For Life, Size Matters: Mars might be too Small to be Habitable
According to new research, the size of rocky worlds may play a role in determining their habitability. Some planets and moons, including Mars, appear to…
Astronomy
On Mars, Dunes are being used to Decipher Wind
A dune is a sand mound formed by the wind, typically on a beach or in a desert. When the wind blows sand into a…
White Dwarfs that Burn Hydrogen Live a Long Life
Could dying celebrities hold the key to looking younger? New evidence suggests that white dwarfs may continue to burn hydrogen in their final stages of…
Lunar samples Reveal the Truth about the Moon’s alleged Magnetic Shield
Magnetization may result from impacts of objects such as meteors, rather than magnetization caused by the presence of a magnetic shield, according to tests of…
Stars’ Strange Midlife Crisis may be linked to Magnetic Fields
Recent observations have revealed a surprising breakdown of stellar gyrochronology relations around the Sun’s age, implying that middle-aged, solar-like stars are transitioning to a magnetically…
Near Space, Labs closes $13M Series A to send more Earth-imaging robots to the stratosphere
Resurgence in geospatial intelligence has occurred as a result of lower launch costs and a bevy of other technological advancements, with many firms trying to…
Inspiration4’s Successful Splashdown is just the beginning of Private Spaceflight for SpaceX
The Inspiration 4 crew made a winning splashdown Saturday evening off the east coast of Florida, marking the end of the first fully private, all-civilian…
F5 acquires cloud Security Startup Threat Stack for $68 million
F5, an application networking business, has announced the $68 million acquisition of Threat Stack, a Boston-based cloud security and compliance startup. The 25-year-old business is…
Aurora Propulsion Technologies Closes €1.7M Seed for Spacecraft Maneuvering and Deorbiting Tech
This year, more spacecraft will be launched into orbit than at any other time in human history, and the number of satellite launches is expected…
The Three Shenzhou 12 Taikonauts have Returned to Earth
After three months on board the Tiangong Space Station, Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming, and Tang Hongbo have safely returned to Earth. The three taikonauts –…
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