NetMassimo @NetMassimo@mastodon.social

It was afternoon in the USA when #SpaceX conducted the flight test of the Starship prototype identified as SN10 in Boca Chica, Texas.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/03/04/spacexs-starship-sn10-prototype-landed-in-one-piece-but-exploded-minutes-later/

#biology #genetics An article published in the journal "Nature Communications" reports the production of sulfated chondroitin by biosynthesis thanks to genetically modified #bacteria of the type Escherichia coli.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/03/03/a-medically-used-supplement-was-generated-using-genetically-modified-bacteria/

#astronomy An article published in the journal "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society" reports the discovery of the most densely populated galaxy cluster in formation in the early universe.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/03/02/galaxy-hdf850-1-is-at-the-center-of-the-largest-galaxy-cluster-discovered-so-far-in-the-early-universe/

#ScienceFiction #scifi My review of the novel “The Eleventh Commandment” by Lester del Rey
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/03/01/the-eleventh-commandment-by-lester-del-rey/

#astronomy #protostars #ESO #VLT #SPHERE An article published in "The Astrophysical Journal Letters" reports a research on the very young #star SU Aurigae, or simply SU Aur, and on the protoplanetary disk around it.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/28/the-very-young-star-su-aurigae-has-a-protoplanetary-disk-with-a-tail/

#paleontology #paleoanthropology #hominins #evolution An article published in the journal "Science Advances" reports a study of the hands of #Ardipithecus ramidus, a #hominin that lived about 4.4 million years ago.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/02/27/the-hands-of-ardipithecus-ramidus-offer-insights-on-the-evolution-of-hands-and-feet-in-hominins/

#astronomy #Hubble An article published in "The Astronomical Journal" reports a description of the characteristics of #comet P/2019 LD2.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/26/a-study-of-p-2019-ld2-the-comet-that-was-initially-mistaken-for-an-asteroid/

#DoctorWho #11thDoctor #EleventhDoctor #ScienceFiction #scifi My review of the novel “Paradox Lost” by George
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/02/25/paradox-lost-by-george-mann/

#astronomy #NeutronStar #pulsar An article published in "The Astrophysical Journal" reports new evidence that a neutron star formed after the #supernova SN 1987A.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/24/new-evidence-that-a-neutron-star-formed-after-the-supernova-sn-1987a/

#ScienceFiction #scifi #Dune My review of the novel “Dune” by Frank Herbert
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/02/23/dune-by-frank-herbert/

#SpaceMission #CargoSpacecraft #NASA #Cygnus #ISS Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, launched last Saturday, February 20, has reached the International Space Station and was captured by the Canadarm2 robotic arm.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/22/mission-ng-15-accomplished-the-northrop-grumman-cygnus-spacecraft-has-reached-the-international-space-station/

#biology #genetics #metagenomics #GutMicrobiome An article published in the journal "Cell" reports the discovery of over 140,000 #bacteriophage #viruses that live in the human guts, added to a new database called the Gut Phage Database (GPD).
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/02/21/over-140000-bacteriophage-viruses-discovered-in-the-human-gut-microbiome/

#TachyonBeam #SpaceMission #CargoSpacecraft Northrop Grumman's #Cygnus spacecraft blasted off atop an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), part of #NASA's Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) on Wallops Island.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/20/the-northrop-grumman-cygnus-spacecraft-blasted-off-for-its-ng-15-mission-for-nasa/

#SpaceMission #Mars2020 #NASA A few hours ago, the Mars Rover #Perseverance and the Ingenuity helicopter landed successfully on #Mars, in Jezero Crater.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/19/the-mars-rover-perseverance-landed-on-mars/

#paleontology #paleogenetics An article published in the journal "Nature" reports the sequencing of #DNA fragments of some #mammoth specimens even older than one million years.
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/02/18/the-sequencing-of-three-mammoths-dna-shows-the-complex-history-of-these-animals/

#SpaceMission #CargoSpacecraft #ISS #Roscosmos #ProgressMS16 The Progress MS-16 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station in the mission also referred to as Progress 77 or 77P.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/17/the-russian-progress-ms-16-spacecraft-has-reached-the-international-space-station/

#ScienceFiction #scifi My review of the novel “The Corporation Wars: Dissidence” by Ken MacLeod
https://english.netmassimo.com/2021/02/16/the-corporation-wars-dissidence-by-ken-macleod/

#SpaceMission #CargoSpacecraft #Roscosmos #ProgressMS16 The Progress MS-16 spacecraft blasted off atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/15/a-success-for-the-launch-of-the-russian-progress-ms-16-cargo-spaceship-to-the-international-space-station/

#astronomy #Hubble #Gaia An article published in the journal "Astronomy & Astrophysics" reports evidence of the presence of a group of black holes in the globular cluster NGC 6397.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/14/a-concentration-of-black-holes-in-the-globular-cluster-ngc-6397/

#astronomy #KuiperBelt A team of astronomers announced that they obtained observations confirming that 2018 AG37, nicknamed #Farfarout, is the most distant object from the Sun within the solar system.
https://english.tachyonbeam.com/2021/02/13/a-confirmation-that-2018-ag37-nicknamed-farfarout-is-the-object-farthest-from-the-sun-within-the-solar-system/