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A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, making it a type of space habit.
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OCT 22, 2021Health & Medicine
As commercial spaceflight becomes readily available, more and more people will have access to space. In decades past, on ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 23, 2021Microbiology
Microbes can be used like little factories to churn out important or valuable chemicals. Now researchers are learning ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have developed and successfully carried out a CRISPR-Cas9 p ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international team led by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland and the National Centre of Competenc ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronauts aboard China’s first manned spacecraft in almost five years have reached the new Tiangong space station ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 30, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in Geohealth from a team of North Carolina State University researchers reports that counties wit ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 04, 2021Space & Astronomy
In the next few days, part of a rocket that put China's new space station into orbit will fall back to Earth in an uncon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2021Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists has found that each year, 5,200 tons of dust falls from space to Earth. This far out ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 11, 2021Space & Astronomy
Earth's first satellite, Sputnik I, was launched into orbit on October 4, 1957. A few years later, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagari ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2021Space & Astronomy
There are currently around 900,000 pieces of man-made space junk orbiting Earth- mostly from now-defunct satellit ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 17, 2021Microbiology
Scientists have known that wherever humans go, we carry microorganisms with us, and the International Space Station is n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2021Earth & The Environment
According to observations from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) at the Halley Research Station, a massive iceberg has ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
It will likely come as no surprise that 2020 held another record that we wish it didn’t: hottest year on record. W ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 29, 2020Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) is a treasure trove of scientific intrigue. But it's not just life-saving drug ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
This image is an artist's concept of what a blazar might look like, by NASA. Check out actual shots of the blazar in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
As humans have ventured into space, they have carried some terrestrial life with them, including spiders. Once dreamed u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2020Space & Astronomy
Spending an extended time in space is known to impact various aspects of health, from muscle and bone regeneration to th ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
If people are going to explore deep space, we should learn more about the effects that such an environment would potenti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
W/hile renewable energy technologies have developed exponentially in recent years, a major barrier towards their adoptio ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 14, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that bacteria can increase space mining efficiency b ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 21, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Antwerp in Belgium have found that the fluid surrounding the brain, known as craniosp ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 03, 2020Space & Astronomy
On late October 2nd, NASA launched a spacecraft carrying 4 tonnes of cargo, including scientific equipment, food hardwar ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 24, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Navigating beyond Earth's orbit is tricky. Any misstep in movement could lead to the crushes of space probes and ves ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
Without gravity from Earth, muscles and bones tend to weaken quickly. To combat this, astronauts usually need to spend t ...Written By: Annie Lennon
OCT 22, 2021
Health & Medicine
As commercial spaceflight becomes readily available, more and more people will have access to space. In decades past, on
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 23, 2021
Microbiology
Microbes can be used like little factories to churn out important or valuable chemicals. Now researchers are learning ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have developed and successfully carried out a CRISPR-Cas9 p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international team led by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland and the National Centre of Competenc
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronauts aboard China’s first manned spacecraft in almost five years have reached the new Tiangong space station
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 30, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in Geohealth from a team of North Carolina State University researchers reports that counties wit
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 04, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In the next few days, part of a rocket that put China's new space station into orbit will fall back to Earth in an uncon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2021
Space & Astronomy
An international team of scientists has found that each year, 5,200 tons of dust falls from space to Earth. This far out
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 11, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Earth's first satellite, Sputnik I, was launched into orbit on October 4, 1957. A few years later, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagari
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
There are currently around 900,000 pieces of man-made space junk orbiting Earth- mostly from now-defunct satellit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 17, 2021
Microbiology
Scientists have known that wherever humans go, we carry microorganisms with us, and the International Space Station is n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2021
Earth & The Environment
According to observations from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) at the Halley Research Station, a massive iceberg has
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
It will likely come as no surprise that 2020 held another record that we wish it didn’t: hottest year on record. W
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 29, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station (ISS) is a treasure trove of scientific intrigue. But it's not just life-saving drug
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
This image is an artist's concept of what a blazar might look like, by NASA. Check out actual shots of the blazar in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
As humans have ventured into space, they have carried some terrestrial life with them, including spiders. Once dreamed u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Spending an extended time in space is known to impact various aspects of health, from muscle and bone regeneration to th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
If people are going to explore deep space, we should learn more about the effects that such an environment would potenti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
W/hile renewable energy technologies have developed exponentially in recent years, a major barrier towards their adoptio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 14, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that bacteria can increase space mining efficiency b
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 21, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Antwerp in Belgium have found that the fluid surrounding the brain, known as craniosp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 03, 2020
Space & Astronomy
On late October 2nd, NASA launched a spacecraft carrying 4 tonnes of cargo, including scientific equipment, food hardwar
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 24, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Navigating beyond Earth's orbit is tricky. Any misstep in movement could lead to the crushes of space probes and ves
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Without gravity from Earth, muscles and bones tend to weaken quickly. To combat this, astronauts usually need to spend t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon