March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
... layer under the surface as some craters appear to have been ‘refilled’ with ice after the initial meteorite impact. In addition, measurements of Europa’s magnetic field by Galileo also show that the moon has its own...
February 2019
A universal spaceship design concept
... communication systems a multi-layered spaceship hull structure incorporating thermal insulation, radiation protection and meteorite protection, while supporting temperature management under all illumination conditions. Asingle vertical frame profile...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
... future. The surface part of MoonCampus is placed under a dome to protect the crew in training from radiation and meteorites. The campus consists of training and workshop areas, living areas, sport facilities and Virtual Reality training...
October 2019
Are we prepared for SETI discovery?
... of putative discoveries of traces of extraterrestrial life, the most famous of which was the case of the Martian meteorite ALH84001, discovered in 1984. Most of these announcements were followed by a bout of media hype which was independent...
January 2020
Old rocks, new tricks - a lunar link to modern volcanology
... atmosphere to reshape its mantle, crust or surface. Other than impacting processes that range from ‘gardening’ by micro-meteorites (that mechanically break the surface into smaller and smaller pieces), to much larger, but rarer, impacts...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... nothing to an international reputation, Ouyang had to be resourceful, meticulously analysing an Apollo 17 sample, gifted to the country, and meteorites collected both in China and Antarctica. Now in his mid-80s, Ouyang is jubilant about the success...
