Metal fuel for carbon-free energy on Earth and the Moon
Friday, 02 June 2023 11:59
Everything burns. Given the right environment, all matter can burn by adding oxygen, but finding the right mix and generating enough heat makes some materials combust more easily than others. Researchers interested in knowing more about a type of fire called discrete burning used ESA's microgravity experiment facilities to investigate.
In a series of parabolic flights and on sounding rocke European Service Module-2 on the move
Friday, 02 June 2023 10:47
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European Service Module-2 on the move Flying frying in microgravity
Friday, 02 June 2023 10:38
The food we eat determines how we feel, and nothing beats a good fry-up, although in moderation of course. As we prepare for missions to the Moon and on to Mars, astronauts will be happy to hear from researchers that one staple comfort food is not out of reach, even in space: fries.
Google leads $36 million funding round for Pixxel
Friday, 02 June 2023 10:33
Hyperspectral imaging startup Pixxel raised $36 million in a Series B funding round led by Google.
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European conference: Ready for the Moon
Friday, 02 June 2023 09:00
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Watch the replay of the high-level conference organised in cooperation with the Federal Chancellery of the Republic of Austria to discuss the geo-political, economic and societal potential of Europe’s future role in space exploration endeavours.
The aim of the conference is to open the debate in Europe following the release of the High Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on the future of human and robotic space exploration for Europe.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and the Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer take part, as well as Ministers, heads of space agencies and other prominent guests.
The plenary conference is followed by
Colorful Kuiper Belt puzzle solved by UH researchers
Friday, 02 June 2023 08:37
The Kuiper Belt is a massive disk of icy bodies, including Pluto, that is located just outside of Neptune's orbit in our solar system. Objects observed in the Kuiper Belt exhibit a unique color range than any other solar system population ranging from white to dark reddish. While the source of this diversity in colors is unknown, scientists have speculated that it is likely the result of the pro Astrophysicists confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen in the early universe
Friday, 02 June 2023 08:37
An international research team led by UCLA astrophysicists has confirmed the existence of the faintest galaxy ever seen in the early universe. The galaxy, called JD1, is one of the most distant identified to date, and it is typical of the kinds of galaxies that burned through the fog of hydrogen atoms left over from the Big Bang, letting light shine through the universe and shaping it into what Eventually everything will evaporate, not only black holes
Friday, 02 June 2023 08:37
New theoretical research by Michael Wondrak, Walter van Suijlekom and Heino Falcke of Radboud University has shown that Stephen Hawking was right about black holes, although not completely.
Due to Hawking radiation, black holes will eventually evaporate, but the event horizon is not as crucial as had been believed. Gravity and the curvature of spacetime cause this radiation too. This means NASA looks back at 50 years of gamma-ray burst science
Friday, 02 June 2023 08:37
Fifty years ago, on June 1, 1973, astronomers around the world were introduced to a powerful and perplexing new phenomenon called GRBs (gamma-ray bursts). Today sensors on orbiting satellites like NASA's Swift and Fermi missions detect a GRB somewhere in the sky about once a day on average. Astronomers think the bursts arise from catastrophic occurrences involving stars in distant galaxies, even Mars Express milestones: two-year mission enters third decade
Friday, 02 June 2023 08:30
20 years of Mars Express: Mars as never seen before
Friday, 02 June 2023 08:00
A new mosaic of Mars marks 20 years since the launch of ESA's Mars Express, and reveals the planet’s colour and composition in spectacular detail.
Webb peers behind bars
Friday, 02 June 2023 08:00
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A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The bright tendrils of gas and stars belong to the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5068, whose bright central bar is visible in the upper left of this image. NGC 5068 lies around 17 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.
This portrait of NGC 5068 is part of a campaign to create an astronomical treasure trove, a repository of observations of star formation in nearby galaxies. Previous gems from this collection can be seen here and here. These observations are particularly
Boeing's astronaut capsule faces more launch delays after latest problems
Friday, 02 June 2023 07:31
Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter
Friday, 02 June 2023 07:25![Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter](https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2023/soaring-rhetoric-nasa.jpg "U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón is seen at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Limón wrote a new poem for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's moon Europa. "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa" will be engraved on the Europa Clipper spacecraft. NASA expects to launch the mission in October 2024. Credit: Gregory M. Waigand/NASA via AP")
20 years and counting: Mars Express in numbers
Friday, 02 June 2023 07:00
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20 years and counting: Mars Express in numbers