Space and science are two subjects that have a vast range of potential to explore. From particle physics to cosmology, science is a wide-open arena for new ideas and studies. However, fewer students are entering…
If you’ve heard the news that many scientists from across the world have been discussing the possibilities of mining in space for resources, you’ve probably been pretty excited. Mining on the moon and on other…
The northernmost city in Sweden, Kiruna, a small Arctic settlement has an international airport and regular flights to London and Tokyo. Now, the town with 18,000 inhabitants has much larger plans: to allow the general public…
NASA experts shows that most smartphones on the market today contain many of the essential elements for a satellite, and a fast processor, integrated cameras and many sensors. Therefore, experts explain, why build a system…
Although it is by far the largest and most “troubled” object in the solar system, Sun manages to retain a spherical shape of a perfection which astonishes scientists. For comparison, if the star who gave…
Moon Express Inc.. is one of the companies listed in the Google Lunar X Prize competition, which aims to exploit the resources of the moon. Company aims at exploiting the so-called rare earth minerals containing…
Tuesday night to Wednesday, an asteroid about 400 meters in diameter will pass between Earth and Moon. Although the largest celestial body approaching this size at a distance so small our planet in the last…
All planets orbit their stars in the same direction that the sun rotates – at least so far it was thought. Dr. Daniel Bayliss ANU astronomer and his colleagues have discovered a planet that does…
A dramatic solar eruption recorded by a NASA’s space observatory, occurred on June 7. Despite the spectacular phenomenon, the effects of eruption on Earth, are insignificant. Bill Murtagh, one of the coordinators of Space Weather…
The boundary of our solar system has a turbulent sea full of bubblesmagnetic new research shows NASA. Scientists discovered this by applying a new computer model to data obtained by the Voyager space probes. The…