sarahjay1 (56)in #news • 3 months agoOSIRIS-REx is losing part of the soil taken from asteroid Bennu(Image: Twitter / @OSIRISREx) The sampler of the OSIRIS-REx probe is gradually losing small particles of the…sarahjay1 (56)in #news • 3 months agoOSIRIS-REx probe lands on asteroid Bennu and collects a small sample(Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) The probe OSIRIS-REx has successfully carried out the first procedure of…sarahjay1 (56)in #news • 3 months agoSpacex Starship prototype passed firing tests with three engines for the first time(Image: YouTube screenshot) Starship SN8 passed the first firing tests with three Raptor engines running (previous…sarahjay1 (56)in #news • 3 months agoNASA will film the moment of the lunar landing lunar from the surfaceNASA has given the company Zandef Deksit a grant for the development of a camera that will record the descent and…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoThe ancient moon's magnetic field could have protected the young Earth from the sun(Image: PikRepo) The magnetic field of the young Moon could have served as an additional barrier that protected the…sarahjay1 (56)in #india • 3 months agoIndian scientists find a new type of tardigrades that can survive UV radiation(Image: S.M. Eswarappa et al / Biology Letters) Indian researchers have discovered a new species of tardigrades…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoHerd immunity might not work for COVID 19, says a group of scientists(Photo: PxFuel) More than two thousand scientists have signed the John Snow Memorandum calling for abandoning the…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoNASA will pay for the development of a bouncing vehicle and internet networks on the Moon(Image: SpaceX) NASA has decided the partners who will receive money to develop key space technologies in 2020.…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoBlue Origin's rocket "New Shepard" flew and landed again(Image: Blue Origin/YouTube) Yesterday morning Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket flew with a test sample of a…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoNASA postpones Crew Dragon's second manned flight(Image: NASA) NASA has postponed until November the second manned flight of the private spacecraft Crew Dragon…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoScientists create a robot that swims like a squidEngineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a prototype of a Squidbot, a robot that mimics the…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoUh it's difficult to write an article every day...Anyways, I'll be back tomorrow with some interesting science news. In the meantime, I leave you with the image of a…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoArgentina will be the first country to produce genetically modified wheat(Photo: PxFuel) The Argentinian government has authorized the cultivation of genetically modified wheat. The new…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 3 months agoDo bats really transmite viruses to humans?(Image: Wikimedia Commons) Despite their fame, scientists don’t really understand the viral infections of bats to…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 4 months ago[SCIENCE] Cats like people who blinks slowly(Photo: Pixabay) A new article published in Scientific Reports has found that slow blinking with a squint can be an…sarahjay1 (56)in #science • 4 months agoNew in SteemitHello Everyone. My name is Sarah and I'm a biology student who got stuck in southamerica because of the pandemic...…