On December 3rd, 2018, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) successfully rendezvoused…
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Andromeda’s Dwarf Galaxies Reveal Unique Star Formation Histories
The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest large neighbour, has 36 identified dwarf galaxies. The Hubble telescope took…
A Giant Ribbon Can Pull Payloads Along
Innovation is a history of someone trying to build a better mouse trap – or at…
Rogue Planets are Born in Young Star Clusters
Rogue planetary-mass objects, also known as free-floating planets (FFPs) drift through space alone, unbound to any…
Could Neutrinos Tell Us About the Inside of the Sun?
Neutrinos generated through solar fusion reactions travel effortlessly through the Sun’s dense core. Each specific fusion…
How Brine Shrimp Adapted to Mars-like Conditions
The effects of Climate Change on Earth’s living systems have led to a shift in biological…
A New Way to Measure Where the Milky Way’s Dark Matter Is
Our Milky Way Galaxy is rich in dark matter. The problem is, we can’t see where…
Photonic Lightsails are our Best Shot at Reaching Another Star
Chemical rockets are loud, noisy and can only get us so far. If we want to…
DARPA Wants to Build Structures in Orbit, Without Needing a Launch from Earth
Any satellite sent to space must be able to deal with the battle with Earth’s gravitational…
Lucy Sees its Next Target: Asteroid Donaldjohanson
NASA’s asteroid-studying spacecraft Lucy captured an image of its next flyby target, the asteroid Donaldjohanson. On…