Month: December 2020

Spiders in Space: Without Gravity, Light Becomes Key to Orientation

Spiders in Space: Without Gravity, Light Becomes Key to Orientation

Humans have taken spiders into space more than once to study the importance of gravity…

A Technique to Sift Out the Universe’s First Gravitational Waves

A Technique to Sift Out the Universe’s First Gravitational Waves

In the moments immediately following the Big Bang, the very first gravitational waves rang out.…

Researchers Get a Look at the Sun’s Dusty Environment

Researchers Get a Look at the Sun’s Dusty Environment

Researchers from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado…

Water on Mars Not as Widespread as Previously Thought

Water on Mars Not as Widespread as Previously Thought

Water on Mars, in the form of brines, may not be as widespread as previously…

Hubble Identifies Strange Exoplanet That Behaves Like the Long-Sought “Planet Nine”

Hubble Identifies Strange Exoplanet That Behaves Like the Long-Sought “Planet Nine”

The 11-Jupiter-mass exoplanet called HD106906 b occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336…

Aluminium Alloy Research Could Benefit Manned Space Missions

Aluminium Alloy Research Could Benefit Manned Space Missions

The MIAMI-2 – Microscopes and Ion Accelerators for Materials Investigations – facility has helped Dr.…

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Image-Based Navigation Could Help Spacecraft Safely Land on the Moon

In order for future lunar exploration missions to be successful and land more precisely, engineers…