21 December 2020
Innovative design could see CubeSats "steam-powered"
... exposed surface area", according to Jack Miller, R and D engineer for the ThermaSat program. "Using a combination of photonic crystals and gold-tinted mirrors the completely inert capacitor reaches a blistering operating temperature of 1,052 K (778...
22 January 2021
Russia develops instrument to search for precious metals on the Moon and Mars
... this by first recording both the "flight" of a high-energy cosmic-ray particle, and then the gamma-photon that is emitted from the element when struck by the cosmic-ray, Mitrofanov explained. The device is also...
24 December 2021
Less than 24hrs to go before the launch of JWST!
... before focusing it on the detectors. Each of Webb's four instruments has its own set of detectors, which absorb photons and convert them to electronic voltages that can be measured. These detectors allow Webb to "see" light outside...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... a new ion propulsion system and a new method of communication by laser. This technology demonstration encodes its messages on photons – particles of light – instead of radio waves, which gives it the potential to transmit far more data back to Earth...
12 July 2019
Hubble uncovers black hole that shouldn't exist
..., so close that the velocities and the intensity of the gravitational pull are affecting how we see the photons of light,” explained the study’s first author, Stefano Bianchi, of Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Italy. In order...
