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Orion Passengers on Artemis I to test radiation vest for deep space missions

Feb 14, 2020 (SPX)

Earth's atmosphere and magnetic shielding protect us from most of the radiation in the universe, including radiation from our Sun. When astronauts leave Earth, ...

Astroscale teams with JAXA for Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Project

Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)

The JAXA Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration project (CRD2) consists of two mission phases to achieve one of the world's first debris removal missions of...

Researchers develop smaller, lighter radiation shielding

Feb 13, 2020 (SPX)

"Our approach can be used to maintain the same level of radiation shielding and reduce the weight by 30% or more, or you could maintain the same weight and impr...

In Norway, bottles made of plastic are still fantastic

Feb 13, 2020 (AFP)

"You have to get rid of them, so you may as well do it intelligently," says the woman in her 70s, as the machine spits out a bar-code ticket that entitles her t...

NASA prepares for Moon and Mars with new addition to its deep space network

Feb 12, 2020 (JPL)

Using massive antenna dishes, the agency talks to more than 30 deep space missions on any given day, including many international missions. As more missions hav...

Using sound and light to generate ultra-fast data transfer

Feb 12, 2020 (SPX)

What distinguishes terahertz quantum cascade lasers from other lasers is the fact that they emit light in the terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum. T...

Making 3-D printing smarter with machine learning

Feb 12, 2020 (SPX)

What happens to the unusable print jobs? They must be discarded, presenting a significant environmental and financial cost to industry. A team of researchers fr...

New threads: Nanowires made of tellurium and nanotubes hold promise for wearable tech

Feb 11, 2020 (SPX)

Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), studied by physicists at Michigan Technological University, encase tellurium atomic chains like a straw, which could be controll...

Amazon wants Trump testimony about huge Pentagon contract

Feb 10, 2020 (AFP)

As part of an evidence gathering phase of an appeal on the awarding of the "JEDI" contract to upgrade the US military's computing networks, Amazon asked a judge...

Fastest high-precision 3D printer

Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)

Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now developed a system to print highly precise, centimeter-sized objects with submicrometer details ...

First time controlling two spacecraft with one dish

Feb 06, 2020 (ESA)

Late on Thursday 30 January, the 35-metre New Norcia dish in Western Australia 'spoke' to Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). Talking with two...

Researchers report progress on molecular data storage system

Feb 05, 2020 (SPX)

In a study published in Nature Communications, the team stored a variety of image files - a Picasso drawing, an image of the Egyptian god Anubis and others - in...

Breakthrough 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife, Scotland

Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)

Edinburgh-based satellite launch firm Skyrora has completed a week of static horizontal firings conducted in Fife to compare the behaviour of kerosene and eco-f...

UNH researchers find clues to how hazardous space radiation begins

Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)

These observations show how plasma that is released after a solar flare - a sudden flash of increased brightness - can accelerate and pile up energetic particle...

Can wood construction transform cities from carbon source to carbon vault

Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)

But if society is able to use more wood-based products to meet this building demand, this urban growth might actually present an opportunity to mitigate climate...

Sustainable 3D-printed super magnets

Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)

But due to the increasing miniaturisation of electronics and the more exacting requirements, this places on magnetic components in terms of geometry, these conv...

AFRL, partners develop innovative tools to accelerate composites certification

Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)

Creating a new materials characterization subfacility, known as the Materials Solutions Network, will drive composite manufacturing into a physics-based exact s...

AFRL, Partners Develop Innovative Tools To Accelerate Composites Certification

Jan 31, 2020 (SPX)

Creating a new materials characterization subfacility, known as the Materials Solutions Network, will drive composite manufacturing into a physics-based exact s...

'Satellite Collision is a Clear and Present Danger' - Professor

Jan 31, 2020 (Sputnik)

According to a representative from the US Space Command, experts predict that satellite collisions could become a common occurrence if non-operational satellite...

Two satellites just avoided a head-on smash. How close did they come to disaster?

Jan 31, 2020 (The Conservation)

It all began with a series of tweets from LeoLabs, a company that uses radar to track satellites and debris in space. It predicted that two obsolete satellites ...