SpaceX’s Leaning Rocket Arrives at Cape Canaveral
The first-stage booster pictured above pushed the limits during SpaceX’s 4th successful landing last Friday with a speed that was…
Niacin: the vitamin from outer space
Niacin, or vitamin B3, could have been delivered to Earth by carbon-rich meteorites, say NASA researchers, whose findings support a…
Plastic could work as shield against space radiation hazards
xperiments carried out aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) indicate that light plastic materials may provide sufficient radiation shielding for…
New evidence that comets may have seeded life on Earth
A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space has shown that linked pairs of amino acids – essential building blocks…
SETI needs self-replicating robot explorers, argues prof
Autonomous, self-replicating robots are the best way to explore the universe, locate extraterrestrial life and perhaps even clean up space…
Penguins counted from space
Scientists using very high resolution satellite images to estimate penguin populations around the coastline of Antarctica were surprised to find…
Force-field minimizes space radiation danger
A simple, portable magnetic field generator inside a spaceship should be sufficient to deflect the dangerous highly charged particles of…
Quantifying Space Radiation Dangers
With plans for a manned mission to Mars on the drawing board, researchers from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at…
That’s Cool: A Flotilla Of Parasols In Space
Climate change and global warming tend to be thought of as relatively slow processes when measured on the human time-scale.…
Robot “Skin” Vital For Automated Space Exploration
NASA technologist Vladimir Lumelsky from the Goddard Space Flight Center believes the future of robotics lies with the development of…
Stirling Engine Gets Noisy Makeover
Scientists from the University of California and Northrop Grumman Space Technology have developed a novel method for generating electrical power…