Space
- Health & Medicine
Long space missions may be hazardous to your sleep
Crew on simulated Mars trip moved less and slept more during 520-day project.
- Space
New Martian meteorite is one of a kind
Rock is water-rich and resembles observed regions of Red Planet’s crust.
- Space
Planets and their sun grow together
Radio telescopes reveal how nascent bodies funnel gas to their parent star.
- Space
The Real Story of Risk: Adventures in a Hazardous World by Glenn Croston
A biologist explores why humans are poor at judging risk — fearing rare shark attacks, for example, more than common heart attacks. Prometheus, 2012, 276 p., $19
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- Space
California meteorite a scientific gold mine
Sutter’s Mill rock preserves rare, fresh material from outer space.
- Space
News in brief: Possible planet looks habitable
Astronomers find a body in the habitable zone of a nearby sunlike star by pushing the limits of detection.
- Space
Moon probes set for smashing end
NASA to guide gravity-seeking spacecraft into the side of a lunar cliff.
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- Astronomy
Clutch of distant galaxies reveals the infant universe
The Hubble telescope spies stars lighting up the cosmic dawn.
