15 May 2017
Electron rocket gets ready for first flight test
...does the rocket benefit from an entirely new propulsion cycle that utilises an oxygen/kerosene pump fed engine, it... hours and it is the first rocket engine to use such a unique cycle. If the up and coming test flight is successful, a further two will...
31 July 2017
Complex chemistry on Titan may form membranes
..., including ethane (C2H6). It also has an equivalent hydrological cycle, but instead of water raining down to create lakes and rivers... in Titan’s atmosphere. Eventually, the Moon’s methane cycle will mean that the vinyl cyanide condenses and is ...
08 April 2019
Rain on the Sun links long-standing solar mysteries
... coronal rain. Rain on the Sun is nothing at all like rain on Earth. While it might follow a cycle similar to that of our hydrological cycle, instead of H2O droplets falling from the sky after condensing into clouds, coronal rain...
30 December 2019
Will Betelgeuse go supernova soon? Probably not say some astronomers
...forces in the core can no longer balance. This life cycle is the same for all stars, large or small, ... at the University of Washington and an expert on the life cycles of red supergiants is equally cautious about the recent dimming of Betelgeuse...
08 June 2020
New discovery provides important clues on mysterious cosmic bursts
...Rajwade. To the team’s surprise, the timescale for this cycle is almost 10 times longer than the 16-day periodicity ... constraint on the origin of the bursts and the activity cycles could argue against a precessing neutron star,” Rajwade adds. Instead...
25 November 2020
Solar astronomers "listening" to the Sun can now predict future sunspots
... sunspot that has been dubbed “the strongest far-side signal" yet to be encountered during this solar cycle, has now appeared near the eastern solar limb, and can be seen from Earth. “We measured a change...
