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Oct 12, 2016
‘Asgardia’ will defend the Earth against deadly attacks as independent space nation
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
Oct 11, 2016
Deep space: Can we beat the physics?
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: physics, space
Oct 6, 2016
First-Ever Discovery: Complex Organic Molecules Found on Rosetta’s Comet
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: particle physics, space
In Brief.
The ESA’s Rosetta comet orbiter has found complex, solid organic molecules in dust particles that came of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, lending credence to the theory that organic compounds, or even life itself came from the stars.
Over the past few months, the ESA’s Rosetta orbiter has been feeding us valuable data on comets: where they come from, what they’re made of, how they work, and so on. But its time is nearly at an end, with a kamikaze dive towards the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko scheduled for later this month.
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Oct 4, 2016
Airbus signs up first customer for external space station platform
Posted by Andreas Matt in category: space
Sep 30, 2016
These Dudes Played IRL Space Invaders
Posted by Elmar Arunov in categories: drones, space
Sep 27, 2016
Scientists study a Martian meteorite with a little help from 3D printing
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: 3D printing, space
A 3D-printing company is aiding NASA by using its additive manufacturing technology to create an accurate replica of a meteorite located 34 million miles from Earth.
Measuring approximately 2 feet in length, the meteorite known as Block Island was first discovered on Mars by the Exploration Rover Opportunity in 2009. Studying it is an important part of furthering our knowledge about Mars and other planets, but at present the prospect of bringing it to Earth to examine u close is out of the question.
Fortunately, the Mars rover was able to take images and measurements to transmit back home, and this data has now been used by Mcor Technologies, an Ireland-based 3D-printing company, to create a life-size Block Island model.
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Sep 27, 2016
NASA just detected high-energy X-rays in space that don’t come from any known source
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: energy, space
A NASA-funded study has solved a longstanding mystery over the origin of X-rays that permeate space in our Solar System, but in doing so, it’s also discovered an entire group of high-energy X-rays that can’t be explained.
The research comes from a new analysis of data recorded by NASA’s DXL rocket mission, which took flight in 2012 to settle the question of what creates these low-energy X-ray emissions – called the diffuse soft X-ray background – in our corner of the galaxy.
At the time, there were two central hypotheses. X-ray emissions were known to come from solar wind, but scientists also thought they might originate from what’s called the Local Hot Bubble – a theorised region of hot gas that envelops our Solar System. But which was correct?
