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Planet 9 could have once been an exoplanet, stolen by our sun
Posted in Science on 31st May, 2016
by Alex Muller
'Astronomers often find exoplanets hundreds of light years away in other solar systems, but there is probably one hiding in our own backyard'
Space experts say sending humans to Mars worth the risk
Posted in Science on 31st May, 2016
by Alex Muller
There's a long-standing joke that NASA is always 20 years from putting astronauts on Mars. A to-do list from 2015 looks remarkably similar to one compiled in 1990.
Mysterious Heavy Ion Beams Above Mars Explained
Posted in Science on 30th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
NASA's latest mission to Mars has uncovered the origins of fast-moving streams of particles high above the planet, flowing against the solar wind.
Darpa urgently wants a space plane it can fly day after day
Posted in Science on 30th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
DARPA says it's looking to 'enable routine, low cost space access,' making the delivery of satellites to orbit as routine as, say, shipping cargo across the oceans.
Inflatable module pops to full size on ISS
Posted in Science on 29th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) aboard the ISS has successfully been inflated on the second try.