Roscosmos appears to be having some issues with a spacecraft again. In December, the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft that delivered three crewmembers of Expedition 68 to the International Space Station (ISS) reported a leak in its coolant loop. On February 11th, engineers at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow recorded a depressurization in Progress 82, an uncrewed cargo craft docked with the Poisk laboratory module. The cause of these leaks remains unknown, but Roscosmos engineers (with support from their NASA counterparts) will continue investigating. The incident was noticed on Saturday (February 11th) when another uncrewed cargo craft (Progress 83) docked…
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As the successor to the venerable Hubble Space Telescope, one of the main duties of the James Webb Space Telescope has been to take deep-field images of iconic cosmic objects and structures. The JWST’s next-generation instruments and improved resolution provide breathtakingly detailed images, allowing astronomers to learn more about the cosmos and the laws that govern it. The latest JWST deep-field is of a region of space known as Abell 7244 – aka. Pandora’s Cluster – where three galaxy clusters are in the process of coming together to form a megacluster. The image was taken as part of the Ultradeep…
How do you measure an object’s weight from a distance? You could guess at its distance and therefore derive its size. Maybe you could further speculate about its density, which would eventually lead to an estimated weight. But these are far from the exact empirical studies that astrophysicists would like to have when trying to understand the weight of stars. Now, for the first time ever, scientists have empirically discovered the weight of a distant single star, and they did so using gravitational lensing. Gravitational lensing is a technique that has been around for over 100 years at this point.…
In this era of exoplanet discovery, astronomers have found over 5,000 confirmed exoplanets, with thousands more awaiting confirmation and many billions more waiting to be discovered. These exoplanets exist in a bewildering spectrum of sizes, compositions, orbital periods, and just about every other characteristic that can be measured. Learning about them has also shed light on our Solar System. We used to think of it as an archetypal arrangement of planets since it’s all we had to go on. But now we know we might be the outlier because we have no Super-Earth. Super-Earths are a class of planets that…
Kylian Mbappe has confessed that he should not have played in Paris Saint-Germain’s 1-0 defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday because of his hamstring injury. The French forward went down in a victory over Montpellier at the start of the month and was initially expected to miss the Bayern game, but he made a quick return to training and was healthy enough to start Tuesday’s match on the bench, coming on for the final half an hour. He did find the back of the net late on but saw his effort ruled out for offside, forcing PSG to accept their third straight…
PSG forward Kylian Mbappé (24) took his responsibilities and spoke up in Les Parisiens’ dressing room following their 1-0 home loss against Bayern Munich in the Champions League, according to a report from Foot Mercato. The France international played only 30 minutes yesterday and his introduction seemed to have awakened his then-lethargic teammates. Mbappé put the ball in the back of the net twice, but his goals were disallowed after offside calls. After the game, the 2018 World Cup winner had given a public rallying cry to his teammates with a view to the second leg in three weeks’ time. “Our players have to…
While most people would do anything to help their siblings, 2-year-old Jonah Jones comfortably takes the best sibling award as he will undergo a transplant procedure to donate bone marrow to his younger sister Esmae. The little girl may only be 7 months old, but she has spent most of her life in the hospital after being diagnosed with two serious conditions: ᴀᴘʟᴀsᴛɪᴄ ᴀɴᴇᴍɪᴀ and a rare form of ᴠᴀsᴄᴜʟᴏᴘᴀᴛʜʏ that affects the lungs and causes inflammation. Because of these, Esmae is unable to fight off bacterial infections and is more prone to developing them. After the diagnosis, doctors…
Most 13-year-old children are still in middle school, studying to achieve their life’s goals, enjoying the greatest times with friends, and living a carefree life in and out of school. Years ago, there was a 13-year-old boy who instantly became a “father.” In 2009, Alfie Patten, a 13-year-old boy from Britain, became the youngest father in the world, which made him instantly famous. Just like many youngsters his age, Alfie lived a carefree life with his next-door neighbor, 15-year-old Chantelle Stedman. They grew up together and got along fine, although Alfie was the quiet one who mostly kept to himself.…
Albinism is a group of inherited disorders that results in little or no production of the pigment melanin, which determines the color of the skin, hair, and eyes, so all forms of albinism cause problems with the development and function of the eyes. (Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center) “When God closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.” 14-year-old Asel and 2-year-old Kamila are a pair of sisters from Kazakhstan. They were born with “albinism,” and they have received all kinds of mocking and insulting looks since they were young. Her mother, Aimen Sarkitova, was also surprised when the…
Whether you want to share your baby’s newborn photos on social media, make a photo book, or go old school and send out birth announcements, capturing those newborn photos in the first 24 hours of their life is critical. I promise you’ll forget how tiny those hands and toes were after a while – especially when they’re demanding their fifteenth snack in an hour when they’re preschool-aged. It’s guaranteed you’ll want to look back at these photos and remember how you felt, how your partner and the grandparents felt, and how your baby looked, to warm your heart and probably…
Recently, an unexpected event took place at Kleberg Elementary School in Dallas when a mother, who had gone to pick up her children, suddenly gave birth with the help of a teacher. Loren Carcamo planned to spend that winter morning getting ready. The next day, Carcamo would be induced and give birth to her third daughter. Her day of preparation was interrupted by a call from her older children’s elementary school: 6-year-old Lorette had a fever and needed to be picked up. Carcamo started feeling pain as she walked up to Kleberg Elementary. By the time she got into the…
Everybody is born “special.” You may use this term whichever way you wish. Some people define “special” as brilliant, while others define it as exceptional. This little girl gives another meaning to the word “special.” Read on to find out how she overcame her unique condition in her early life. Vasilina Knutzen was born without any arms. Congratulations to her parents for encouraging her to pursue an alternative path to independence. For Vasilina, it is just a normal thing, as she is too young to be corrupted by society to know or understand what normal is. She has already learned…