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Defense companies Leonardo and Thales have successfully tested the Martlet Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM). The Thales-built missile being developed for the Royal Navy was fired during air trials from April 27 to May 7, 2020 from a Leonardo AW159 W… Continue reading Leonardo and Thales test fire Martlet multi-role small missile
History was postponed today as NASA and SpaceX were forced to scrub the historic Demo-2 mission 17 minutes before its scheduled liftoff. The first manned mission to launch from American soil since 2011 and the first commercial manned launch was called … Continue reading NASA’s historic SpaceX Demo-2 launch scrubbed due to bad weather
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany are developing “microbial cyborgs” that generate usable electricity by combining Shewanella oneidensis bacteria with a nanocomposite material.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: B… Continue reading Microbial cyborgs turn bacteria into power sources
Northrop Grumman has completed testing of the US Navy’s new Very Lightweight Torpedo (VLWT). The first industry-built prototype is based on a previous version developed by the Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory (PSU-ARL) that was… Continue reading Northrop Grumman tests Very Lightweight Torpedo for the US Navy
Scientists at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have shown that the simple zig-zag pattern on the back of the European viper serves three different purposes; it helps it avoid detection; warns predators off if noticed; and can hide the snake’s mov… Continue reading European viper’s zig-zag pattern provides three-in-one protection
The US Navy has successfully carried out a demonstration of a high-energy laser weapon installed in a warship. On May 16, 2020, the amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) locked onto and disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with its … Continue reading US Navy disables drone using a high-energy shipborne laser weapon
Scientists using the University of Hawaii‘s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope have discovered an asteroid that shows the property of a comet. Designated 2019 LD2, the Trojan asteroid shares the same orbit as Jupiter, yet e… Continue reading ATLAS telescope spots an asteroid that has sprouted a comet-like tail
A UK-based company has carried out the first static engine test of a space rocket in Britain in over half a century. Built and operated by Skyrora, the Skylark L rocket earlier this month carried out a full-scale launch test while restrained at a mobil… Continue reading Skyrora conducts the first space rocket test in Britain for 50 years
An international team of astronomers led by Anthony Boccaletti of the Observatoire de Paris has found what may be the first images of a planet being born. Based on observations by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT), im… Continue reading Images with a “twist” could be first showing birth of an exoplanet
ESA engineers are looking at using the world’s thinnest known material to build lighter, more efficient solar sails. By making sails out of one-atom-thick graphene sheets, the space agency aims to make sails capable of propelling unmanned interstellar … Continue reading Graphene shows promise as solar sail material in ESA tests