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Propulsion deal offers boost for Scottish horizontal space launches
Shane Clark, vice president of Astraius’ engineering and program execution division, poses with models of the Astraius rocket and a C-17 cargo aircraft. Credit: Astraius
UK-based horizontal launch company Astraius says it’s on track for a first launch in spring 2024 from Prestwick Spaceport in Scotland after signing deals with two key suppliers for its innovative rocket.
'Magical' rock crystals found at Stone Age ceremonial site in England
Hundreds of fragments of a rare transparent type of quartz called "rock crystal" were used to decorate Neolithic graves and other structures at a ceremonial site in the west of England, archaeologists say.
Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an 'extra' dimension of time
The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer.
SpaceX cargo capsule returns to Earth with leaky NASA spacesuit
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Friday. Credit: NASA
SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral Saturday, wrapping up a 37-day flight to the International Space Station and returning home with experiments and a leaky spacesuit for troubleshooting.
For the first time, scientists have named a heat wave
For the first time, authorities have given a heat wave a name. Scientists hope that naming extreme heat events will help the public protect itself.
Photobombing exoplanets might thwart search for extraterrestrial life
Exoplanet images might be contaminated by the light from their neighbors, a new study suggests, but scientists are learning how to remove the effects of these photobombers.
Hubble Space Telescope photo shows star-studded globular cluster near Milky Way's core
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a star-studded cluster in the constellation Sagittarius.
'Just Like Being There': Award-winning science fiction author Eric Choi talks Star Trek, storytelling and more
Hard science fiction author Eric Choi talks about the inspiration behind the stories in his new collection, "Just Like Being There", which draws from many real-life space stories.
A month on 'Mars': Flags and footprints of the moon and Arctic
The Haughton-Mars Project is planting flags and leaving footprints, but in a very different way than Apollo astronauts did on the moon.
The First Crops on Mars Should be Alfalfa and Cyanobacteria. Then Comes Tastier Plants
Mark Watney can keep his potatoes. Real astronauts should grow alfalfa.
SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returns to Earth from space station
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returned to Earth with an ocean splashdown on Saturday (Aug. 20).
A new way to Make Oxygen on Mars: Using Plasma
There’s more than one way to produce oxygen on Mars. Or at least there is now. After the success of the MOXIE experiment that rode along with Perseverance to the red planet in 2021, another idea to produce one of the most useful gases in the universe has been experimentally proven by an international team of researchers. And they could potentially do it on Mars itself.
New Pics of Phobos From China’s Tianwen-1 Orbiter
Two fundamental factors affect all astrophotography – timing and location. If a camera happens to be at the right place at the right time, it can capture images that have never been seen before. And with the proliferation of cameras throughout the solar system, more and more novel photos will be captured at an ever-increasing frequency. China’s Tianwen-1 probe added to that novel collection to celebrate its second anniversary by taking a shot of Mars’ moon Phobos.
Not Just a Planet Hunter. TESS Found Over 25,000 Flaring Stars
One of the beauties of modern-day space telescopes is that the data they produce, which is eventually wholly released to the public, contains useful information about much more than their primary mission objective. Other astronomers can then sift through the data using their own ideas, and in many cases, their own algorithms. Recently, a team from Poland turned a flare-searching algorithm on TESS’s planet-hunting data, and found an astonishing 25,229 stars with solar flares in the data set.
Artemis Astronauts Could Rely on Solar Cells Made out of Moon Dust
Within the next decade, several space agencies and commercial space partners will send crewed missions to the Moon. Unlike the “footprints and flags” missions of the Apollo Era, these missions are aimed at creating a “sustained program of lunar exploration.” In other words, we’re going back to the Moon with the intent to stay, which means that infrastructure needs to be created. This includes spacecraft, landers, habitats, landing and launch pads, transportation, food, water, and power systems. As always, space agencies are looking for ways to leverage local resources to meet these needs.
Largest JWST Image, First Private Interplanetary Mission, Space Bubbles VS Climate Change
Rocket Lab is launching the first-ever private mission to Venus. Europe is considering space-based solar power. A new method to detect exoplanets. More evidence about the Moon’s origins. Webb’s largest every image. All that and more in this week’s episode of Space Bites.
X-ray experiment set for 15-minute flight to space to study supernova remnants
A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission is all set to make a short trip to space to test new technologies and collect new information from remains of an exploded star.
China launches latest group of Yaogan 35 spy satellites
China launched three classified remote sensing satellites on Friday (Aug. 19), which are joining three earlier sets of Yaogan 35 series reconnaissance satellites in orbit.
Europe is looking at space-based solar power to address energy crisis
The European Space Agency will ask its member states to fund a preparatory space-based solar power program at a major meeting later this year.
Voyager turns 45: What the iconic mission taught us and what's next
The twin probes, launched in 1977, made groundbreaking discoveries about the solar system and inspired future space missions.
