22 March 2019
Citizen science project turns research into a quest
... but differently. AstroQuest aims to maximize “the enjoyment and engagement of our volunteers” this time by turning the research into a quest. “A few of us on the team are avid gamers, so it’s no surprise we’d try to inject a bit of gaming flair into...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... of cost-to-performance options. Many of these microgravity experiments were oriented towards space exploration and this advanced research started to push the boundaries in physics, biology and chemistry. A big shift began in the USA when constrained...
24 October 2016
New research questions the rate at which the Universe is expanding
... for the accepted hypothesis that the Universe is rapidly expanding? Professor Sarkar is quick to note that this research may not overturn current theories overnight and that a lot of work will be necessary to convince the physics...
18 September 2019
Researchers calculate feasibility of sending a probe to C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
... with some caveats attached. Using a specialist simulation programme, called Optimum Interplanetary Trajectory Software (OITS), three researchers from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies, based in the UK, have assessed the technical feasibility...
June 2016
A new microgravity research facility for Central Texas and beyond
...). The BRIC facility, which in its former days used to be a tire factory, was recently transformed into a modern research building by Baylor University and stakeholders like local communities and academia as well as private foundations. The idea...
11 July 2016
Short gamma-ray burst is from a binary neutron star coalescing into a black hole say researchers
...gravitational wave event. Now, an international team of researchers have submitted a research paper that states that this idea is in fact...is commonly thought at present. For more information on this research, see: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1607.02400.pdf *...
