Home News Science & Astronomy Artist’s evidence-based depiction of the blast, which had the power of 1,000 Hiroshimas. (Image credit: Allen West and Jennifer Rice, CC BY-ND) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.Christopher R. Moore, Archaeologist and Special Projects Director at the Savannah River…
Home News Entertainment Human eyes have been firmly fixed on the heavens these days, with SpaceX’s Inspiration 4 mission taking private citizens for a three-day spin around planet Earth, Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic rocket plane blasting to the edge of space, followed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aboard the New Shepard rocket for…
Our knowledge of the universe is bound by the scope of our senses, but our minds know no such limits. When a campfire’s glow blinds us to the source of a twig-snap in the wooded darkness, we imagine all sorts of dire prospects. But step out a few paces, set the fire to our backs,…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain With lower barriers to entry and no traditional gatekeepers, online platforms offer a promise of broader participation by and equity for female scientists, with the potential to serve as an equalizer for researchers who encounter bias throughout the publishing process and at every stage of their careers. But a new Northwestern…
Northbrook, IL — (SBWIRE) — 09/20/2021 — According to a research report “Space DC-DC Converter Market by Application, Type (Isolated, Non-Isolated), Form Factor (Chassis Mount, Enclosed, Brick, Discrete), Input Voltage (75V), Output Voltage, Output Power, Platform, Type, and Region – Forecast to 2026” published by MarketsandMarkets, The space DC-DC converter market size is projected to…
Home News Spaceflight China’s three Shenzhou 12 astronauts inside their spacecraft during their launch to space. (Image credit: CCTV) China’s three astronauts are set to return home on Friday after two spacewalks and setting a new national record for longest crewed spaceflight mission.Astronauts Nie Haisheng (commander), Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo have spent 90 days…
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience hurls sideways above the Earth as it approaches the International Space Station in 2020. NASA TV Space is just right there — about 62 miles up, only a little farther away from you than San Jose is from San Francisco. Heck, you can get halfway to space in a balloon.But the…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is starting a private space company called Privateer.The company has been founded alongside Alex Fielding, who was a member of the first iMac team and founded “Wheels of Zeus” (‘WoZ’) in 2002 – a company that created wireless location trackers – but it is unclear exactly what the company will do.Privateer’s…
Home News Spaceflight Two astronauts installed the mount for a new solar array outside of the International Space Station during the first spacewalk to not include an American or Russian crew member as one of the pair.Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet with the European Space Agency…
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