Kenneth Chang, NYT

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Want to travel to space? Prepare for a shrinking heart

Study finds heart adapts to reduced gravity and remains fit, but atrophies in space

In a photo provided by NASA, Astronaut Scott Kelly aboard the International Space Station on Feb. 29, 2016. Scientists reported on Monday, March 29, 2021 that the largest chamber of the heart of Kelly, who spent nearly a year on the International Space Station in 2015 and 2016, shrank in mass by more than one-quarter by the time he returned to Earth.

Airborne COVID-19 detected in Wuhan hospitals

Chinese scientists say they captured droplets containing genetic markers of coronavirus

A man wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus holds a dog as he stands along a pedestrian shopping street in Beijing, Tuesday, April 28, 2020. The Chinese city of Wuhan, which was the original epicentre of the pandemic, again reported no new coronavirus cases or deaths Tuesday and its hospitals remained empty of virus patients for a second straight day.

Tickets to Space Station soon, Nasa says

Companies will have to pay about $35,000 a night per passenger to sleep in station’s beds

The Cygnus cargo ship slowly approaching the International Space Station (ISS) for docking.

What we’ve learned about Ultima Thule

Researchers are looking for an atmosphere, although they do not expect to find one

The Kuiper belt object Ultima Thule, about 1 billion miles beyond Pluto, encountered by the New Horizons spacecraft.

Voyager 2 enters space between solar systems

Passage into interstellar space is yielding new clues to how the sun affects space

NASA's Voyager spacecraft in space is shown in this artist's rendering obtained from NASA in Washington, DC, U.S., December 10, 2018.

China launches moon lander carrying silkworm eggs

Rover will land on far side of the moon, and is carrying an intriguing biology experiment

The Chang'e 4 lunar probe launches from the the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Our dad oh, He walked the moon

On the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Rick and his brother Mark, are auctioning about 3,000 belongings of Neil Armstrong

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