28 October 2020
Unexpected molecule found in Titan's atmosphere
... small hydrocarbon was still something of an unanticipated find, says Conor Nixon, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Connor, who led the search using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter ...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
...) known by now. The Oort Cloud is a notionally spherical cloud of small bodies that orbit the Sun within interstellar space, at distances of a large fraction of a light year out to perhaps two light years, roughly halfway to the next nearest...
March 2018
Exploring the extreme universe
...formation of stars through nuclear fusion reactions, towards the ejection of stellar debris into interstellar space via winds and supernova explosions. Interstellar gas, enriched with newly produced nuclei, will eventually cool down to form new stars...
November 2018
Being human in space
... cosmic art project ‘Music of the Spheres’. Concept from Dutch scientists and engineers for a resilient interstellar space vehicle constructed from a hollowed-out asteroid. Purposeful dissociation In cognitive-behavioural therapy there is a technique...
18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
... major mechanisms emerged; the injection of 26Al from a giant active star or supernova that spewed material into interstellar space, or the irradiation of dust and gas within the Solar System. Aiming to narrow down the answer, researchers...
19 November 2021
New mission to search for habitable planets close to Earth announced
... $A788,000 from the Australian Government's International Space Investment: Expand Capability grant, to support the mission. ...are where humanity will take our first steps into interstellar space using high-speed, futuristic, robotic probes. A ...
