space
Luxembourg announces plans to launch an asteroid mining rig into orbit
Posted in Business on 7th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
Luxembourg aims to be a leading asteroid miner, and Obama signed a bill that allows companies to mine resources from space.
SpaceX successfully lands its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating drone ship again
Posted in Science on 6th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
Now, SpaceX has both demonstrated that it can land the Falcon 9 at sea, and that the company can repeat the process.
More evidence that comets could have nurtured life on earth
Posted in Science on 5th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
Increased carbon levels in the rocks soon after the impact were evidence that microbial life may have thrived in the crater.
Europe and Russia delay ExoMars rover project to 2020
Posted in Science on 4th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The aim of the mission is to land a rover on the Red Planet. Capable of drilling up to 2m below the surface, it would search for signs of past or present life.
UK wins satellite contract to 'weigh' the biomass in Earth's forests
Posted in Hardware on 4th May, 2016
by Alex Muller
The data will be important for climate research, and will create a baseline for treaties that seek to monitor the status of global forest resources.