This kite-like space sail will help launch a rocket component from orbit within two years.picture: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology Eengineers in China have successfully used an ultra-thin sail attached to a rocket part to speed up its departure from low Earth orbit and reduce the crowd space junk floating aimlessly over our planet. The … Read more
This kite-like space sail will help launch a rocket component from orbit within two years.picture: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology Eengineers in China have successfully used an ultra-thin sail attached to a rocket part to speed up its departure from low Earth orbit and reduce the crowd space junk floating aimlessly over our planet. The … Read more
Lunar Glass is the proposed project that will simulate gravity using centrifugal force. gif: Kajima Corporation/Gizmodo Interest in the moon was rekindled lately, and Japan wants to join in the fun. Researchers and engineers from Kyoto University and the Kajima Corporation has released their joint proposal for a three-pronged approach to sustainability person Life on … Read more
picture: Chris DELMAS/AFP (Getty Images) Finally, on Friday night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it absolutely clear that he has no interest in including “owners of Twitter” in his track listing. The move was months in the making. Twitter plans to sue. in one Letter Speaking to Twitter’s Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde on a … Read more
A team of researchers say they’ve found some building blocks of RNA in a molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way. The discovery has implications for theories about how life began on Earth – and perhaps elsewhere. The molecular cloud is called G+0.693-0.027. The team of astrophysicists, astrobiologists and chemists used two telescopes … Read more
A team of researchers say they’ve found some building blocks of RNA in a molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way. The discovery has implications for theories about how life began on Earth – and perhaps elsewhere. The molecular cloud is called G+0.693-0.027. The team of astrophysicists, astrobiologists and chemists used two telescopes … Read more
A bag of ISS debris is dropped from Bishops Airlock on July 2, 2022. gif: Nanoracks/Gizmodo The private space company Nanoracks has announced the successful first test of new technology for removing debris from the International Space Station. That International Space Station may seem glamorous, but astronauts aboard the orbital outpost still have to take … Read more
picture: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Scientists in California are asking about it US Volunteers who live with cats participate in a new one research project. That The study will ask owners about their pet’s behavior and their knowledge of training methods. The team’s overall goal is to help cats – especially kittens – and humans form healthy … Read more
picture: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Scientists in California are asking about it US Volunteers who live with cats participate in a new one research project. That The study will ask owners about their pet’s behavior and their knowledge of training methods. The team’s overall goal is to help cats – especially kittens – and humans form healthy … Read more
The four-wheeled, two-armed Interact rover spent four days collecting rocks on Mount Etna. photo: ESA While training from a hotel room in Italy, astronaut Thomas Reiter commanded a four-wheeled robot to pick up rocks from the surface of an active volcano on Sicily’s east coast, and did so during an RPG as if it were … Read more