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Although astronomers are tracking most of the largest and deadliest asteroids in our solar system, there’s one glaring blindspot in the sky – the vicinity of the Sun. Thankfully, ESA plans to plug the gap soon with NEOMIR, a mission that will give us a… Continue reading New space mission will watch for hazardous asteroids hidden by the Sun
Space launch costs have dropped like a stone over the last decade or two, but it still ain’t cheap to lift mass into orbit – SpaceX’s best prices are still well over US$1,000 per kilogram (2.2 lb). So aerospace remains an industry where lightweighting … Continue reading NASA’s “evolved structures” radically reduce weight – and waiting
Science fiction aficionados may recall the bipedal robots from the 1972 film Silent Running, which performed maintenance on the outside of the spaceship. Well, the new MARM robot is a bit reminiscent of them – except it has three limbs, for optimum dex… Continue reading Three-legged MARM robot could soon be tending to spacecraft in orbit
While many Earth-based experiments have been run to try to detect dark matter, the mysterious substance remains elusive. Now physicists have proposed a new experiment that would try to find signals by sending atomic clocks to where dark matter should b… Continue reading Atomic clocks orbiting near the Sun could detect dark matter
With a reported sonic boom, the US Space Force’s open-secret X-37B spaceplane returned to terra firma on Saturday, November 12. The robotic craft touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida at 5:22 am EST after a rec… Continue reading US Space Force’s “secret” spaceplane lands after record 908 days in orbit
Astronomers have been keenly watching the asteroid Didymos since the historic DART mission successfully crashed a spacecraft into it last month. And now, Hubble has detected something unexpected – the asteroid has sprouted two tails.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Asteroid grows two tails after DART spacecraft collision
Last week, NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an event witnessed by millions of people around the world. It turns out we weren’t the only ones watching – a suite of telescopes was also monitoring the collision and its aftermath, including Hu… Continue reading Telescope trio captures 10,000-km tail in asteroid impact aftermath
It appears Virgin Galactic is looking to ramp up its commercial space services, placing orders for two more WhiteKnightTwo motherships from Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Services to support the air launch of Virgin’s SpaceShipTwo spaceplane.Continue … Continue reading Virgin Galactic to up launch rate with two more WhiteKnightTwo motherships
There are many wonderful places we’d like to visit in the universe, and probably untold numbers more that we haven’t even seen or heard of yet. Unfortunately…they’re all so darn …read more Continue reading Laser Propulsion Could Satisfy Our Spacecraft’s Need For Speed
NASA has selected a fascinating new project for further development, known as the Diffractive Solar Sail. By bending light before it hits the sail, this device could propel spacecraft more efficiently than conventional propulsion technologies.Continue … Continue reading NASA’s new solar sail design bends light to propel spacecraft efficiently