Barevná mlhovina Carina podléhá náporu jasných nedalekých hvězd
Pilíře zkázy | ESO Česko
http://www.eso.org/public/czechrepublic/news/eso1639/?lang

Pomocí přístroje MUSE a dalekohledu ESO/VLT vědci získali působivá nová pozorování mohutných pilířovitých struktur v mlhovině Carina.
Mezinárodní tým provedl analýzu několika pilířů v různých mlhovinách a dospěl k závěru, že se v tomto případě jedná spíše o ‚pilíře zániku‘ –
což je v kontrastu s pojmenováním známého útvaru podobného typu, který se nachází v Orlí mlhovině a je nazýván Pilíře stvoření.

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Large amounts of beryllium-7, an element that decays into lithium, have been found inside nova Sagittarii 2015 N.2
Study confirms that novae, a type of explosive phenomenon in stars, are main source of lithium in the universe | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC
http://www.iaa.es/...confirms-novae-type-explosive-phenomenon-stars-are-main-source-lithium-universe

Lithium, the lightest solid element in existence, plays an important role in our lives, both at the biological and the technological level.
Like the majority of chemical elements, its origins stem back to astrophysical phenomena, but its point of genesis was so far unclear.
Recently, a group of researchers detected enormous quantities of beryllium-7 –an unstable element which decays into lithium in 53.2 days–
inside nova Sagittarii 2015 N.2, which suggests that novae are the main source of lithium in the galaxy.

Scientists confirm a structural similarity found in both human cells and neutron stars
http://phys.org/news/2016-11-scientists-similarity-human-cells-neutron.html

We humans may be more aligned with the universe than we realize. According to research published in the journal Physical Review C,
neutron stars and cell cytoplasm have something in common: structures that resemble multistory parking garages.

In 2014, UC Santa Barbara soft condensed-matter physicist Greg Huber and colleagues explored the biophysics of such shapes—helices
that connect stacks of evenly spaced sheets—in a cellular organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Huber and his colleagues
dubbed them Terasaki ramps after their discoverer, Mark Terasaki, a cell biologist at the University of Connecticut.

Huber thought these "parking garages" were unique to soft matter (like the interior of cells) until he happened upon the work of
nuclear physicist Charles Horowitz at Indiana University. Using computer simulations, Horowitz and his team had found the same
shapes deep in the crust of neutron stars.

Virgin Galactic Postpones 1st Glide Test with New SpaceShipTwo
http://www.space.com/34580-virgin-galactic-attempts-spaceshiptwo-glide-test.html

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/at_home_in_space

The International Space Station serves as home, office and recreation room for astronauts. They share this confined space far above the Earth with crew members from different
countries and cultures for as long as six months or more. At the same time, maintaining individual well-being and crew harmony is important for the crew and mission success.

The Culture, Values, and Environmental Adaptation in Space (At Home In Space) investigation, sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency, looks at changes in perceptions about home
in space and the ways a unique culture may develop aboard the station during a mission.