The handwritten journal pages of Israel's first astronaut have been added to the country's national library in Jerusalem, more than 20 years after they were found among the debris from the NASA tragedy that claimed his life.Ilan Ramon wrote most of the diary while he was in orbit aboard the space shuttle Columbia, serving...
If you’re looking for some astronomical events to look forward to this month, no need to worry. Although February is a relatively quiet month of astronomically observable events, there are still a few great...
Getting that lunar ice up into space as cosmic ray water shielding is the only path to any progress in Human Space Flight. Robot landers and rovers should be a priority.
A 60 foot diameter...
Understanding Solar Storms
The sun is a roiling ball of plasma and magnetic fields that occasionally erupts in powerful solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Most of the time, this solar activity is...
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...
Turning up the heat on next-generation semiconductors
by Adam Zewe | MIT News
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The scorching surface of Venus, where temperatures can...
Researchers using Murriyang, CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, have detected unusual radio pulses from a previously dormant star with a powerful magnetic field.
New results published...
Spaceports are complex, multi-faceted operations that require a wide range of agreements with various stakeholders to function effectively. These agreements are essential for...
Researchers at Columbia University have created a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) using sodium-cesium molecules, cooled to just five nanoKelvin and stable for two seconds. This...
Rocket Lab’s “PREFIRE and Ice” launches carrying NASA’s second PREFIRE CubeSat from New Zealand on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Credit: Rocket Lab BroadcastA Rocket...