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Currently, about 16,000 satellites are orbiting Earth, providing everything from GPS service and weather reports to phone service in remote locations to people across the globe. In contrast, the highest-ever number of active satellites in orbit around Mars, one of the best-explored other planets in our solar system, is eight.

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Scientists have uncovered changes inside taste buds that may help explain why some people struggle to taste food more than a year after recovering from COVID-19. The findings point to disruptions in the molecular signals responsible for detecting certain flavors, along with physical abnormalities in the structure of taste buds. The study, published in Chemical Senses, offers the first direct biological evidence connecting persistent taste problems reported by patients to measurable changes within their taste cells.

The Orion heat shield after the Artemis 2 mission, with far less char loss than experienced on Artemis 1. Credit: NASA/Kevin Davis WASHINGTON — Detailed engineering studies have confirmed that the Orion heat shield on the Artemis 2 mission performed as expected, without the erosion seen on Artemis 1.