06 March 2019
Growing food from thin air to feed astronauts
... that does just that - it literally produces proteins out of thin air. Created in a mini-reactor that looks a bit like a high-tech hurricane lantern, the protein, which is called Solein, is made from just carbon dioxide...
22 March 2019
Citizen science project turns research into a quest
... time by turning the research into a quest. “A few of us on the team are avid gamers, so it’s no surprise we’d try to inject a bit of gaming flair into the project!” writes AstroQuest’s Christian Polson-Brown in an article on the AstroQuest website.
27 March 2019
Storm-plagued exoplanet revealed in detail with GRAVITY
... planetary systems form. HR8799e is also completely inhospitable too; the exoplanet suffers from a powerful greenhouse effect – a bit like Venus – which heats the super giant to a scorching hot temperature of roughly 1000 °C. The exoplanet also...
17 April 2019
Proxima Centauri may host a second exoplanet, but its first might not be there
... Earth-like water-world would then surely rest with Proxima b; a possible twin Earth but just a bit smaller. Perhaps not. When news spread that an exoplanet had been found around our nearest star...
01 May 2019
Evidence for first confirmed exomoon under question
... it, while one does not. Despite the implied negative responses, it's not all done and dusted and a bit of a hopeless cause, as rest assured there is no such thing as never say never in science, especially in astronomy. “We need more...
19 June 2019
Two new Earth-like planets found around nearby star
... of its accidental discovery. Now, this low-temperature, and low mass star, which if it was packed with a bit less gaseous material would make it a brown dwarf instead of a red dwarf, has been found to house two...
