04 November 2015
KIC 8462852 mystery: blocked by ‘alien megastructure’ … or something more banal?
... the WTF standing for both “Where’s the Flux” – as well as another expression we all know and love), exhibits highly unusual light fluctuations. These fluctuations are so bizarre that a theory of an “alien megastructure” orbiting the star...
17 December 2015
Google Lunar XPRIZE deadline extended until next year
... our Google Lunar XPRIZE teams, most recently demonstrated in the pursuit of the Milestone Prizes, in which teams exhibited substantial technological achievements that will ultimately support their missions," said Robert K. Weiss, vice chairman and...
25 January 2016
Permanent N2 icecap at Pluto’s north pole may be responsible for an expanding atmosphere
..., Makemake and Quaoar were also analysed using this technique, and so far, none of the objects have exhibited atmospheres that are comparable to Pluto, taking into account the size differences between the bodies. This...
29 March 2016
To build super-Earths near host star 'dead zones' are required say researchers
... become massive enough for the direction of the migration to reverse. As the characteristics of observed close–in super–Earths exhibit a wide range of densities, it has led some to suggest that several different mechanisms could be at work to explain...
11 July 2016
Short gamma-ray burst is from a binary neutron star coalescing into a black hole say researchers
... stars that merge to form a black hole (BH). The team go one step further by saying that short-GRBs exhibit three different components: a flash of thermal radiation termed Proper-GRB (P-GRB), the prompt emission, originating from...
07 November 2018
China unveils its new space station 'Heavenly Palace'
... around 2022, a sneak preview of the 17-metre (55-foot) core module wowed audiences at China’s main aerospace industry exhibition in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai. The full working version however will be somewhat smaller than the...
