The carbon footprint of SpaceX
How much does a rocket launch emit?
How much greenhouse gas is emitted by a Space X rocket to deliver a Starlink satellite to orbit? How much gas is emit...
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Budget headline: Earth observation gets huge boost
The federal government wants the capability to monitor Australia from space, and it’s put proper ...
The Australian Space Agency (ASA) has its first mission. The federal budget has allocated $1.16 billion for a home-gr...
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Perseverance rover perseveres
One year into the rover’s sample-collecting mission on Mars, it is ready to move into phase two… ...
A year after its dramatic landing on Mars on 18 February 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover is wrapping up the first pha...
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"Better than our most optimistic prediction” – first images from James Webb exceed all expectations
Images of a non-descript star within our own galaxy reveal the James Webb telescope’s deep-field ...
Images of a very “boring” star are making waves across the astronomical world today – they are the first sent back fr...
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What do gravitational wave detectors measure?
Let’s dive into the intricacies of spacetime and black hole mergers.
什么是gravitational wave detectors actually recording? Seems like a nonsensical question at first. LIGO and th...
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Astronomers discover the largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc
A precursor of larger organic molecules that can lead to the emergence of life has been detected.
Researchers have detected the organic molecule dimethyl ether (CH₃OCH₃) in a planet-forming disc for the first time, ...
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The Kessler syndrome
Meet the man who predicted the threat of space junk.
Of all the human-made satellites in low-Earth orbit, 95% are space junk – rocket thrusters, derelict satellites, and ...
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Astronomers discover a sideways black hole
New finding calls theories of black hole formation into question.
An international team of researchers have made a surprising astronomical discovery: a black hole that spins on its si...
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