Britain will launch an automated "space spider" to the moon in 2021, the first time that a rover has been sent to explore a distant world. The small probe - called Asagumo - was designed by London robotics expert, Spacebit,…
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The crew is on board International Space Station The ISS rang in the new year with the development of zero gravity while in orbit about 250 miles from Earth.Expedition 64 crew consists of NASA Astronauts Kate Robins, Mike Hopkins, Victor…
The powerful Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have been combined to capture stunning images of the Orion Nebula. The nebula, a massive mixture of different gases and hot materials surrounding young stars, was launched at different wavelengths.…
Interacting in a confined space, a swarm of "smart elements" can form automatic choreographies.picture: Courtesy of Thomas BerroettaIn January 2020, a lab on the second floor of Northwestern University filled with the shy knocking of three pushing robots Around each…
Nobody thinks it was a phone call from ET, but radio astronomers admit that they have no explanation yet for a beam of radio waves that appears to have come from the direction of the star Proxima Centauri."It's kind of…
Sometimes, the universe provides the perfect way to express our feelings.A space cloud 7,500 light-years away has given us a convenient goodbye that we can think of for an entire garbage fire this year, 2020. This small mass of material…
Japanese Researchers are working on satellite technology that would use woody components to eliminate excess Void Scrap, which allows things to burn when returned to Earth's atmosphere, according to a new report.Sumitomo Forestry, a 400-year-old Japanese woodworking company, is partnering…
A third of the rivers of the United States have changed dramatically over the past 36 years, turning from blue to yellow and green, revealing stunning new images.The researchers analyzed 235,000 satellite images - taken over a period of 34…
Most of us will remember 2020 primarily as the year of the great pandemic, but let's not forget how space exploration and astronomy had good years given the circumstances. NASA astronauts blasted into space in May as part of the…
Arianespace launched a new French Army reconnaissance satellite in orbit on Tuesday (29 December), in reference to the 2020 European launch provider's final mission. Russian made Soyuz missile The satellite, named Optical Space Component 2 (or Composante Spatiale Optique 2,…