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The Science Stories Well Be Watching in 2017

Posted in Science on 31st Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

Here are Gizmodo's most anticipated scientific and technological developments of 2017.

Moon and Mars in China's five-year space plan

Posted in Science on 29th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

Mars and the far side of the Moon are on the itinerary for China's National Space Administration (CNSA), according to a new white paper released this week.

Scientists plan on contacting the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System

Posted in Science on 28th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists are making preparations to send a transmission to Proxima b - the closest Earth-like exoplanet to our Solar System.

Laser-Based Propulsion System Could Get Us to Mars in Record Time; Just Three Days

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

With conventional rocketry, we can make it to the red planet in five months time, at its closest point to Earth.

Emdrive: China claims success with this 'reactionless' engine for space travel

Posted in Science on 22nd Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller

It's a piece of space tech that sounds almost too good to be true.