Rare planetary system reveals new clues about how worlds migrate through space

Rare planetary system reveals new clues about how worlds migrate through space

Astronomers have uncovered fresh details about one of the galaxy’s most unusual planetary systems, where a massive hot Jupiter and a smaller mini-Neptune orbit...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Starship rocket and catches booster with ‘chopsticks’ in astonishing test flight

SpaceX’s Starship Achieves Historic Flight with Successful Booster Recovery

On October 13, 2024, SpaceX launched its Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, from its Starbase facility in South Texas. This...
Foreign law professors condemn space mining provisions of commercial space act

Foreign law professors condemn space mining provisions of commercial space act

The Commercial Space Launch Act, which includes provisions allowing American companies the right to keep resources that they mine in space, was recently signed...
A real life space botanist comments on the potato garden in 'The Martian'

A real life space botanist comments on the potato garden in ‘The Martian’

In the hit movie, “The Martian,” stranded astronaut Mark Watney famously survives on Mars by creating a potato garden using Martian soil mixed in...
Lost in Space No More: Wearable Gadgets to Guide Astronauts in the Cosmos

Lost in Space No More: Wearable Gadgets to Guide Astronauts in the Cosmos

Wearable devices have emerged as a potential solution to prevent astronauts from experiencing spatial disorientation during spaceflight, a condition that poses significant risks. A...
British idea for a suborbital flight might have started a space program in 1951

British idea for a suborbital flight might have started a space program in 1951

Tuesday, the BBC reported on a hitherto little-known proposal in the early 1950s to use a modified V2 rocket to put a Briton into...
Company aims to launch spacecraft on beams of microwaves

Company aims to launch spacecraft on beams of microwaves

The quest for cheap access to space, to make space travel as inexpensive as air travel, has eluded engineers, government policy makers, and business...
Company building 'SpiderFab' for NASA that spins space structures like a spider

Company building ‘SpiderFab’ for NASA that spins space structures like a spider

Space.com reported Monday about a NASA funded concept, called SpiderFab, that promises to combine 3D printing techniques and the way spiders spin a web...
DARPA issues contracts to build hypersonic space plane XS-1

DARPA issues contracts to build hypersonic space plane XS-1

The problem of achieving cheap and reliable access to space has vexed engineers since the dawn of the space age. The recent run of...
Danish astronaut controls a robot on Earth from the International Space Station

Danish astronaut controls a robot on Earth from the International Space Station

The European Space Agency made a breakthrough in teleoperation, AFP reported on Monday. Andreas Mogensen, Denmark’s first astronaut, remotely guided a robot on Earth...

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