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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:51:06 GMT
We're off the team and everything is awful
A letter to UK science minister Sam Gyimah MP has outlined the impact of Brexit on Britain's space sector, and it doesn't make for happy reading.…
Fri, 20 Apr 2018 06:02:07 GMT
Oh no, wait, that is the news. Except the cheap part
Pic Water that once flowed across the surface of Mars caused the formation of mud cracks that were spotted by NASA's Curiosity rover, scientists have confirmed.…
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:01:08 GMT
Closer to human beings than previously thought, clearly
A new study reveals that male fruit flies enjoy the sensation of ejaculation, and are more likely to turn to alcohol when sexually frustrated. Sound familiar?…
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 14:06:51 GMT
NASA: Been there, done that
While waiting for TESS to get off the launchpad on Monday, chief exec Elon Musk joked on Twitter about how SpaceX might set about recovering the second stage of the booster.…
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:48:13 GMT
Booster hurls probe, has nice sit-down on boat in the Atlantic
NASA’s TESS spacecraft is in orbit following a successful launch from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40.…
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:37:09 GMT
Spark off questions from burny laptop, melty server and hot data centre havers
Californian scientists have come up with a way of converting waste heat from electronics back into electricity with improved efficiency, according to a study in Nature Materials.…
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:06:09 GMT
A vision softly creeping... of an exoplanet or two
Astronomers are building the world’s largest and most advanced superconducting camera – with the goal of snapping clearer shots of exoplanets for scientists hunting alien life.…
Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:19:17 GMT
Brit boffins save planet
A new enzyme developed at the University of Portsmouth will enable the recycling of plastic used for disposable drinks containers.…
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:29:05 GMT
Falcon 9 grounded while turning it off and on again works at ESA
A Guidance and Navigation Control (GNC) issue scuppered last night's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9. Conversely, the European Space Agency (ESA) celebrated a successful restart of the Mars Express orbiter following a software update.…
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 04:05:08 GMT
Late 2018 launch plan for third attempt at moon-capable rocket
China’s National Space Administration has figured out why its Long March Y2 launch went awry in July 2017.…
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:31:07 GMT
NASA boffins hope Musk's firm doesn't make a mess of TESS
Planet hunters will be keeping their fingers crossed this evening as SpaceX flings NASA’s 350kg Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) into a highly elliptical orbit around the Earth.…
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 10:47:10 GMT
Anyone can lob a car into space, but you need a Boeing rocket to bring it back
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg took a shot at SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch during a discussion with Politico’s Robert Allbritton last night.…
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 08:32:08 GMT
Register Lecture to calculate Existential Risk of AI, bio-tech and more
If you’ve got a nagging feeling that the emergence of autonomous weapons, bio-tech, all knowing computers, untracked asteroids, and the breakdown of political norms is all a bit of worry, congratulations. You’re aware of some of the key existential risks facing us all.…
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:25:12 GMT
We can install a new OS from 150 million kilometres away, but Windows 10 1803 is delayed?
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express orbiter is getting a software refresh as a reward for 14 years spent circling the red planet.…
Wed, 11 Apr 2018 04:58:09 GMT
Small problem: world faces big shortages of air freight capacity
Poll Airbus has revealed a plan to put beds in passenger planes’ cargo holds.…
Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:28:34 GMT
And it's been downhill since
Clouds of sulfur dioxide billowing from erupting volcanoes may have kickstarted a chemical process that led to life on Earth more than four billion years ago, according to new research.…
Sat, 07 Apr 2018 09:01:07 GMT
No cheep puns here. Just egg-shell-ent ones
Birds can fly, sing, and, er, detect the Earth’s magnetic field behind their eyes, according to a recent paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.…
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:48:11 GMT
Boffins flushed with success as new uses found for cosmic cack
Researchers reckon some smart bacteria and a 3D printer could solve the twin challenges of transporting materials on a journey to Mars and dealing with all the solid waste generated by space-faring humans.…
Fri, 06 Apr 2018 06:32:09 GMT
And pops the sound barrier for good measure
Video Virgin Galactic’s space tourism operation conducted its first rocket-powered flight on Thursday, and appears to have recorded a roaring success.…
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 15:58:07 GMT
Satellite payloads ended up in wrong orbit
French fingers will be crossed this evening as Arianespace attempts to loft the Superbird-8 and the less imaginatively named DSN-1 dual-use satellite atop the second Ariane 5 launch of 2018 from French Guiana.…
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:48:15 GMT
Boffins do give a fig about trig after all
Boffins have combined NASA’s aging Hubble Space Telescope and some good old-fashioned trigonometry to measure the distance to a cluster of stars that were formed shortly after the big bang.…
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:02:12 GMT
According to these boffins, the similarities would surprise you
King penguin colonies move and organise themselves in a way that is "astoundingly" similar to how liquids behave, according to research published today.…
Wed, 04 Apr 2018 19:38:50 GMT
Thousands of them lie hidden in the dark secretly guzzling gas
The Milky Way may be teeming with tens of thousands of black holes lurking at its centre, according to a new study published on Wednesday.…
Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:22:42 GMT
Alaskan skies cleared for Astra Space Inc's 12m craft
Secretive Californian upstart Astra Space Inc. looks set to conduct the first test flight of its creatively named "Rocket 1" launcher from Alaska's Pacific Spaceport Complex in the next couple of days.…
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:42:51 GMT
US space agency's Concorde-cutter project is go
Vid Supersonic air travel over land has been stymied since the 1960s due to the rather annoying sonic booms generated by speedy airplanes.…
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 13:43:25 GMT
Boffins find smartphones more accurate than humans
Research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has shown a smartphone application is superior to traditional physical examination for spotting when it is safe to stick a needle into an artery.…
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:19:13 GMT
One firing, two firings, three... Hello? Can you hear me?
