‘World’s first’ steam-propelled spacecraft heads to the moon and beyond

Could water-based propulsion be the future of CubeSat navigation?. A Japanese propulsion company launched its first experimental water-based thruster technology to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission earlier this month, a press statement reveals. The company, called Pale Blue, installed its technology on a Sony nanosatellite. The Japanese...

An international team of scientists is focusing on mercury from Siberian volcanoes that ended up in sediments in Australia and South Africa to understand how the events of the Late Permian Mass Extinction (LPME) unfolded, according to a press release (Jan .26). The team of scientists includes Professor and Department...

The SLS rocket passed its first test with flying colors.

The new technology will "open the world of microgravity research to a new market."

Fully autonomous vehicle technology is conquering the skies, with UAVs being used for various purposes. Now, a purpose-built independent cargo electric plane was unveiled by Pyka. Christened Pelican Cargo is said to be the "largest zero-emission cargo airplane and the first autonomous vehicle of its class," noted a media release.

The unmanned aircraft with an air-breathing engine, can fly greater than five times the speed of sound, claim the researchers.

The approach could be advantageous when critical infrastructure is compromised.

The Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is home to the first-ever report of a Pallas's cat, according to research from a recent publication that was published in Cat News. The 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Trip’s joint project plays an important role in this finding. As...

If you love science and technology then you have probably stumbled upon the videos of former NASA engineer Mark Rober. You may remember this one where he dropped an egg from space and collected it safe and intact or this one where he took five years to build a domino robot.

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed an interesting solution to regulating the temperature of buildings. They designed a "chameleon-like" building material that changes its infrared color and the amount of heat it absorbs and emits based on the temperature outside. To elaborate, the material can emit up to 92 percent of the infrared heat it contains, thereby cooling the inside of a building. And on colder days, the material emits just seven percent of its infrared, helping keep a building warm.

A green comet called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will make its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years tomorrow, on February 2. The comet will come within 26.4 million miles of the planet — 110 times the distance to the moon. The last time it flew by Earth, Neanderthals were...

WindFloat Atlantic, the world's first semi-submersible floating offshore wind farm, has been in operation now for two full years, according to a report by offshorewind.biz published on Friday. The 25 MW farm closed 2022 with an electricity production of 78GWh, marking a five percent increase in output compared to 2021.

DARPA's Liberty Lifter X-Plane Program enters Phase I

The European Space Agency (ESA) is using a unique robotic arm to bring back Martian samples to Earth, according to a statement by the organization published on Thursday (Jan .26). “The mission to return Martian samples back to Earth will see a European 2.5 meter-long robotic arm pick up tubes...

A recent image released by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows a spiral galaxy in astonishing detail amidst a legion of other galaxies and stars. The telescope beautifully captured intricate details of the spiral galaxy encompassed by a multitude of other dazzling kaleidoscopic stars and galaxies. The splendid...

It is "designed to use an inherently safe and extremely robust fuel form."

Whether you're looking at tropical forests in Brazil, grasslands in California, or coral reefs in Australia, it is hard to find places where humanity hasn’t left a mark. The scale of the alteration, invasion, or destruction of natural ecosystems can be mind-bogglingly huge. Thankfully, researchers, governments, and everyday people...

SpaceX has successfully launched its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket to orbit 200 times. That impressive milestone comes in a year in which the private space firm also aims to lift its next-generation Starship into orbit for the very first time. SpaceX launches Falcon 9 to orbit 200 times. The reusable...

Clarissa Pavao, an undergraduate at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona, discovered a rare binary star system with very unusual features, a press release reveals. The twin-star system is luminous with X-rays and high in mass. However, the main reason it stood out in observations is its very circular orbit,...

“Our discovery of MDA raises many questions on the very nature of liquid water."