Pipelines to payloads: risk management lessons for the space economy
The energy sector has spent decades learning how to manage complex disputes that touch on sovereign power, geopolitics,…
‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies | Space
The last time I saw Laura Grego was in a tent in a baking field on the Welsh…
Rocket launch costs have dropped 96% since 1960. How low can they go?
The costs of space launch have fallen 96% in the past six decades and have the potential to…
‘Death Star’ black hole jets change direction
Astronomers have discovered that supermassive black holes in galaxies are firing out beams into space, and that the…
Anthropic SpaceX Deal : Techie questions Anthropic-SpaceX $1.25 billion per month data centre deal, Elon Musk defends partnership and says, ‘You don’t seem to understand |
Elon Musk has defended the massive multibillion-dollar computing deal between AI powerhouse Anthropic and SpaceX after an engineer…
Nasa explored putting astronauts into a hibernation-like state for Mars missions, but scientists are still trying to make the science-fiction idea safe for humans |
Sending humans to Mars is one of Nasa’s greatest ambitions, but the journey presents enormous challenges. A round…
We assume life needs a sun, but a team at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich calculated in 2026 that moons orbiting starless rogue planets could sustain liquid oceans for up to 4.3 billion years — roughly as long as Earth has existed — without a single ray of starlight
An Earth-sized moon orbiting a Jupiter-like rogue planet could retain surface liquid water for as long as 4.3…
A Quebecer noticed a strange circular pit on Google Maps while planning a trip; scientists have now confirmed it is a 390-million-year-old meteorite impact crater
Photo caption:Cross-section of bristle worm jaw showing labeled indentation test sitesPhoto Credit: Zelaya-Lainez et al. In late 2023,…
The First Breath of Another World
Every so often, a piece of space news comes along that makes you raise an eyebrow and this…
He started at ISRO on ₹40,000 a month. Today, he leads a $1.1 billion startup
India entered a new era of commercial spaceflight on Saturday after Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 became the country’s first…
Strange ‘Space Clouds’ Seen Glowing Across Northern Hemisphere
Noctilucent clouds, also known as night clouds, are seen above the capital Tallinn, Estonia, early Friday, July 17,…
Starwatch: Identifying the Scorpion, mythical adversary of Orion | Astronomy
This week we will take the opportunity to identify Scorpius, the Scorpion, one of the famous zodiacal constellations.…