NASA Assigns Astronaut Deniz Burnham to First Space Station Mission
Astronaut Deniz Burnham will launch aboard Soyuz MS-30 spacecraft to the International Space Station as an Expedition 76 flight engineer in March 2027. She will travel with cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Konstantin Borisov from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Read full story →Learning to better understand bone-like minerals
Researchers added europium, a rare-earth element, to hydroxyapatite to better understand and stabilize the calcium phosphate mineral found in teeth and bones. The europium mimics calcium and enables potential applications in medical imaging.
New report highlights health of the UK's plankton communities
UK marine plankton communities are experiencing major large-scale shifts due to climate change, according to a new report led by University of Plymouth researchers. The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership published the report examining the latest evidence of these changes in UK waters and their effects on pelagic habitats.
Probing binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud with the JWST
Stars and stellar remnants comprise approximately 85% of the baryonic mass in the Milky Way's disk and bulge, directly shaping how galaxies evolve overall. The James Webb Space Telescope is being used to study binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud to better understand stellar formation and evolution processes.