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One method is epigenome engineering and would target genes advantageous for space. Another method is to combine the DNA of other species (i.e. tardigrades) with human cells to make humans better fit for space....

not long

The mission, known as NS-25, sent six people on a brief trip to suborbital space today (May 19)....

The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released a video of its concept for a lunar base to be developed across the next couple of decades....

hate when authors assign human behaviors to natural phenomena. black holes don’t experience hunger. let alone kinship to food. they should assign natural behaviors to humans more often. downvoting

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America. The path of totality — a 115-mile (185-kilometer) wide route where https://www.space.com/55-earths-moon-formation-composition-and-orbit.html will cover 100% of https://www.space.com/58-the-sun-formation-facts-and-characteristics.html’s disk — stretches...

pretty good story about an elite group. wish them luck

‘70% unknown’ gives me hope

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Giant exploding craters only known to exist on Russia’s permafrost-covered Yamal and Gydan peninsulas may result from a specific set of conditions not found elsewhere in the Arctic.

Evidence of ancient lake sediments at the base of Mars’ Jezero crater offer new hope for finding traces of life in samples collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover....

Nuclear fusion power was supposed to be a dream come true. As soon as we discovered that you could smash little atoms together to make bigger atoms and release a small amount of energy in the process, scientists around the world realized the implications of this new bit of physics knowledge. Some wanted to turn it into weapons,...

If sky is clear. raining slush here atm.

Project Kuiper: Amazon’s answer to SpaceX’s Starlink passes ‘crucial’ test::Amazon’s Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh network that blankets Earth, just cleared a final hurdle needed to launch next year.