02 May 2018
Astronomers spot fastest stars in the galaxy with Gaia
... also behind one of the most common types of supernova explosions in the local Universe - Type Ia supernovae (SNe ...occurs because of two white dwarfs, one of them will survive the explosion and be flung away at speeds beyond a 1000 kilometres a second...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... smallsats share a ride into space, there are often strong restrictions on propellant type and storage because of explosion risks to the larger primary satellite. Consequently, almost all new startups are pursing electric propulsion technologies...
05 April 2019
Hayabusa2 probe 'bombs' asteroid to create a crater
... of day thanks to the explosive device that the spacecraft dropped. The explosive device, called the Small Carry...Impactor (SCI), is a 14 kilogram conical container packed with plastic explosive. It was intended to carve out a 10 metre-wide hole in...
28 February 2020
Record-breaking black hole eruption detected by astronomers
... it's so big. But it happened very slowly – like an explosion in slow motion that took place over hundreds of millions of years...,” she said. The first hint that a giant explosion had occurred was reported in 2016 when another team of astronomers...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
...exhibited a ‘dispersion’ sweep characteristic of all pulsars. Pulsars are ultra dense, rotating neutron star remnants of a supernova explosion in our Galaxy, which emit jets of radiation along their poles. As the pulsar spins, these jets of radiation...
21 December 2020
Innovative design could see CubeSats "steam-powered"
... degrees celsius) . This results in a specific energy comparable to a lithium-ion battery, but without the potential for explosion." In light of current space junk problems, the ThermaSat can be used for collision avoidance, scheduled deorbiting and...
