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UK demonstrates its first ‘green’ high-powered rocket engine

November 22, 2021
A UK nuclear fusion company based in Bletchley, has just developed and tested its first launch capable, high-power chemical rocket engine in the UK. The company’s ultimate ambition in the...

Commercial quanta image sensors – a new era in solid-state imaging

May 27, 2021
Solid-state technology capable of imaging individual photons of light to enable full-speed photon counting at room temperature is now accessible commercially. The CMOS-based QIS devices use patented sensor architecture and...

High-resolution model offers stunningly realistic simulation of the birth of stars

May 21, 2021
A team including Northwestern University astrophysicists has developed the most realistic, highest-resolution 3D simulation of star formation to date. The result is a visually stunning, mathematically-driven marvel that allows viewers...

Visualising the light-bending dance of binary black holes using NASA’s Discover supercomputer

April 20, 2021
Try to imagine and describe a black hole. A big one! Now try to imagine a second supermassive black hole and bring the two together in a single system. How...

The chronicles of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance continued – the first test drives

March 12, 2021
During it's first week on the planet's surface, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and its Earthbound team has been carefully test driving all onboard systems. This culminated in a more...

The chronicles of NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance

February 24, 2021
Only a few days in and NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is wowing us with spectacular footage, from audio of its exciting decent to video and panoramic images of the...

Could you be the new face of space?

February 17, 2021
The European Space Agency is opening its 'Gateway to Space' and inviting you to explore the potential for a new career, whether as a researcher, a student graduate, a professional...

Astronomers confirm Farfarout is our most distant object

February 15, 2021
Farfarout... is a faint little rock only 400km across. Farther out than Farout - in fact, far enough out to take a millenium to orbit the Sun - Farfarout is...

Science priorities agreed for 2024 lunar exploration

December 9, 2020
Planetary processes and polar resource potential prioritised by lunar science team. Researchers predict that collaboration and complimentary skills across the Artemis III team will support the most compelling science possible...

Significant water deposits on the moon confirmed

October 26, 2020
If you got trapped on the moon you'd at least be able to fill your water bottle according to NASA's new findings. After promising the world to expect an exciting...

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