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ESA Is Going To Spend $102 Million To Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk
Universe Today - 28 Nov 2020 06:01
How much would you be willing to spend to remove a piece of space debris? Does $102 million sound like enough? That is how much a contract between the European Space Agency (ESA) and a Swiss start-up named ClearSpace SA ...
Physicists could do the 'impossible': Create and destroy magnetic fields from afar
SPACE.com - 28 Nov 2020 15:17
The ability to cancel and induce magnetic fields from a distance could improve biomedicine.
A third of the stars in the Milky Way came from a single merger 10 billion years ago
Universe Today - 28 Nov 2020 06:03
Ten billion years ago the young Milky Way survived a titanic merger with a neighboring galaxy, eventually consuming the whole thing. Now, remnants of that fossil galaxy still swim in our galaxy’s core – and astronome...
A new way to map out dark matter is 10 times more precise than the previous-best method
Universe Today - 28 Nov 2020 05:05
Astronomers have to be extra clever to map out the invisible dark matter in the universe. Recently, a team of researchers have improved an existing technique, making it up to ten times better at seeing in the dark. Dark ...
One of These Pictures Is the Brain, the Other is the Universe. Can You Tell Which is Which?
Universe Today - 28 Nov 2020 23:19
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty and s...
The best Star Trek gift ideas for 2020
SPACE.com - 28 Nov 2020 22:50
Drones, books, games, toys and more dominate the multispecies Federation universe
Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core
Universe Today - 28 Nov 2020 20:13
Astronomers have detected a fusion cycle in our Sun that powers massive stars and creates the elements central to life in the cosmos. The post Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core appeared...
China's Chang'e 5 enters lunar orbit for historic attempt to return moon samples
SPACE.com - 28 Nov 2020 19:14
China's Chang'e 5 spacecraft has entered orbit around the moon ahead of an historic attempt to collect samples from the moon and return to Earth.
NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 27 November, 2020
SpaceRef - 28 Nov 2020 17:24
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....
Axelspace prepares to expand Earth-observation constellation
Space News - 28 Nov 2020 00:34
With four satellites scheduled to launch in 2021, Tokyo-based Axelspace Corp. is moving toward its goal of capturing daily, global Earth imagery. SpaceNews