23 September 2016
ESA launch CleanSat initiative to clean up space debris
...Agency is launching a Clean Space initiative, tasked with safeguarding terrestrial and space environments from a surge in orbital debris. “European space suppliers will potentially be manufacturing a large percentage of these satellites, representing...
10 July 2017
First glimpse at how gravity effects star formation
.... These cores seemingly span the full length of each filament and the team note that “intense surges in the gas motion are observed at two-thirds of the cores that have yet to form stars.” As SDC13...
26 July 2019
Three massive black holes caught in the act of merging
... caught rippling through Earth; a wave of feverish excitement reserved for only the most spectacular of discoveries also surged around the globe. Since then, and including that initial discovery, a total of 10 binary black mergers have...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
... Professor of Ocean Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, sand dunes and sea walls only protect against storm surges and do not address flooding from rising groundwater. “It's not just flooding from the ocean that we are...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
...’s lead contractor on both the SLS core stage and the EUS and work on the EUS is expected to surge this year as the company gets ready for the SLS’s inaugural flight in 2021. Interestingly, the new...
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
... Elon Musk over priorities; the nearly disastrous uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule; and a popular surge in private-sector contracts for lunar exploration. When first asked to approve Bridenstine’s nomination as administrator, some...
