How to sail through space on sunbeams – solar satellite leads the way
The future of space travel?Planetary SocietyA new kind of spacecraft that sails on sunlight has just been successfully deployed above Earth. The LightSail satellite yesterday overcame a series of...
View ArticleHere's how we could build a colony on an alien world
Out of this worldNASAIf the human race is to survive in the long-run, we will probably have to colonise other planets. Whether we make the Earth uninhabitable ourselves or it simply reaches the natural...
View ArticleTiangong-1 crash: why it's so hard to predict where space debris will land...
The now defunct Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is en route to crash into Earth – completing its “atmospheric reentry phase”. While experts have been aware that this would happen for more than a year,...
View ArticleWandering Earth: rocket scientist explains how we could move our planet
Aphelleon/ShutterstockIn the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape...
View ArticleAsí podríamos cambiar la órbita terrestre para no ser tragados por el Sol
Aphelleon / ShutterstockEn la película de ciencia ficción china La Tierra errante, estrenada recientemente en Netflix, la humanidad trata de cambiar la órbita de la Tierra utilizando grandes...
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