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- ‘So the next step is space, right?’: Australia’s first female astronaut on the year she realised limits don’t exist Sat, 31 Dec 22, 1:00amMeganne Christian is training for the ‘coolest job in the world’. It’s a long way from Wollongong for the 35-year-old scientist
- Beam me down: can solar power from space help solve our energy needs? Sun, 9 Oct 22, 10:00pmThe latest developments in solar tech offer potential solutions to the energy security crisis – including satellites that would convert sunlight into power for Earth
- Is the UK about to have liftoff in the global space industry? Fri, 1 Jan 21, 1:51amWith plans for satellite launches and investment in space-based solar, can the UK become a space super power?
- SOM unveils designs for first-ever human settlement on the moon Thu, 18 Apr 19, 1:30amJust a few months ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) released designs for the first full-time human habitat on the lunar surface...
- Studio Roosegaardes laser light art tracks floating space waste in the sky Sat, 13 Oct 18, 1:30amA dazzling neon green light show is illuminating the night skies in Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s latest large-scale art installation, the Space Waste Lab Performance...
- ESA launches world's first mission to explore the "atmospheres of hundreds of planets" Sat, 24 Mar 18, 2:21amBehold a brand new era of space exploration. The European Space Agency (ESA) just selected the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) mission from three candidates to launch what Nature describes...
- Airbus wants to harpoon a satellite and bring it back to Earth Tue, 20 Mar 18, 2:51amThe aeronautics company Airbus is currently testing a three-foot harpoon they hope will catch the nonfunctional satellite Envisat and pull it back to Earth...
- ESA unveils magnetic space tug to corral broken satellites drifting in space Thu, 29 Jun 17, 12:08amJapan's experiment to clean up space junk earlier this year may have ended in failure, but the world's space agencies haven't given up on the problem yet...
- ESA unveils magnetic space tug to corall broken satellites drifting in space Thu, 29 Jun 17, 12:08amJapan's experiment to clean up space debris earlier this year may have ended in failure, but the world's space agencies haven't given up on the problem yet...
- ESA 3D prints extraterrestrial bricks with concentrated sunlight and moondust Fri, 5 May 17, 12:38amThe European Space Agency (ESA) is getting in on the 3D-printing fun with extraterrestrial materials. They used simulated lunar material and the sun's heat to print bricks that are as strong as gypsum. Their project demonstrates...
- ESA-funded SABRE aircraft to travel 5x faster than the speed of sound Thu, 14 Jul 16, 12:38amFlights on Earth and beyond are about to get really fast. UK company Reaction Engines just signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop their revolutionary SABRE engine, which uses cutting-edge technology...
- Earth's atmosphere is leaking 90 tons of material every day Mon, 11 Jul 16, 10:05pmEarth has sprung a leak. Every day, 90 metric tons of matter leaks from Earth's upper atmosphere into space. This sounds scary, but in total the atmosphere weighs about five quadrillion metric tons, so we have a lot of atmosphere...
- New Hubble images finally reveal what the Crab Nebula hides in its core Fri, 8 Jul 16, 11:00pmLegions of scientists have studied and taken images of the Crab Nebula -- in fact, it's one of the most-studied object in space. But until now, astronomers have never been able to glimpse the object at the heart of the massive...
- The Earth's magnetic field is weakening ten times faster than expected Wed, 8 Jun 16, 12:30amNew satellite data from the European Space Agency has revealed some puzzling findings: the Earth's magnetic field appears to be weakening much faster than previous research would suggest...
- ESA blasts off mission to detect life on Mars Tue, 15 Mar 16, 1:52amIs there life on Mars? The question has haunted humans for centuries, and now the European Space Agency (ESA) is spending 1.3 billion euros to probe for an answer. They’ve teamed up with Russia’s space agency Roscosmos...