The Caribou Astronaut Must Take Off Wednesday For The Space – WGME

[ad_1] The Caribou astronaut takes off for space Wednesday WGME The first United Arab Emirates astronaut takes off with the US Space Station and Russian Space.com team WATCH NOW: Launch Expedition 61 Team on # Soyuz-FG Space Station at 09:57, HAE SPACE & UNIVERSE (Official) A Russian spacecraft with the UAE astronaut takes off in … Read more

First UAE astronaut flies with US crew and Russian Space Station

[ad_1] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the 40th country in history to see one of its citizens fly into space with the launch of a crew bound for the International Space Station. Hazzaa AlMansoori, a participant in a space flight piloting a contract between the Russian Space Agency and the Mohammed bin Rashid … Read more

Hydrophobic forces and not hydrogen bonds hold together DNA

[ad_1] Scientists at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden claim to have refuted the current theory of how DNA binds. As is generally believed, it is not hydrogen bonds that bind both sides of the DNA structure. Instead, water is the key. The paper describing their discovery ("Hydrophobic Catalysis and the Potential Biological Role … Read more

Was Venus habitable? | Space

[ad_1] <! – -> Artist concept of an ancient planet Venus, with a shallow ocean. Image via NASA. The second planet outside our sun – Venus, named after the Roman goddess of love – has a size and density close to that of the Earth. But it's an infernal place, with dense clouds of carbon … Read more

NASA news: A beautiful image of Saturn shows the lunar Tethys as a drop of dew on a leaf | Science | New

[ad_1] Saturn's moon, Tethys, is one of four inner moons revolving around the Ring Giant along its ring. The cold, desolate moon is constructed from frozen water and gas with very little rock in its structure. But this image of NASA, taken during Cassini's 13-year mission, shows that even desolate extraterrestrial landscapes can be beautiful. … Read more

Live launch of the International Space Station

[ad_1] Three space travelers, including NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and space flight participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, are expected to leave the Earth for a journey of nearly six hours to the International Space Station. Log on to see their launch in space … Read more

Scientists Deny Popular Theory About How DNA Binds | Biology

[ad_1] DNA consists of two strands, composed of sugar molecules and phosphate groups. Between these two strands, there are nitrogenous bases, the compounds that constitute the genes, with hydrogen bonds between them. Until now, it was thought that it was these hydrogen bonds that made it possible to bind the two strands. But a new … Read more

One of the fastest stars in the galaxy spits gamma rays

[ad_1] A neutron star that rotates at an unimaginable speed of 707 times per second also emits powerful pulses of gamma rays in the universe. The star is at least 4,400 light-years from Earth, although its exact distance remains a mystery (for more information about this later). The celestial body is what is called a … Read more