11 December 2019
Water abundance lower than expected on exoplanets
... our planet has been crucial for establishing complex life on Earth. So when research was published last year suggesting... be teeming with water worlds, the hope of finding extraterrestrial life elsewhere got a serious boost. Now however, one of the...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... a provision for endorsing research on technosignatures; signals that could be used to indicate the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. “[The ] bipartisan NASA Authorization Act of 2020 is the product of hearings, testimony, and careful work...
19 June 2020
US firm offers flights to edge-of-space under high-tech balloon
...described as a two-hour gentle ascent “above 99 percent of the Earth’s atmosphere,” will take the “Explorers” to a height of 30 kilometres... – both to perform much-needed research to benefit life on Earth and to affect how we view and connect with our...
08 December 2020
First ever COVID-19 drug research in space through ICE Cubes
...orbit is not only hugely important in preparation for space, the research also benefits life on Earth. Fast access to space through commercial service as ICE Cubes allows for short-term turn-around on type of ...
