NASA scientists compared the astronaut to his earthbound twin, Mark. The results hint at what humans will have to endure on long journeys through space. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/scott-mark-kelly-twins-space-nasa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
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Apocalypse Next? Astronomers Find a Chunk of Planet Around a Distant, Dead Star
A disk of debris around a faraway white dwarf offers a glimpse of our own planet’s eventual fate. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/science/white-dwarf-fragment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
This Tarantula Became a Scientific Celebrity. Was It Poached From the Wild?
Controversy over a new spider species has resurrected thorny ethical questions about scientists and their specimens. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/science/poaching-wildlife-scientists.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Trilobites: Saturn’s Rings Are Sculpted by a Crew of Mini-Moons
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft are helping to explain how Atlas, Daphnis, Epimetheus, Pan and Pandora are distinctive among Saturn’s many satellites. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/science/saturn-moons-rings.html?partner=rss&emc=rss