Too much or too little sleep may make your body age faster
People sleeping between 6.4 and 7.8 hours daily showed the slowest biological aging according to analysis of 23 aging clocks. Both shorter and longer sleep durations correlated with faster aging and health conditions affecting multiple body systems including the brain and heart.
Read full story →NASA starshade would enable astronomers to directly image rocky exoworlds
A hybrid telescope combining an orbital starshade with next-generation ground-based optical telescopes would enable direct imaging of rocky exoplanets. The system pairs a NASA-developed starshade in space with extremely large Earth-based telescopes to block starlight and detect Earth-like worlds.
NASA Sets Coverage for Roman Space Telescope Launch from Florida
NASA will launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on August 30, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at 7:26 a.m. EDT from Florida. The observatory is designed to investigate dark energy and other major cosmic mysteries.
Starstruck: NASA Research Shows How Sun’s Ancient History Shaped Earth
The Sun's ancient history shaped Earth's climate through previously unexplained mechanisms, according to two NASA-funded studies examining solar influences on planetary conditions. Scientists at NASA's SHIELD center discovered connections between ancient solar events and Earth's unique climate development and historical climatic shifts.