Category: Space

Airbus unveils Adeline, its clever answer to SpaceX’s reusable rockets | Ars Technica

The main engines sprout wings and propellers, and fly back to HQ like a drone. Source: Airbus unveils Adeline, its clever answer to SpaceX’s reusable >>>

Posted: June 8, 2015 in Space

NASA JPL Live, Ustream.TV: Upcoming Event: LDSD Mars Landing Technology Flight Test June 8, 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 1700 UTC) Watch live as our Low-Density…

Upcoming Event: LDSD Mars Landing Technology Flight TestJune 8, 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET, 1700 UTC)Watch live as our Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator takes to >>>

Posted: June 8, 2015 in Space

Two giant black holes might crash into each other in 21 years | Science! | Geek.com

In the center of most galaxies (ours included) there is a supermassive black hole that holds everything together. However, one galaxy 10.5 billion light years >>>

Posted: May 28, 2015 in Space

Is Europa habitable? NASA mission will use these 9 instruments to find out

NASA has unveiled how a spacecraft bound for Europa will figure out if the Jupiter moon has the right conditions for life, as many scientists >>>

Posted: May 28, 2015 in Space

The House just passed a bill about space mining. The future is here. – The Washington Post

e quick to point out that the bill doesn’t do anything to curtail the FAA Source: The House just passed a bill about space mining. >>>

Posted: May 22, 2015 in Space

Rare Quartet of Quasars Found in the Early Universe | Science | Smithsonian

The quirky set of extremely bright black holes challenges theories for how the cosmos reached its current structure Source: Rare Quartet of Quasars Found in >>>

Posted: May 16, 2015 in Space

New research reveals Europa’s mystery dark material could be sea salt

gests the o Source: New research reveals Europa’s mystery dark material could be sea salt

Posted: May 12, 2015 in Space

No Warp Drive Here: NASA Downplays ‘Impossible’ EM Drive Space Engine

The Internet has been abuzz recently with reports that a NASA research team has made significant progress toward developing a propellant-free thruster system. But space >>>

Posted: May 11, 2015 in Space, Transportation

Fresh evidence for how water reached Earth found in asteroid debris

New research strongly suggests that water delivery via asteroids or comets is likely taking place in many other planetary systems, just as it happened on >>>

Posted: May 10, 2015 in Space

Asteroid-Mining Company to Deploy 1st Satellite This Summer

Planetary Resources’ Arkyd-3R probe currently sits aboard the International Space Station and is scheduled to be deployed into orbit sometime in July, representatives of the >>>

Posted: May 6, 2015 in Space