New York Times: Today a Soyuz TMA-22 rocket carrying one American and two Russian astronauts began the two-day flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Now that its space shuttle program is over, NASA is going to utilize other sources of transport for space travel, among them Russia and, eventually, commercial enterprise. Today’s launch was originally scheduled for September, but was delayed after the failure of a Russian unmanned cargo rocket in August. Another crew of three astronauts is scheduled to travel to the ISS on 21 December.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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