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Researchers have observed the formation of 2D ice on gold surfaces that were thought to be too hydrophilic and too rough to support this type of ice.

In a major breakthrough, scientists have grown plants in soil samples collected on the moon 50 years ago. Anyone mention late bloomers?

Eugene Parker, a pioneering American astrophysicist whose mathematical prediction that charged particles streamed from stars in a solar wind was met with disbelief before he was ultimately vindicated, has died aged 94, NASA said on Wednesday.

Parker laid the groundwork for the field of heliophysics.

When Northrop Grumman’s 17th Commercial Resupply Mission to the International Space Station launches in mid-February, it will carry three investigations of particular interest to NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences Division.  “It’s not often we get the opportunity to launch experiments with such potential to assist future space travel as well as benefit those of us on Earth,” noted Division Director Craig Kundrot. “We’re all very excited about the possible results.”