12 November 2021
Near-Earth asteroid might be a piece of the Moon
... asteroid is thought to be between 46 and 57 metres (150 and 190 feet) in diameter – it means only the largest telescopes on Earth have been able to observe it. That telescope is the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT); a pair of huge identical 8.4-metre...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
...higher-resolution data, but they wouldn’t be able to offload it all in this narrow window. To make the most of Earth observation satellites, there needs to be a high-speed data connection in space. Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor installs the...
09 November 2018
Leftover gas from the Sun's birth created Earth's water
... make our oceans after countless asteroids rained down on Earth’s surface eons ago. However, new research suggests that...throughout the entire planet. This could be explained if, when the Earth was a small ball of rubble cobbled together by bits of ...
11 October 2021
Disrupting Earth-bound asteroids with nukes is “very effective”, new study says
... Armageddon; a disaster movie that centres around a crew of oil drillers sent to space to stop a meteor hurtling toward earth by blowing it up with a nuclear bomb. While the film is fictional, using a nuclear bomb to disrupt an asteroid is not as far...
09 September 2020
China's reusable spacecraft returns to Earth, deploys unknown object before deorbiting
The Chinese reusable experimental spaceship has successfully returned to Earth having spent two days in low-Earth orbit (LEO), Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. The reusable spaceship was launched last week on a ...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
... example of how Umbilical Design is using its knowledge of space design to develop new products and solutions for earth application with the aim to improve living and working conditions for people in extreme situations or environments is Thunderwear...
