space
Rocket Lab may try to launch its Electron rocket for the first time this weekend
Posted in Hardware on 20th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Electron could become a powerful system for putting small satellites into space for cheap.
By 2020 hundreds of earth sized exoplanets should be discovered and many will have basic atmosphere elements detected
Posted in Science on 17th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Currently there are 3486 confirmed exoplanets.
Inmarsat rides SpaceX Falcon into orbit, booster falls into Atlantic
Posted in Hardware on 16th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Inmarsat, the UK's biggest space company, has boosted its global broadband network with the launch of a fourth high-frequency satellite.
Moon as unprospected eighth continent that will produce trillionaires
Posted in Science on 13th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
Moon Express is one of only two teams in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition with a verified launch contract for its 2017 lunar mission.
Humanity must populate a new planet within 100 years, warns Stephen Hawking
Posted in Science on 13th May, 2017
by Alex Muller
He cites 'climate change, overdue asteroid strikes, epidemics and population growth' as reasons to leave.