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May 24, 2026, 01:53 PM - 7 min read
The idea of nuclear propulsion in space goes back to the cold war. But NASA has been pursuing it more aggressively since billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman took over as the agency’s chief in December 2025.
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May 19, 2026, 01:01 PM - 7 min read
A surge in rocket launches is filling orbit with satellites built from tougher, more heat-resistant materials—and when they fall back to Earth, they aren't always burning up the way we expect.
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April 29, 2026, 01:18 PM - 6 min read
Debates over the existence of extraterrestrials date back to the earliest Indigenous and western thought. The tools generating the evidence within western science, however, have changed — from the philosophical and theological arguments of the Ancient Greeks to the development of increasingly sophisticated telescopes and space travel and exploration.
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November 13, 2025, 06:10 PM - 4 min read
Floated as a tender closing on November 20, this initiative promises to consign outdated jigs and paper blueprints to history in favour of laser-sharp digital guidance, slashing build times and errors on the factory floor.
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August 20, 2025, 01:45 PM - 8 min read
Is our universe perfectly flat or does it have curvature to it like a sphere, or flare outwards like a horse saddle? That depends on how dense the universe is, and mapping galaxy clusters helps us measure the density of a hypothetical force known as dark energy.
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July 23, 2025, 02:54 PM - 6 min read
Delivering a baby and caring for one in space is a much messier and more complicated process than on Earth, where gravity helps with everything from positioning to feeding.
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