Nuclear propulsion: Could nuclear engines transform deep-space exploration?
As space exploration technologies accelerate, an engine that can traverse deep space equally fast is needed- and nuclear…
US-patented tech to aid Spacetech startup GalaxEye’s 30-satellite plan | Start Ups
The company is India’s first startup to be granted a US patent on this technology which combines…
US military backs space solar system to beam power from orbit to Earth
A solar power startup has received backing from US authorities to design, build, and test a homing beacon…
Reusable rockets enable China to rapidly rebuild satellite kill chain
China has achieved two major reusable rocket recovery milestones in little more than a month, potentially bringing the…
Huge space radars to track tiny objects could be assembled by robots
Space is becoming increasingly crowded, and tracking the objects orbiting Earth is becoming a harder engineering problem. NASA…
Super-Speed AI Helps Astronomers Find Cosmic Trove Of New Exoplanets
Seven Earth doppelgängers circle the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one of the most astonishing exosolar systems discovered so…
International Space Station’s $23 million toilet does far more than collect waste. It helps recycle about 98% of the station’s water into drinking water |
Life aboard the International Space Station (ISS) depends on making the most of every available resource, especially water.…
Cosmic-ray detector installed in Bolivia strengthens global space weather network
A $600 cosmic-ray detector carried from Atlanta to the Andes makes Bolivia the newest node in a worldwide…
Producing water on the Moon and beyond through ISRU
The same chemistry of planet-formation can, in reverse, generate water from lunar regolith with a dash of hydrogen…
SpaceX Starship Could Spark Explosion In Space Tourism, Scholar Says
The SpaceX Starship, the most powerful and advanced rocket and capsule ever designed on this planet, could spark…
Nine-member young star family spotted by ALMA
Astronomers observed a young stellar system with nine stars in the early stages of formation using ALMA telescope…
A Source of Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Space Has Been Identified
There is a mysterious phenomenon in which strong radio signals arrive periodically from space, yet their source remains…