Yeast withstands Mars-like shocks and toxic salts in survival test
Wednesday, 15 October 2025 04:15
Life on Mars, if it ever existed, would need to survive an environment defined by violence and toxicity - from meteorite impacts to soil laced with corrosive perchlorate salts. Now, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have found that even simple organisms like yeast can endure these punishing conditions by activating ancient stress-response systems.
Led by molecular biolog Key ExoMars Rover part ships from Aberystwyth
Wednesday, 15 October 2025 04:15
The search for life on Mars takes a leap forward today, as a key instrument for a major space mission begins its journey from Aberystwyth University to Italy for testing.
The infrared spectrometer, named Enfys, will be a part of the suite of remote sensing instruments onboard the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin Rover.
The Rosalind Franklin Rover is part of the European Space Agency's ExoMa Could these wacky warm Jupiters help astronomers solve the planet formation puzzle?
Wednesday, 15 October 2025 04:15
What do you do when you have an unanticipated astronomical phenomenon, a dataset made of planets thousands of light-years away and theoretical models that fail to explain what exactly you're looking at?
If you're Diego Munoz, an assistant professor in Northern Arizona University's Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, the answer is simple: You get to work on new models.
With Rice physicists probe quark-gluon plasma temperatures, helping paint more detailed picture of big bang
Wednesday, 15 October 2025 04:15
A research team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at various stages of its evolution, providing critical insights into a state of matter believed to have existed just microseconds after the big bang, a scientific theory describing the origin and evolution of the universe. The findings were published in Nature Commu White dwarf binaries heated by intense tidal forces evolve faster than predicted
Wednesday, 15 October 2025 04:15
White dwarfs, the dense remnants of exhausted stars, are usually ancient, dim, and cool. Yet some binary systems containing them defy expectations, glowing tens of thousands of degrees hotter than theory predicts. A research team led by Lucy Olivia McNeill at Kyoto University has now shown that tidal heating could be the cause of this unexpected brightness.
White dwarfs typically cool to a Dark Matter might leave a 'fingerprint' on light, scientists say
Wednesday, 15 October 2025 04:15
Dark Matter, the substance that makes up most of the Universe, could potentially be detected as a red or blue light 'fingerprint', new research shows.
Previously assumed to be invisible, the study, from researchers at the University of York, suggests that Dark Matter could leave faint, measurable marks on light as it passes through regions where the elusive substance is present - challengi Rocket Lab launches seventh Synspective radar imaging satellite
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 22:25
Rocket Lab launched a spacecraft for one Japanese radar imaging company Oct.
Viasat and Space42’s D2D joint venture finds first mobile partner in UAE
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 16:22
Equatys, the U.S.
Modular robots could both explore off-world and build infrastructure
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K2 Space announces plans for three-orbit demonstration mission
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 15:00
The company procured a dedicated Falcon 9 rocket to prove its “one satellite design for all orbits” concept
Impulse Space announces lunar lander plans
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 12:45
In-space transportation company Impulse Space says it plans to develop a lunar lander to fill what it sees as a gap in missions to the moon.
The Mars moment: Why now is the time to build the future
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 12:00
We’re entering a new era of space. One defined not by exploration alone, but by the infrastructure that makes a sustained presence possible.
SpaceX knocks out final launch for competitor Amazon
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Space Pioneer raises $350 million as China’s commercial launch boom accelerates
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 10:33
Gravity assists: trading energy with the planets
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 10:00
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Is there life on Terran V? Join the adventure to the fictional planet and find out what it takes to reach the farthest frontiers of deep space.
This video uses a fictional spacecraft and a fictional star system to illustrate a gravity assist manoeuvre – also known as a planetary flyby or swingby. The gravity assist is one of the most important techniques in deep-space navigation. By carefully passing close to a planet, a spacecraft can exchange orbital momentum with the much larger body. From the spacecraft’s perspective, this results in a change in trajectory and a significant