September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
..., as some would suggest, to pretend that images of Earth brought to us by American astronauts journeying to the Moon gave...telecom satellites, all of which have revolutionised daily life on Earth. With programmes like Copernicus and Galileo, Europe ...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... entrepreneur Yuri Milner hopes to be responsible for the first Earth-made probe to visit Alpha Centauri. And, attempting to ...at the point where the line between science fiction and real life is seeming more blurred. Celestial mining is now a very...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
...science performed on the ISS is ultimately about improving life on Earth. The same processes developed and used to provide ...the scarce fresh kind, is an essential requirement for all life on Earth (right down to the cellular level), NASA tracks nearly...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... we have started. Perhaps in the future we will be the first to get closer to solving the mystery of the emergence of life on Earth. About the authors Oleg I Orlov, Dr.Sci. (Med.), M.S., MBA is a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS...
23 July 2015
Exoplanet Kepler 452b and what the search for a real life “Another Earth” means for human self-perception
... light years away from us. Everything we currently know about biological life dictates that in order to sustain it, a planet must have ...discovery of Kepler 452b is a good chance to reflect on Earth from an outside perspective. What if we are not alone...
02 October 2017
New molecule discovery may have implications for chemistry on Earth
... stable organohalogen in interstellar space, it simultaneously dashes hopes that its presence points to potential signs of life beyond our planet. On Earth chloromethane can be emitted by tropical plants and peat bogs, but this recent discovery shows...
