The world’s newest island — formed during a volcanic eruption in the remote Pacific four years ago — may offer clues to how life potentially developed on Mars, NASA said Wednesday. The island of Hunga…
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Octavia Spencer hopes Hidden Figures will make a difference in the future
Octavia Spencer “hopes” ‘Hidden Figures’ will make a difference in the future, as she says it helps “allow for inclusion”. The 46-year-old actress was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role…
Hidden figures no more: Lego honors ‘Women of NASA’
Lego sets have long celebrated superheroes like Batman and Superman. But now, the Danish toy maker is honoring real-life heroines — five women pioneers for the US space agency NASA. The proposal for the set,…
Got the right stuff? NASA is hiring astronauts
Think you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? NASA issued a hiring call on Wednesday for space explorers that may fly on future missions aboard commercially built spacecraft or NASA’s deep-space Orion capsule….
Space travel can accelerate Alzheimer’s: US study
Long journeys into deep space, including a mission to Mars, could expose astronauts to levels of cosmic radiation harmful to the brain and accelerate Alzheimer’s disease, said US research Monday. The NASA-funded study involved bombarding…