September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... North-South arm of the Molongo inteferometer will come online as part of the UTMOST-2D project. Once operational with both arms up and running, UTMOST will be able to localise an FRB burst within a few arcsecond radius (an arcsecond is about...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
... adds: “Space is right now an infrastructure which will be continuously developed. At the same time the inspiration of exploration is of utmost importance to secure the future through motivated people.” Asked whether the space industry has become too...
June 2017
Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
... materials able to withstand the extreme environments of space, including severe temperatures, and to insulate the spacecraft with utmost efficiency, but ESA also had to extensively refurbish its test facility, the Large Space Simulator (LSS...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
During extended flights in Earth orbit, on an interplanetary trajectory or in orbits around other planets where normal gravitational forces disappear, the body enters a state of weightlessness or zero-g, allowing astronauts and objects to float ...
November 2018
Monitoring illegal rainforest deforestation
... “the roads are the veins of the destruction”, a fact that is clearly observed in satellite photos. It is of the utmost importance therefore to detect the opening of a ‘cross’ road in time to act before the evolution of the deforestation. A recent...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... ourselves into our space future, to further explore and perhaps even colonise the Moon, we must do our utmost to safeguard the lunar heritage sites – our grandchildren will thank us. About the author Derek Webber, a former...
