow the UK’s first Mars rover landing on …

[ad_1] Chairman Mao has never witnessed a successful Chinese moon mission, but Beijing intends to honor him by sending moon rock from his latest space adventure to his birthplace. The chief designer of the lunar mission, which left this week, told a local newspaper that some of his moon samples …

[ad_1] In the Madras Desert, Oregon, a team of British scientists waited for an object weighing a small car to be dropped from a balloon 18 miles into the stratosphere, and then watched as it crashed to Earth. The plan was to see if they could prevent the 800 kg …

[ad_1] An Egyptian mummy decorated with a portrait of a woman contained a surprise: the body of a child who was only 5 years old when he died. Now, scientists have learned more about the mysterious girl and her burial, thanks to high-resolution scans and X-ray “microbeams” that targeted very …

[ad_1] China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe successfully carried out its second orbital correction Wednesday night, according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The spacecraft conducted the orbital correction at 10:06 pm (Beijing time), when its two 150N engines were operational for about six seconds. Before the orbital correction, the lunar …

[ad_1] Visualization of quantum dots in bilayer graphene using microscopy and scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveals triple symmetry. In this three-dimensional image, the peaks represent high-amplitude sites in the waveform of the trapped electrons. Credit: Zhehao Ge, Frederic Joucken and Jairo Velasco Jr. The researchers used a scanning tunnel microscope to …