19 November 2015
Einstein's theory to be tested by Galileo satellites
... in August 2014 into incorrect orbits, will now be used in a year-long test of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The satellites are currently able to continuously operate their navigation payloads after a set of manoeuvres was performed by ...
03 January 2019
Chinese goddess lands on far side of the Moon
... on the far side of the Moon in the latest achievement for the country’s growing space programme. The relatively unexplored lunar far side faces away from Earth and is therefore sometimes referred to as the ‘dark side...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
...month). You can push and pull against that and move Earth relative to the Sun. Moreover, it takes a month for the Moon... could be possible to both drop and lift cargo to Earth for relatively little energy cost. Putting it in perspective - if we have 40...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... a similar structure with one another and, while gravity constraints can tell scientists something about the relative sizes of their interior layers, there is much uncertainty in those estimates. SEIS is a six-sensor seismometer that is so sensitive...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
... childless married couples who would postpone parenthood until relatively late in their reproductive life, maximising the capacity ... real societies where people tend to avoid marrying close relatives anyway. In fact, we found successful missions were ...
June 2019
Does the speed of light change with time?
... wasn’t until Albert Einstein presented his theory of special relativity that the need for an ether became redundant. The speed... entwined with Albert Einstein’s theories of special relativity and general relativity. Why does light travel at this speed...
