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NASA astronaut Jessica Meir turned the International Space Station into an impromptu classroom, demonstrating how soccer balls behave in microgravity and prompting a linguistic comment on terminology.
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have identified buckminsterfullerenes — carbon molecules shaped like footballs — within the planetary nebula TC‑1, a relic of a star similar to our Sun. The discovery expands our understanding of space‑based chemistry and hints at pathways that could have contributed to the emergence of life.