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Matt Damon outfitted in his Mars surface spacesuit in the sci-fi film ”The Martian,” which hits theaters on Oct. 2, 2015.Credit: ™ and © 2015 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. The upcoming sci-fi film “The Martian” features many real-life technologies being developed to help put boots on the Red Planet, but the sleek spacesuits showcased […]
Matt Damon has become a Hollywood A-lister by taking on roles in big-budget action films and dramas, but could he become known for his science fiction work instead? This Friday is opening night of “The Martian,” which is the third major science fiction movie starring Damon in the last two years. In 2014, Damon played […]
Galaxy clusters are often described by superlatives. After all, they are huge conglomerations of galaxies, hot gas, and dark matter and represent the largest structures in the Universe held together by gravity. To source
Galaxy clusters are often described by superlatives. After all, they are huge conglomerations of galaxies, hot gas, and dark matter and represent the largest structures in the Universe held together by gravity. To source
ESA’s SMOS and two other satellites are together providing insight into how surface winds evolve under tropical storm clouds in the Pacific Ocean. This new information could to help predict extreme weather at sea. To source
Technology image of the week: Visitor centre Space Expo will be participating in Sunday’s ESTEC Open Day with a bargain admission offer To source
JAXA Astronaut Activity Report, July, 2015 Last Updated: September 30, 2015 This is JAXA’s Japanese astronaut activity report for July, 2015. Astronaut Kimiya Yui commences his ISS Expedition mission In early July, Astronaut Kimiya Yui and his crewmates Oleg Kononenko of the Russian Space Agency (RSA) and Kjell Lindgren of NASA underwent final training at […]
Simulated images of a galaxy 10 billion light-years from Earth, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope (left) and the proposed High Definition Space Telescope (right), with 25 times the Hubble telescope’s resolving power.Credit: HDST/AURA Adam Hadhazy, writer and editor for The Kavli Foundation, contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . Scientists […]
In this concept image, a resource prospector rover searches for water ice on the lunar surface.Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — The prototype of a rover designed to search for water ice at the poles of the moon passed a series of tests on Earth in August as project officials seek to line up funding and potential […]
ARCA Space Corp. will start testing its Hass suborbital rocket (concept art above) at Space Port America in New Mexico in 2016.Credit: ARCA Space Corp PASADENA, Calif. — A company that has it roots in a Romanian venture that competed for the Ansari X Prize more than a decade ago plans to carry out tests […]
Human Mars exploration is getting the Hollywood treatment. “The Martian,” which stars Matt Damon as a NASA astronaut stranded on the Red Planet, hit theaters on Oct. 2. Learn about the real science and engineering behind the blockbuster film — and how the exploration depicted in “The Martian” meshes with NASA’s real-life plans to put boots […]
A PSLV lifted off Sept. 28 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre and placed the 1,500-kilogram Astrosat into low Earth orbit.Credit: ISRO video PARIS — India’s PSLV rocket on Sept. 28 successfully placed the nation’s first astronomy satellite into a near-equatorial low Earth orbit along with six secondary payloads that included satellites owned by prospective […]