11 July 2016
Short gamma-ray burst is from a binary neutron star coalescing into a black hole say researchers
...-ray bursts (GRB) with a duration of 2 seconds and they undergo two different phases; a short prompt phase, followed by a long-lasting high-energy afterglow phase. sGRBs are thought to be associated with the mergers of a black hole and a neutron...
07 September 2018
ANA/JAXA plan to revolutionise space with real-world Avatars
... the idea into science fact as they intend to use real-world Avatars to revolutionise space exploration in a multi-phase program known as “AVATAR X”. In the James Cameron film, the Avatars were copies of the beings they hoped...
16 October 2019
Astroscale takes next step toward launch of world’s first commercial active debris removal mission
... secure long-term orbital sustainability, today announced it has entered the assembly, integration and test (AIT) phase of its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale-demonstration (ELSA- d) mission, following completion of rigorous design reviews and...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... can be packaged into relatively small and affordable weapons. Both programmes have completed exploratory concept phases with preliminary design phases to follow. And both flight demonstrations are planned for later this decade. The maturation...
July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
...of a wide range of space programmes, especially manned programmes. The main customer for the production of the Space 1.0 phase was and remains the state – there is a shortage of private investment. The business optimisation of space production, which...
July 2014
Defending NATO and its allies from high-altitude threats
...more slowly than previously expected, President Obama announced a Phased Adaptive Approach, a missile defence plan for Europe....which is a transportable X-band, high-resolution, phased-array radar designed specifically to detect ballistic missiles ...
