June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... enormity of these projects and others will increase the number of opportunities for commercial companies, even if for relatively simpler and smaller contributions compared with the state-owned giants. Recent actions by the Central Government...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
... carbon and oxygen into intergalactic space and magnetising the intergalactic medium. SOFIA results from these relatively nearby galaxies are helping astronomers piece together a coherent picture of how the magnetic fields amplified by turbulent...
October 2023
Using drones to test phased array antennas
... selected from the candidates in step 2. 4. Locate the UAVs relative to the identified beam centres. 5. Slightly change the steering angle...algorithm for certain time intervals. 7. Locate the UAVs relative to the estimated beam centre. 8. Repeat the ...
April 2024
Rotation in the Universe
... we do. Taking our own galaxy, the Milky Way, as a specific example, it would seem reasonable to ask which large, relatively adjacent object is our counterpart if this tidal mechanism is the physical cause of our galaxy’s rotation. At first sight...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... ‘to explore the unknown’. Status report Despite the relative simplicity of the Chinese plan, any human mission ...’s preeminent nation in automated space science has not Despite the relative simplicity of the Chinese plan, any human mission to the ...
31 January 2018
Surprise find of complex organic molecules in LMC
... this same youthful makeup because of their relatively low masses, which severely throttles back the...six or more atoms including carbon. Although it is considered a relatively simple compound compared to its larger counterparts, even methanol (CH3OH...
