🛰 Space
🔭 Building blocks for life found around young stars
A study led by Dr. John Ilee from the University of Leed has through analyzing the unique "fingerprints" of light around young stars discovered that there are reservoirs of molecules necessary to create life. The molecules have been detected in the...
🌽 Space tech to give arid countries food surplus
With permanent moon settlements and missions to Mars being planned for a not-too-distant future, many practicalities are to be resolved. Among these concerns is, of course, the prospect of supplying food for these long or even indefinite missions. A solution pursued...
⛽ “Gas stations” to extend satellite lifespans
With advancing technologies and a growing understanding of the potential utilities of said technologies, space is becoming ever more important. Growing numbers of advanced and valuable satellites are being launched, and while this is a reason for excitement, there are...
🛰 Satellite swarms can teach us more about climate change
NASA is now studying a way to use many small satellites as a very flexible telescope to observe the earth. The idea is that the satellites will observe the same object, for example, a cloud system that may develop into a hurricane, over an extended period and from...
