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NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $93.3m to investigate lunar surface conditions

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace $93.3m to facilitate ten investigations to help scientists understand lunar surface conditions.

Could game theory help scientists discover intelligent alien life?

Researchers at the University of Manchester, UK, suggest that ‘game theory’ could help scientists discover intelligent alien life.

ESA’s priorities and how COVID-19 affected the space agency

Jan Wörner, spoke to The Innovation Platform's Clifford Holt about ESA's priorities during his five years of working there.

Two teenagers have discovered four new exoplanets

Two teenagers from the US have discover four new exoplanets through the Harvard and Smithsonian mentorship programme.

NASA plan the return of asteroid samples from Bennu

On 10 May 2021, NASA’s spacecraft will terminate its experiments on the Bennu and begin its journey to deliver asteroid samples to Earth.

INTEGRAL: unravelling the mysteries of the X- and gamma-ray sky

Dr Erik Kuulkers discusses some of the current and future INTEGRAL mission's activities, including studying flashes of powerful radiation that suddenly appear in the gamma-ray sky

Space telescope identifies six planets orbiting the star TOI-178

CHEOPS space telescope has discovered six planets. The planets are in a harmonic rhythm despite different compositions.

Exploring the Universe with Cosmological surveys

Using cosmological surveys to trace the evolution of the Universe and understand its accelerated expansion. In the last hundred years, cosmology has made significant steps...

Neutrino research: aiding our understanding of the Universe

Michel Gonin, Senior physicist, and Professor at Leprince-Ringuet laboratory, discusses the latest neutrino experiments and how they are key to our understanding of the...

The first direct measurement of the acceleration of the Milky Way

Researchers have obtained the first direct measurement of the average acceleration of the Milky Way and its stars.

The Milky Way’s metal-poor stars move in previously unpredicted patterns

An investigation into the orbits of the Milky Way's metal-poor stars has found that some of them travel in previously unpredicted patterns.

Scientists at the Hubble Space Centre publish new research on the formation of star clusters

A new project studying data from the Hubble Space Telescope sheds new light on the formation of star clusters in the extreme environments of six merging galaxies.

NASA’s memorandum of understanding with Federal Aviation Administration to grow American commercial space sector

NASA and FAA have signed a MOU reaffirming the agencies’ longstanding relationship, fostering a robust American commercial space sector.

The economic importance of space

Dr Pete Worden, Breakthrough Starshot Executive Director, discusses his vision for interstellar travel, utilising space based resources and the future economic importance of space

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