The India Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has lost contact with GSAT-6A during a second firing of thrusters to nudge the 2,000kg telecommunications satellite towards an operational orbit.…
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:20:37 GMT
NASA mission's airy position: To check if extraterrestrial bonking will work as expected
NASA will study the feasibility of human reproduction in space, it announced on Monday.…
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:05:41 GMT
And you'll need more than wings to reach it
Icarus, a gigantic bright blue star, is the farthest such body yet discovered by astroboffins, the Space Telescope Science Institute announced on Monday.…
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:23:13 GMT
Payload not smashed to smithereens, massive plus
The European Space Agency (ESA) claimed today that the first test of the giant parachute destined for use by the ExoMars lander has been a success, paving the way for more ambitious trials before an eventual attempt on the Red Planet itself.…
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 01:01:11 GMT
US cosmo-boffins: Never mind the cost, feel the payload
NASA has categorically stated it will not dump the troubled Space Launch System (SLS) in favor of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy any time soon.…
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 10:23:10 GMT
Oh do beehive!
Boffins at Sheffield University have discovered that colonies of honeybees follow the same laws as the human brain when making collective decisions.…
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 03:18:06 GMT
No 'alien' megastructure, but lots of ongoing weirdness
In January, boffins decided they'd settled the mystery of “Tabby's Star”, the far-off star that dimmed so rapidly it almost looked like something, or someone, was responsible. Scientists have since shrugged off the idea the dimming is caused by an "alien megastructure". Instead, they suggest there's just a lot of dust surrounding the star, which makes for many odd moments.…
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 20:35:31 GMT
Someone call Scotty – he'd know how to fix this thing
The launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope has been kicked back a year to 2020, NASA confirmed during a press conference on Tuesday.…
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:47:13 GMT
April, May talks span levitation and existential risk
Tractor beams and dangerous technology are two stalwarts of science fiction, but if you want the facts, join us at two fascinating Register Lectures over the next couple of months.…
Tue, 27 Mar 2018 04:05:19 GMT
Kepler data thought to be glitchy reveals two-week wonder
When a star goes supernova, it gets very, very bright, very, very quickly, then spends a good few months fading away. But boffins have now reported that an object named KSN 2015K faded away in just a fortnight.…
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:23:23 GMT
Brit industry, military locked out
From the department of "you only just realised this?" come reports that the UK government has been somewhat taken aback that the EU plans to exclude Britain from the Galileo satellite programme due to Brexit.…
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:38:08 GMT
Are we really doing this? ask politicos
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to build igloos on the Moon with a view to creating an Antarctica-like outpost.…
Mon, 26 Mar 2018 04:02:07 GMT
Fungus found in the lab makes amino acids we think are alien
Festering fungus has become a problem way down in the bowels of NASA, and could lead to false identification of extraterrestrial material.…
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:07:28 GMT
Oh. US President Donald Trump's signature. And he's threatening a veto
Updated US Congress has approved a $1.3tr budget [PDF] that would see, among other science boosts, NASA's funding surpass $20bn.…
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:03:07 GMT
GPS systems thrown out of whack by Elon's rocket
A SpaceX rocket ripped a humongous hole in Earth’s ionosphere during a launch in California last year and may have impaired GPS satellites.…
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 02:27:05 GMT
Radar imaging shows Chinese space station is still intact
Video Boffins have refined their estimates of when Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will return to Earth, with the big bird's impact now predicted to happen between March 30 and April 3.…
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:43:44 GMT
Westminster Abbey is noted atheist's final resting place
The ashes of British physics ace Professor Stephen Hawking will be placed in Westminster Abbey after a special service of thanksgiving for his life.…
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:57:46 GMT
Finding Robo: Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water…
Researchers at MIT have developed a robotic fish that should allow scientists to spy on intimate fishy moments normally unseen by human eyes.…
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:19:08 GMT
Space Launch System pad lumbers towards completion
NASA's monster rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), took another tentative step towards lift-off yesterday as engineers fitted the last big umbilical arm to its launch tower.…
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 09:14:11 GMT
Science. Because save the planet 'n' beer 'n' stuff
In news to delight eco-friendly hipsters the world over, boffins at the University of California, Berkeley, have come up with a way of creating hoppy craft beer without recourse to, er, hops.…
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:38:06 GMT
System may be full of waterworlds, boffins find
New research published in Nature Astronomy has poured, er, cold water on hopes that it may be possible to detect life on Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system.…
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:59:08 GMT
There's plenty of fish in... Oh
European Space Agency (ESA) scientists plan to use satellite shortwave infrared (SWIR) sensing to detect plastic litter concentrations in the oceans.…
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:18:07 GMT
Myth, legend and the lucky escape of Bennerley
Geek's Guide to Britain The pell-mell expansion of Britain's railways in the 19th century has bequeathed some impressive feats of engineering. Great stone viaducts like those at Calstock in Cornwall and Harringworth near Melton Mowbray get the glory, but for my money it's the iron bridges that are the real marvels.…
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:04:10 GMT
The meter-long telescope expected to launch in 2028
The European Space Agency is launching a mission to find out how planets form and how life emerges in space, it announced on Tuesday.…
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