In our Solar System, there are objects of all kinds of sizes. Making classifications for them can be challenging and the lines between categories can be sometimes a bit blurry. This is especially true when it comes to planetoids, the most controversial category of objects.
The reason why they are so controversial is that they...
Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in the universe, permeating planets, stars, galaxies and the vast expanses of intergalactic space. Among the most fascinating and extreme examples of magnetic phenomena are the magnetic stars. These...
Source: NASA
In the mid-1990s, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center quietly worked on a massive rocket concept known as Magnum. This super heavy-lift vehicle, although never progressing beyond the preliminary design phase, represented an ambitious...
The cosmos may have something in common with a doughnut.
In addition to their fried, sugary goodness, doughnuts are known for their shape, or in mathematical terms, their topology. In a universe with an analogous,...
Satellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space Weather.
Researchers investigating the space...
Artist impression of ACS3 once the sail is deployed (image: NASA)On 23 March 2024, Rocket Lab launched the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3),...
In quantum physics, entangled particles remain connected so that actions
performed on one affect the other, even when separated by great
distances. The phenomenon...
Roughly 50 million light-years away lies a somewhat overlooked little galaxy named NGC 1559. Pictured here by Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, this barred...
Preparing for ARISS school contact
An ARISS contact is scheduled with students at Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at Axminster Community Academy Trust, Lyme Regis,...