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Locally-sourced on the Moon – Space Resources Week 2019
This month space experts from all over the world convened in Luxembourg for the first Space…
Extreme biomimetics – the search for natural sources of materials engineering inspiration
Biologically inspired engineering to produce biomimetic materials and scaffolds typically occurs at the micro- or nanoscale.…
Probing work and heat dissipation in the quantum Hall edges of graphene
Combining our nano-SQUID on tip with scanning gate measurements in the quantum Hall phase of graphene…
ESA Web TV
Tune in to ESA’s latest digital channel: ESA Web TV! This is ESA’s one-stop-shop for all…
Gaia astronomical revolution
Launched in December 2013, the Gaia mission is revolutionising our understanding of the Milky Way. The…
One of Europe's last wild rivers is in danger of being tamed
Under a broad plane tree near Albania’s border with Greece, Jorgji Ilia fills a battered flask…
The pirarucu: the giant prized fish of the Amazon
Its white flesh is tender and tasty, it can measure up to three meters long and…
NASA wants international partners to go to Moon too
As it looks to return to the Moon, NASA is open to the idea of international…
All-female spacewalk duo set sights on Moon
What’s even better than venturing out into the vacuum of space? Landing on the Moon, according…