Start-up SpinLaunch has an innovative way of demonstrating how we can send payloads into orbit without the need for chemical propellent from the get-go. Basically, spin the payload incredibly fast in… [+1697 chars]
When it comes to future space missions, countries are gearing up to be the first ones to explore as far as possible. The moon is becoming a future space mission hotspot for some countries The moon … [+2374 chars]
Research has long suggested that life started in the ocean. So why wouldnt our first defense against climate change start with addressing the oceans, considering they cover 70 percent of the planets … [+3955 chars]
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Various technologies, networks and institutions benefit from or require accurate time keeping to synchronize their activities. Current ways of synchronizing time have some drawbacks that a new propos… [+3431 chars]
The magnificent spiral galaxy M99 fills the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. M99which lies roughly 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenicesis… [+2091 chars]
The US and China are contesting for dominance over the exploitation of natural resources in space, such as mining for valuable metals in the asteroids, which could potentially result in further milit… [+6839 chars]
Oxybenzone, a common active ingredient in sunscreens, is known to damage coral reefs, and some countries and US states have banned swimmers from using sunscreens that contain it. Now a group of scien… [+2975 chars]
Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (05/09/2022)—A team of energy researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have invented a groundbreaking device that electronically converts one metal… [+5656 chars]
ByU.S. Department of EnergyMay 9, 2022Ultrafast science is the study of processes in atoms, molecules, or materials on a femtosecond scale or faster. A femtosecond is a millionth of a billionth of a … [+4088 chars]
ByPeter Dizikes, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMay 9, 2022 A new study shows that compared to native-born citizens, immigrants are more frequently involved in founding companies at all scales… [+6765 chars]
China could soon begin its first space-based hunt for exoplanets, if a proposal from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SAO) gets the go-ahead this summer. The Earth 2.0 Telescope would spend fo… [+6095 chars]
