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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:51:06 GMT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Poll Airbus has revealed a plan to put beds in passenger planes’ cargo holds.…
Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:28:34 GMT
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 will study the feasibility of human reproduction in space, it announced on Monday.…
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:05:41 GMT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 European Space Agency is launching a mission to find out how planets form and how life emerges in space, it announced on Tuesday.…