February 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
... in the Universe 235-242. 19 Wetherill, G.W. (1994) Possible Consequences of “Jupiters” in Planetary Systems, Astrophysics and Space Science 212: 23-32 20 Levison, H.F., L. Dones, and M.J. Duncan (2001) The origin of Halley-type comets: Probing the...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... total number of electrons the signal has traversed in the diffuse plasma that fills interstellar and intergalactic space, called the dispersion measure. This smearing of the radio signal due to electrons in the cosmic medium is analogous...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
...visiting an Earth-like world moved from the realm of science fiction to a tantalising possibility. In the Summer issue... a few tens of tonnes, real astronauts on the International Space Station require approximately 1.8 kg of food and packaging per day...
July 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
..., a 10-metre radio telescope launched by the Russian space agency into a highly elliptical Earth orbit. This collaboration...amazing scientific legacy. Its unique place in the history of science as the world’s largest radio telescope and the most ...
18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
... ‘Small’-class mission implemented in the Cosmic Vision 2015–25 programme, the current planning cycle for ESA's space science missions, and the first mission in the programme overall to be launched. As a Small-class mission with a relatively short...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... a significant setback for many scientists and wealthy space enthusiasts who have ambitious plans of human exploration and...in this test inside a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver. This configuration is how the spacecraft will ...
