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One of the two oldest, active spacecraft has a new lease on life, with NASA getting the 47-year-old Voyager 1 deep space probe to send back engineering data for the first time since November 14. Until now, all the craft could return was gibberish.Conti… Continue reading NASA just hacked a 1977 computer on a spacecraft way out past Pluto
Apple TV+ has clearly decided to invest in top-shelf science fiction as a defining pillar of its offering – and overall, it’s put together an impressive slate. Some shows have been outright successes, and where others have missed, there’s at least been… Continue reading Ranking Apple TV+ sci-fi shows: From ‘Severance’ to ‘For All Mankind’
A three-legged robot could one day be hopping across the surface of asteroids, searching for valuable minerals. Known as the SpaceHopper, the bot was recently put to the test on a zero-gravity aircraft flight.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Technol… Continue reading Three-legged asteroid-hopping robot passes Zero G airplane-ride test
Thanks to Albert Einstein, the US Government wants to establish an official time zone for the Moon. It has less to do with jet lag and more to do with how gravity affects time and can throw a lot of very precise technologies seriously off track.Continu… Continue reading Theory of Relativity drives plan for Moon standard time
A spacecraft about the size of a gas pump is being developed for the US Space Force program to refuel orbiting satellites. The goal is to extend the lifespan of craft that have run out of juice instead of simply decommissioning them.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Space Force orders orbital service station to revive dead satellites
NASA has revealed the four vehicles that astronauts will drive on the Moon, awarding contracts totaling US$4.6 billion to Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab to develop the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) ahead of the Artemis V mission l… Continue reading NASA selects four next-generation lunar vehicles
Rocket science got a bit more science-fiction-like as RocketStar announces it has successfully demonstrated a new ion drive that incorporates nuclear fusion. It’s not the sort of fusion that powers the Sun, but it does improve thrust by 50%.Continue Re… Continue reading Fusion drive space engine ready for flight
As anyone who’s ever seen a science fiction movie knows, whipping up a black hole in a laboratory doesn’t seem like such a good idea.
Tags: Space exploration, Black hole, Quantum Physics, Helium, University of Nottingham, King’s College London, Newcastle University, Superfluid
Continue reading Quantum tornado mimics black holes’ warped spacetime in the lab
A revolutionary alternative to conventional rockets that uses controlled explosions has completed its first long-duration engine test as part of Venus Aerospace’s partnership with DARPA to develop a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).Continue Rea… Continue reading Video: Hypersonic rotating detonation engine in sustained test burn
Data from NASA’s Juno Jupiter orbiter suggests that the Jovian moon Europa produces about 26 lb/s (12 kg/s) of oxygen or almost 100 times less than previously estimated This changes the probability of life being found in the moon’s subterranean ocean.C… Continue reading Juno probe tweaks the odds for life on Europa