14 April 2017
Cassini finds evidence for hydrothermal vent activity on Enceladus
... on the Galileo thermal map. We discovered that Europa's plume candidate is sitting right on the thermal anomaly," said William Sparks of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. If the plumes and the warm spot are linked...
05 May 2017
Will CubeRover revolutionise planetary surface exploration?
... will similarly revolutionise surface exploration. In planetary robotics, small is the next big thing,” said Dr. William Whittaker, Astrobotic Chairman and Professor of Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. If CubeRovers do become standardised and...
10 July 2017
First glimpse at how gravity effects star formation
... a total mass of gas equivalent to a thousand of our Suns, that is a lot of potential stars that could be formed. Gwen Williams of Cardiff University who was part of the team explains; “we believe that the same processes are at work...
20 December 2017
Methane-producing microorganisms suggest life in the Universe is common
... the subject of intense scrutiny since 1993, but it is only in the past few years that researchers, led by J. William Schopf, a professor of paleobiology at UCLA College, have been able to use a method to reveal the the ratio of carbon...
21 March 2018
NASA aims for the Moon with commercial help
... with commercial and international partners and help us explore the Moon and its resources,” said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “We will...
04 August 2018
First NASA Commercial Crew revealed
... Falcon 9 rocket in April 2019. Providing all goes well up to this stage, then Josh Cassanda and Sunita Williams will be the first astronauts to fly to the ISS in Boeing's Starliner and Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins...
