space

NASA outlines six new storm-chasing CubeSats

Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

NASA has outlined six new missions to be launched over the next few months that are equipped with new methods of studying the Earth's atmosphere, climate and weather.

China successfully launched the new Long March 5 rocket

Posted in Science on 5th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

The new Long March 5 rocket launched successfully on Thursday. The rocket could be used to support a Chinese space station and send an uncrewed mission to Mars.

James Webb: Two years to Hubble successor's launch

Posted in Science on 4th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

Engineers have finished assembling the telescope that will succeed Hubble.

The crash that created our moon was crazier than we thought

Posted in Science on 3rd Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller

New research potentially rewrites our modern ideas on the moon's origins.

NASA's New 'Intruder Alert' System Spots An Incoming Asteroid

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

It's constantly scanning data from telescopes to see if there are any reports of so-called Near Earth Objects.