US firms to trial nuclear reactor aboard satellite for space travel
Texas-based Space Ocean Corporation has entered into an agreement with Space Nuclear Power Corporation to test the latter’s…
Scientists are finally discovering why many satellites frequently fail
An image showing a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth. (Image source: WikiImages – Pixabay) Scientists have just solved…
Scientists Discover That Our Solar System’s Biggest Planet Was Once Much Larger, Playing A Huge Part In The Creation Of Other Planets » TwistedSifter
Kevin M. Gill/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS With a diameter of 88,846 miles at its equator, Jupiter is the biggest planet in…
Wheelchair basketball is a ‘beautiful thing’ to share
Michael Chamberlain has been playing wheelchair basketball with disabled children for the past five years, and he’s not…
Australian-made rocket crashes after historic north Queensland launch
An Australian-designed and manufactured rocket has been launched from home soil for the first time, crashing shortly after…
Neptune Dances in Sync With a Rare Distant Object, Astronomers Find
For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described…