space

NASA's next-gen exoplanet hunter gets to work

Posted in Science on 28th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

On July 25, the unmanned Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) got to work on its two-year whole-sky survey to seek out planets outside our solar system.

Huge lake of liquid water found on Mars

Posted in Science on 26th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

A huge liquid water lake has been found on Mars, stretching 20 km (12.4 mi) and buried beneath 1.5 km (0.9 mi) of ice at the Red Planet's south pole.

Did the Moon once have life?

Posted in Science on 24th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

Today, the Moon is as dead as you can get, but scientists contend that this might not have been the case billions of years ago.

SpaceX will be launching another Block 5 rocket but will add new helium tanks for NASA astronaut missions

Posted in Hardware on 22nd Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

SpaceX is working towards getting Falcon 9 Block 5 certified for launching astronauts.

Ground based telescopes have surpassed Hubble Space Telescope in picture sharpness

Posted in Science on 19th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller

Its possible to capture images from the ground at visible wavelengths that are sharper than those from the Hubble Space Telescope.