Risks of Decompression Sickness and Venous Thromboembolism during Spaceflight and Patent Foramen Ovale Implications
Reported by NASA
NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer formed a working group in August 2026 to review the most recent data related to extravehicular activity (EVA) prebreathe testing and decompression sickness (DCS) events, venous thromboembolism (VTE) i...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:19 +0000
NASA-Funded Research Finds Complex Life Defying Record Heat
Reported by NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA-supported scientists have discovered an organism that lives at extreme temperatures previously thought impossible for complex life. High temperatures can cause the destruction of necessary cell components, which is...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:33 +0000
NASA’s Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
Reported by NASA
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers found mysterious objects that give off unusually low-energy X-rays but intense levels of ultraviolet radiation. One of the galaxies they studied, M101, is pictured here in this image released on Sept. 9...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:40 +0000
NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from New Hampshire Students
Reported by NASA
Editor’s Note: This feature was updated Sept. 22, 2026, to note the time change for the in-flight call with students. Students in New Hampshire will hear from NASA astronaut Anil Menon as he answers prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the Inte...
- By: NASA
- On: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:38 +0000
3I/ATLAS Has An Extreme Taste For Heavy Water
Reported by Universe Today
More and more details about 3I/ATLAS are filtering through the scientific process as time goes on. Our third known interstellar visitor attracted the attention of some of the most powerful observatories in the world when it was discovered in July 2025, and...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:56 +0000
Space Rocks Carry Hundreds of Thousands of Complex Organic Molecules—and We Just Photographed Them
Reported by Universe Today
Scientists have known for a while that meteorites contain the “building blocks” of life - complex organic molecules such as amino acids, simple sugars, or even the chemical rungs of DNA. But anyone who has taken an organic chemistry class knows there a...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:26 +0000