Daniel Faber, CEO of Orbit Fab, says in-orbit refueling will free up a key factor in rocket launches: weight. The US company Orbit Fab is aiming to produce the go-to…
Category: Space
Could quantum fluctuations in the early universe enhance the creation of massive galaxy clusters?
Pandora’s Cluster (NIRCam Image). Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ivo Labbe (Swinburne), Rachel Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh). Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Astrophysicists have been trying to understand the formation…
‘Alien’ comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit may have surprisingly simple explanation
A 2017 comet’s unusual acceleration explained by hydrogen outgassing from ice. In 2017, a mysterious comet dubbed ‘Oumuamua fired the imaginations of scientists and the public. It was the first…
Pioneering research sheds new light on the origins and composition of planet Mars
The InSight mission’s seismometer, though coated by several years of Martian dust, was able to capture recordings of seismic events from the far side of the planet. NASA’s InSight Mars…
Researchers discover new planet outside solar system using AI
A University of Georgia research team has confirmed evidence of a previously unknown planet outside of our solar system, and they used machine learning tools to detect it. This exoplanet…
New Stellar Danger to Planets Identified by NASA’s Chandra
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, astronomers have identified a new threat to life on planets like Earth: a phase during which intense X-rays from exploded…
Is sex in space being taken seriously by the emerging space tourism sector?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What would a human conception in space mean for the sector? That’s the situation posed by an international group of scientists, clinicians and other interested parties,…
New findings reveal the most detailed mass map of dark matter
For millennia, humans have been fascinated by the mysteries of the cosmos. From ancient civilizations such as the Babylonians, Greeks, and Egyptians to modern-day astronomers, the allure of the starry…
Striking new evidence for mass immigration of stars into the Andromeda galaxy
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument reveals evidence of mass star migration into a galaxy other than the Milky Way. Galaxies grow and evolve by forging new stars and merging with other…
