07 August 2020
Huge city-wide lunar lava tubes identified in new study
... plains are intact. The collapse chains we observed might have been caused by asteroids piercing the tube walls. This is what the collapse chains in Marius Hills seem to suggest,” adds the Structural and Planetary Geology...
19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
... wave caused by the planet's proximity to Gargantua, the black hole featured in the film. Aside from a colossal wall of water that devastates anything in its path, could LHS1140b also be classed as a water-world in another planetary system...
03 February 2021
SpaceX announces Inspiration4, the first ‘all-civilian’ mission to space
... air force which trains pilots for the United States military. Isaacman sold a majority stake in Draken to Wall Street firm Blackstone in 2019 for a nine-figure sum. For Isaacman, Inspiration4 is the realisation of a lifelong dream...
16 June 2021
Astronomers discover the largest rotating objects in the Universe
.... These structures are so huge that the largest known filament to date, the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall, is thought to be a staggering 10 billion light years long populated by several billion galaxies. Previous research has suggested that...
30 May 2023
Virgin Orbit cuts its losses and ceases operations
... just over $36 million. That figure is barely one percent of the value the company reached in late 2021 on Wall Street, when it was valued at $3.5 billion. In a statement issued in mid-May announcing it was selling its assets to four...
11 October 2018
Voyager/Hello from Planet Earth (CD / DVD set)
... at times but the syncopated rhythms are engaging and addictive. Side two is a bit more ‘off the wall’ and arguably ‘less accessible’, but music is a highly subjective artform and I will certainly be giving this album...
