February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... than ultra-violet and infra-red protocols. Beams of x-rays, for example, are able to pass rapidly through all ... 50x magnification. However, despite the proven efficacy of x-ray and electron beam irradiation protocols on Earth, their efficiency under...
October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
... measuring bone mineral density (BMD) with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is the basic method for assessing the well-being...Fedorov (above) during SIRIUS-21, using the XCT2000L peripheral X-ray computer tomograph (pQCT) (DLR)and (above left) studying...
September 2026
Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth
... deep space would instead be exposed to galactic cosmic rays capable of damaging DNA and disrupting normal cellular development....they present a much larger target for galactic cosmic rays. Holden argues that radiation-induced mutations may therefore ...
13 January 2016
High-energy theory models questioned as neutron star produces most energetic pulsed emission radiation ever detected
...Earth and is thus responsible for the pulsed appearance of the emission, generally observed to consist of radio and X-ray beams. This type of radiation is traditionally thought to originate within the magnetosphere. Conversely, the TeV beams observed...
02 March 2016
Using MUSCLES to test for life on other planets
... this task, is a team of international astronomers headed by Kevin France, who have undertaken a panchromatic study – from the X-ray to mid-IR – of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 11 nearby planet hosting low-mass stars (stars with masses...
28 April 2016
Rocket Launch from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Successful
...'s objective is the observation of gamma-ray bursts, high-energy cosmic rays and transient phenomena in the Earth's ...radiated by EAS (Extensive Air Showers) of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECR) in the earth atmosphere as well as for transients’...
