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Engineered virus might be able to block coronavirus infections, mouse study shows

Posted: 07 Apr 2020 04:27 AM PDT

No vaccines exist that protect people against infections by coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, or the ones that cause SARS and MERS. As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc, many labs around the world have developed a laser-like focus on understanding the virus and finding the best strategy for stopping it. Researchers now suggest that the approach they took for a MERS virus vaccine may also work against SARS-CoV-2.

What makes Saturn's atmosphere so hot

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 04:04 PM PDT

New analysis of data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft found that electric currents, triggered by interactions between solar winds and charged particles from Saturn's moons, spark the auroras and heat the planet's upper atmosphere.

The Milky Way's satellites help reveal link between dark matter halos and galaxy formation

Posted: 06 Apr 2020 11:01 AM PDT

Just like we orbit the sun and the moon orbits us, the Milky Way has satellite galaxies with their own satellites. Drawing from data on those galactic neighbors, a new model suggests the Milky Way should have an additional 100 or so very faint satellite galaxies awaiting discovery.