February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... reusable rockets to suborbital planes, and even convertible cars orbiting the sun near Mars. However, for some companies with business models based on radical technology, the situation has become difficult in recent months; for example, companies...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... lunar surface - is a potentially valuable isotope of helium that could be used in future fusion reactors. As the PSRs are shaded from the Sun, the surface material or ‘regolith’ is expected to contain less helium-3 than more exposed regions, which...
October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... like NASA could come up with, Artemis stands for ‘Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun’. NASA’s objective is to herald in a new era for space exploration and utilisation and, while...
July 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
... and radar discoveries from the early years included the rotation rate of the planet Mercury and the period of the Crab pulsar, a rotating neutron star. Before Arecibo, Mercury was thought to be tidally locked to the Sun, with orbital and rotational...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
...of years, humans have gazed in wonder at the immensity of the sky above, documenting the movements of the Sun, Moon, stars and planets, incredulous at the magnificence of it all. Starry nights have inspired the greatest thinkers and scientists of all...
25 September 2015
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s Imhotep region: conditions change rapidly on comet’s surface
... that such extreme, rapid changes were not originally predicted by computer models as the comet approached perihelion (the point in its orbit when its closest to the sun). Whatever forces are at work on 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko – we must still find...
