When is it okay to kill an alien life form? In the movies, the answer is usually pretty straightforward: it’s fine in self-defense, especially if it inspires a rousing speech …
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This story originally appeared in WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. Their existence had been questioned for decades, but now we can finally say for sure: there are …
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Space Solar is working on the design of a satellite called CASSIOPeiA, which Physics World describes as if it were “a spiral staircase, with the photovoltaic panels as the ‘rungs’ …
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One of China’s most promising space companies, Space Pioneer, experienced a serious anomaly last weekend while testing the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket near the city of Gongyi. The …
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The United States wants to integrate the commercial space industry with its military to prevent cyber attacks
by ElijahTHIS ARTICLE IS republished from The conversation under Creative Commons License. The US military recently launched an innovative initiative to strengthen ties with the commercial space industryThe goal is to …
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There’s a famous star that I’m sure you’ve seen in the sky. Its name is Betelgeuse and you can find it in the constellation Orion, where it marks Orion’s right …
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Almost exactly two Years ago, while preparing for the next generation of human spaceflight, NASA tapped a pair of private companies to design and develop new spacesuits. These were new …
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In addition to raising these legal and ethical dilemmas, the Apollo waste bags have also inspired interesting scientific questions. How long did those microbes last in bags on the Moon? …
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in an update Released late Friday, NASA said it was “adjusting” the date of the Starliner spacecraft’s return to Earth from June 26 to an unspecified time in July. The …
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Robert Brandenberger, a physicist at McGill University who was not involved in the study, said the new paper “sets a new standard of rigor for the analysis” of early mathematics. …