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SpaceX CRS-35: NASA Launches Precision Health and Agriculture Research to Orbit

From 3D brain models to fungal crop pathology and superbug tracking, the resupply mission delivers vital experiments to the International Space Station.

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Artistic impression of a rapidly rotating pulsar in deep space. The focal subject is a glowing, compact neutron star sphere spanning only kilometers across, radiating intense blue-white surface thermal emission. Vivid, luminous conical beams of high-energy radiation sweep outward from its magnetic poles into the surrounding interstellar medium, casting brilliant magenta and electric blue highlights. Fine magnetic field lines loop around the equator in crisp, luminous arcs, with separated midtones keeping the structural geometry sharp and legible against a deep navy starfield. Clean, intentional directional lighting accentuates the spherical curvature and energetic polar outflows, avoiding muddy or flat textures. Designed in landscape 16:9 format for web display, clearly labeled as an artistic impression.

Cosmic Beacons: Why Dead Stars Flash Like Cosmic Lighthouses

Pulsars are hyper-dense neutron stars born from supernova core collapses. Spinning up to hundreds of times per second and boasting magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's, these stellar remnants funnel charged particles into radiant beams that sweep across space like cosmic lighthouse beacons.

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Measuring Spacetime: How Science Captures Cosmic Ripples

Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of spacetime produced by accelerating massive bodies like colliding black holes and neutron stars. This article explores how ground interferometers such as LIGO, pulsar timing arrays, and future space missions like LISA measure these minuscule cosmic distortions.

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Dark matter: what scientists know

Dark matter is supported by gravitational evidence, but no particular candidate has been confirmed. Explore what observations reveal, how experiments search, and where uncertainty remains.

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01 Dark matter: what scientists know

Dark matter is supported by gravitational evidence, but no particular candidate has been confirmed. Explore what observations reveal, how experiments search, and where uncertainty remains.

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