space

The Water on Mars May Not Be Drinkable

Posted in Science on 9th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

If the water is coming from underground, it must be held in very deep aquifers, which would make the water far too salty to desalinate.

NASA works to wake up Curiosity as mission gets two-year extension

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

On July 2, the nuclear-powered rover experienced some sort of a glitch and stopped most of its tasks as it went through a sequence to make sure it was still operating.

Biologists will be able to track animals in real time using the ISS

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

Satellite imagery has gotten to the point where saying that something is "big enough to see from space" doesn't really mean much anymore.

China to launch 'hack-proof' quantum satellite next month

Posted in Hardware on 7th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Technology is first step towards building unbreakable network of communications based on cutting-edge physics.

RemoveDebris to launch space cleanup demonstrator

Posted in Science on 6th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

There are some 7,000 tonnes of space debris circling the Earth. Whizzing in orbit at tens of thousands of miles per hour, even a small fragment could destroy a satellite.