08 December 2020
First ever COVID-19 drug research in space through ICE Cubes
...-to-end ICE Cubes service is developed and operated by Space Applications Services NV/SA (Belgium) to simplify access to space for research and technology, through a partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA). Since its start, the service...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... have a particular national interest The payloads comprise the SmallCAT laser communication payload developed by the Dutch research institute (TNO) and the Delft based company Hyperion Technologies, a next generation miniaturised AIS receiver with...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
..., India became a signatory to the international US-led initiative to work together with other countries on space exploration and research on 21 June 2023, bringing total sign-ups to-date to 27 nations. But why did India do this, what was...
23 February 2016
Researchers probe black-hole mergers with fast-powered winds
... of sensitivity now being planned for the U.S.-based LIGO detectors and the Italian counterpart, Advanced Virgo, researchers are hoping to spot signs not just of binary mergers, but for a range of signals from unexplained bursts...
29 March 2016
To build super-Earths near host star 'dead zones' are required say researchers
... to months - a feature that is lacking in our own Solar System. So, why isn’t Earth accompanied by a much larger neighbour? Researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas studying planet formation have suggested that the key to building super...
10 May 2016
When sunspots are minimal, the solar magnetic field is at a maximum, say researchers
...of Excellence and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, used a global computer model of the Sun to seek... is nontrivial. Through centuries of recording sunspot numbers, researchers know that sunspot cycles occur roughly every 11 years....