19 April 2016
Gravitational waves poised to be pinpointed by gamma ray burst
... source for the two events. Analysis of the gamma rays suggest just a 0.2 percent chance that these beams of intense radiation are a simple random coincidence with the GW150914 event. If it is established that the bursts originated...
16 June 2016
SpaceX Successfully Launches All-Electric Satellites; Loses First Stage in Landing Attempt
... B will be operated from 117 degrees west longitude. Its 48 Ku-band transponders will be distributed over four regional beams covering the southern United States and Mexico, the Andean region, Central America, the Caribbean and...
20 July 2016
ESA open new laboratory in UK to test applications for future space missions
..., will concentrate on building up parts layer by layer with powder or wire feedstock that is melted using a laser or electron beam source. 3D printed parts are slowly making an impact within spacecraft engineering and if the recent JUNO mission...
12 October 2016
NASA to move ahead with plans for private ISS modules
... a Request for Information earlier this year, with an offer to use the docking port currently used by the BEAM module. Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren and NASA Administrator...
09 January 2017
X-rays from a 'missing link' neutron star could shed light on magnetar mystery
... remnant of an exploded star that emits radio waves in predictable pulses akin to the way a lighthouse sweeps out beams of light. Magnetars on the other hand have violent, high-energy outbursts of gamma rays and X-rays and...
24 February 2017
Researchers find a new type of X-ray transient
...-S XT1 could be an “orphan” X-ray afterglow from an off-axis short-duration Gamma-ray Burst (GRB), or a highly beamed Tidal Disruption Event (TDE). TDE’s occur when when a star passes so close to a black hole that it experiences...
