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  • A rendering of SNC's Dream Chaser which could launch as soon as 2022. Image: SNC 14 April 2021

    SNC launches independent subsidiary to expand space interests

    Sierra Nevada Corp’s (SNC) Space Systems business will transition to become a new independent subsidiary of the aerospace firm and will be known as Sierra Space

    Authors: Amanda Miller    
  • 60 years on Gagarin still remains an orbital hero. 12 April 2021

    60 years ago today, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space

    On this day 60 years ago, Yuri Gagarin's single orbit of Earth ushered in a new era of human spaceflight

    Authors: Kerry Hebden    
  • Electron micrograph of a Concordia micrometeorite extracted from Antarctic snow at Dome C. Image: Cécile Engrand/Jean Duprat 09 April 2021

    Around 5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust falls to Earth each year

    Scientists studying interplanetary dust particles that have been trapped in snow collected at Antarctica, say that as much as 5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust rains down on Earth each year.

    Authors: Kerry Hebden    
  • Astronomers have discovered two pairs of quasars in the distant Universe, about 10 billion light-years from Earth and with the two quasars in each pair separated by only about 10,000 light-years,. Int., Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva 07 April 2021

    Astronomers find a rare pair of double quasars in the early Universe

    The quasars in each pair are closer together than any yet discovered in the distant Universe and are thought to be located within two merging galaxies

    Authors: Kerry Hebden    
  • Is the Universe expanding faster than ever due to dark energy, or due to a dark substance with a kind of magnetic force? A new study by researchers in Denmark favours the latter. Image: NASA 05 April 2021

    No dark energy needed, just dark matter with a magnetic force new study says

    A new study by Danish researchers sews doubt on the origin of dark energy - the mysterious "anti-gravity" force which makes up 70 percent of our Universe

    Authors: Kerry Hebden    
    • A rendering of an SNC space station made from four of its modular space habitats, solar power arrays and showing the company's Dream Chaser space plane. Image: SNC 02 April 2021

      SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station

      Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has outlined plans to develop an expandable space station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for a variety of commercial enterprises including space tourism, which could be operating by as soon as 2028.

      Authors: Kerry Hebden    
    • New research results suggest that artificial objects in orbit around the Earth are brightening night skies on our planet significantly more than previously understood. Image: wikipedia 31 March 2021

      A new skyglow effect produced by space objects is brightening our night skies, new study says.

      A new study finds that the number of objects orbiting Earth could increase the overall brightness of the night sky by more than 10 percent above natural light levels across a large part of the planet.

      Authors: Kerry Hebden    
    • The 2.01 Buran-class spacecraft.  This was the third Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme, however its construction was not complete when the programme was cancelled. Image: wikimedia 29 March 2021

      Russia to develop new uncrewed spaceplane

      The company that produced the Soviet Union’s first spaceplane, the Buran, is now developing a mini space-shuttle similar in size to the US's mysterious X-37B for transporting cargo into orbit and back to Earth

      Authors: Kerry Hebden    
    • Saturn's moon, Enceladus, could have global ocean currents like those found on Earth, a new study says. Image: NASA 26 March 2021

      Enceladus could have ocean currents like those on Earth, new study says

      Buried beneath 20 kilometers of ice, the subsurface ocean of Enceladus appears to be churning with currents akin to those on Earth, a new study says

      Authors: Kerry Hebden    
    • The EHT collaboration, who produced the first ever image of a black hole, has today revealed a new view of the massive object at the centre of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy: how it looks in polarised light. Image: EHT Collaboration 24 March 2021

      For the first time, astronomers image magnetic fields around M87 black hole

      A new polarised view of the massive object at the centre of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy has been presented by the same collaboration who produced the first ever image of a black hole

      Authors: Kerry Hebden    
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