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A Hopping Robot Could Explore Europa Using Locally Harvested Water
Various forms of hopping robots have crept into development for us[e in different space exploration missions.…
SpaceX’s Rocket Failure Could Cause Delays for Lots of Launches
After going eight years and more than 300 launches without a failure, SpaceX had a Falcon…
‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Points to the Past and Future of Moonshot Marketing
In a new movie titled “Fly Me to the Moon,” a marketing consultant played by Scarlett Johansson uses…
Study reveals major impacts of G5 – Extreme geomagnetic storm on satellite operations in May 2024
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) investigated the significant impacts and scientific insights from…
Solar Flares and Solar Magnetic Reconnection Get New Spotlight in Two Blazing Studies
Two recent studies published in The Astrophysical Journal discuss findings regarding solar flare properties and a…
A Close Pulsar Measures 11.4 km Across
When massive stars detonate as supernovae, they leave often behind a pulsar. These fast rotating stellar…
Mapping the Stars in a Dwarf Galaxy to Reveal its Dark Matter
Dark matter is curious stuff! As the name suggests, it’s dark making it notoriously difficult to…
Ariane 6 Rocket’s Debut Puts Europe Back in the Launch Game
Europe’s next-generation Ariane 6 rocket rose today for the first time from its South American spaceport,…
Do Planets Have the Raw Ingredients for Life? The Answer is in their Stars
Finding planets that already have, or have the ingredients for intelligent life is a real challenge.…