Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 set for Mach 7 crash on moon’s Einstein crater
Ironically, SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket might beat Starship to the Moon. Instead of gracefully landing on the…
US lawmakers warn China is top space rival as race to the moon intensifies
China is the United States’ “most consequential threat and competitor in space,” leveraging its capabilities “as a tool…
China’s scientists could resurrect NASA’s ‘SpiderFab’ concept robot
Chinese researcher are reportedly developing their own version of NASA’s “SpiderFab” orbital fabrication autonomous robot. Never tested in…
World-first metajet propulsion could enable Alpha Centauri missions
Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions of dollars and hundreds…
FBI looks into dead or missing nuclear and space defense scientists
Almost a dozen scientists related to nuclear and space defense programs tied to NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin…
The Bezos-Musk space rivalry is shooting for the moon, and the winner could shift AI infrastructure
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, two of the three richest men in the world, are engaged in a…
‘Photonic crystal’ sail could help laser beams push spacecraft faster
Researchers from Tuskegee University, Alabama, have developed a new photonic crystal (a kind of nanostructured material) light sail.…
China eyes new frontiers in push for space leadership
Annual financing in the sector exceeded US$2.5 billion last year, up 32 per cent year on year. The…
Moon dust, 3D laser technique could be used to make future lunar bases
Scientists from Ohio State University have shown that laser 3D printing could be used to turn Moon dust…
Why scientists are reexamining the Lambda Cold Dark Matter Model
For decades, cosmologists believed they had a coherent framework describing how the Universe works on its largest scales.…
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Portugal’s hypersonic test ‘generates flow hotter than Sun’s surface’
Portugal has entered the small group of countries with experimental capability in hypersonic research after completing its first…