April 2024
Rotation in the Universe
... between two massive objects moving past one another in space, but that mechanism implies that we live in a cosmos filled with pairs of objects rotating in complimentary directions, and at a galactic scale. It’s not clear that we do. Taking our...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... astronauts on the Moon by 2030. The spacesuit, which has been named Wangyu, meaning ‘gazing into the cosmos’, is equipped with a built-in long and short-range camera, an operations console, and a glare-proof helmet visor...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... humanity can confidently build its future among the stars, ensuring that our expansion into the cosmos is both ambitious and secure. About the author Prof Sylvester Kaczmarek is Founder & CEO of OrbiSky, where he specialises...
September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
... and China even before Omid, and Russia had launched Iran’s first domestic satellite, Sina 1, on the Cosmos 3M from Plesetsk on 27 October 2005. Originally it was to be entirely home built, but it was completed in Russia. Next was...
06 July 2015
From SETI to black crust on Churyumov-Gerasimenko: looking for alien life
... of our focus on germs, there are plenty of enthusiasts hoping to receive a signal from intelligent life somewhere in the cosmos. The SETI institute was established with precisely such hopes in mind. Its work involves studying the...
12 July 2015
The 18 quintillion planets in ‘No Man’s Sky’: how Hello Games can expand understanding of space travel
...” was an immediate attention-grabber. The visuals of the game, exquisitely crafted, blending vintage representations of the cosmos with lush, modern design technique, made it memorable. A new gameplay trailer is equally mesmerising: Although there...
