08 March 2019
Astronomers weigh the galaxy with Hubble and Gaia
...is neither big nor small; it is intermediate if not a bit chunkier compared to our galactic neighbours. With the help of Gaia... When you can’t measure accurately what you can’t see, a bit like those jelly beans, then you turn to alternative methods to ...
29 January 2020
Material older than the Sun found unexpectedly where it shouldn't be
...refractory inclusions and was not completely destroyed in Curious Marie can help us to understand this environment a little bit better, says Pravdivtseva. This puzzling mix of chemicals – SiC in fine-grained CAIs – suggests that a population of small...
01 April 2020
Biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products for use on Mars or Earth
..., there are other methods that could help would-be off-world settlers colonise smaller areas of Mars bit by bit. One such option currently under investigation is the Biohybrid. For the past eight years, chemists at the...
09 August 2021
Problem for Perseverance's first Mars sampling attempt
...which is autonomous from beginning to end, Perseverance uses a hollow coring bit and a percussive drill at the end of its 2-metre-long (7-... that during its first coring attempt, the drill and bit were engaged as planned. Even during post-coring, the...
04 February 2018
In the Shadow of the Moon: the science, magic and mystery of solar eclipses
... of how people around the world understand natural phenomena are “a bit short-sighted”, the author says his book represents an attempt ...to stay put and see a partial eclipse, but that’s a bit like being in the stadium the day before the Super Bowl”. I...
26 February 2018
Handbook of Space Law
...of the key reference sources in space law are getting a bit long in the tooth and, while the topic originally applied...Outer Space Treaty, the UN Declaration of Human Rights and (a bit more self-serving) the Return of Astronauts (‘Rescue’) Agreement” ...
