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Brain changes in fighter pilots may cast light on astronauts during space travel

Frontiers

The study examined the brains of F16 fighter pilots, which have a lot in common with those of astronauts in terms of adapting to altered gravity levels and rapidly processing conflicting sensory information. Selling the articles is not allowed. This is the message underlying a new study in Frontiers in Physiology.

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A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Physics World

With so many topics to investigate, Mather says the hardest part for astronomers may be waiting for mission scientists to get to grips with the telescope’s quirks. NASA astronauts then conducted a daring space walk in 1993 where they successfully installed a new instrument to give Hubble a new pair of eyes. When Hubble’s 2.4

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