Construction is bad for the environment. What if we could grow our buildings instead?

These researchers want you to live in a fungus megastructure

Coliving Spaces

A team of scientists is exploring a bizarre idea: finding a way to build structures, circuitry, and other materials out of living fungal architecture.

These Researchers Want You to Live In a Fungus Megastructure

Let's just hope you aren't allergic.

Self-replicating, Self-repairing Planetary Habitats Made of Fungus

"Right now, traditional habitat designs for Mars are like a turtle — carrying our homes with us on our backs — a reliable plan, but with huge energy costs."

NASA wants to grow a Moon base out of mushrooms

Spacing Out

An experimental NASA program is tinkering with the idea of building a Mars or Moon base out of living mushrooms that astronauts would grow onsite.

NASA Wants to Grow a Moon Base Out of Mushrooms

Moon colonists could live in fungus-based structures.

NASA’s New Planet Tracker, NEID

It's an important step toward finding new Earth-like worlds.

Here's how NASA's new machine weighs exoplanets

Verdict: Heavy

NASA's new instrument, NEID, can measure the mass of a distant exoplanet with three times the sensitivity of any other equipment out there.

Here’s How NASA’s New Machine Weighs Exoplanets

NASA just unveiled a new exoplanet instrument named NEID.

Simulation of the Neutron Star Coalescence GW190425

GW190425 merger simulation

"What's surprising is that the combined mass of this binary is much higher than what was expected."

Scientists detect epic neutron star collision

Crash Course

For the second time, LIGO researchers detected gravitational waves given off by a merging pair of neutron stars, but the collision challenges their models.

Scientists Detect Epic Neutron Star Collision

LIGO picked up gravitational waves from a brutal crash.

Now that it's fully up and running, FAST is 2.5 times more sensitive than the next-largest radio telescope.

China finally boots up massive alien-hunting radio telescope

Far-Sighted

China's world record, "alien-hunting" telescope, FAST, became fully operational on Saturday, quadrupling the amount of the universe astronomers can examine.

China Finally Boots Up Colossal Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope

You could fit an entire neighborhood inside this massive dish.

New research could change our understanding of the universe.

Another astronomer says the Big Bang might not have happened

Challenging Dogma

New research suggests that the Big Bang theory could be off: some assumptions about the early unvierse don't match the actual data.

Another Astronomer Says the Big Bang Might Not Have Happened

Eric Lerner says his findings contradict the popular theory.

"It’s incredible to see our galactic center in detail we’ve never seen before."

Check out this incredibly beautiful new image of our home galaxy

Enhance!

NASA released a new panorama image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Aside from looking cool, it could help reveal how the galactic core operates.

Check Out This Incredibly Beautiful New Image of Our Home Galaxy

NASA took a panorama of the Milky Way's center.

"It may be that [fast radio bursts] are produced in a large zoo of locations across the universe and just require some specific conditions to be visible."

Astronomers capture repeating radio burst from spiral galaxy

Long-Distance Call

For the second time ever, scientists found a repeating radio burst from deep space. This time, it came from a galaxy that resembles the Milky Way.

Astronomers Capture Repeating Radio Burst From Spiral Galaxy

The signal came from the arms of a distant, Milky Way-like galaxy.

The LMC is holding itself together, but it won't be able to forever.

Intense stellar activity is ripping apart a nearby galaxy

Cosmic Indigestion

Intense cosmic rays given off by short-lived stars are bombarding a nearby galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, from within.

Intense Stellar Activity Is Ripping Apart a Nearby Galaxy

A huge burst of cosmic rays threatens the Large Magellanic Cloud.

"Knowing there are no emergency rooms in space, we had to weigh our options very carefully."

A NASA astronaut got a blood clot in space

Clots in Space

During their long-term mission aboard the International Space Station, a NASA astronaut developed a blood clot in the jugular vein of their neck.

A NASA Astronaut Got a Blood Clot In Space

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-astronauts-blood-clot-in-space-gets-treated-by-doctor-on-earth/">NASA astronaut&#8217;s blood clot in space gets treated by doctor on Earth</a> [CNET]

More on blood clots in space: <a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-research-astronauts-clots-bizarre-blood-flow">NASA Research: Astronauts Are Getting Clots, Bizarre Blood Flow</a>

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