Technology
A New Atomic Clock has been Built that Would be off by Less than a Second Since the Big Bang
Physicists have developed an atomic clock so accurate that it would be off by less than a single second in…
Chinese Fusion Experiment Reaches 100 Million Degrees
Scientists at China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor set a new temperature record by super-heating plasma to six times…
Next Generation Telescopes Could Use “Teleportation” to Take Better Images
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, quantum mechanics may allow for some truly-cutting edge astronomy…
A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up
A Japanese-Australian team is developing a new way to remove space junk from orbit and sending it harmlessly towards Earth.
Technosignatures are NASA’s New Target for Detecting Other Civilizations in Space. Wait. What’s a Technosignature?
A NASA workshop on Technosignatures paves the way for a new approach to the search for intelligent life.
Instead of Building Single Monster Scopes like James Webb, What About Swarms of Space Telescopes Working Together?
Looking to the next-generation of telescopes, a pair of astrophysicists propose using swarm robots to conduct observations instead of relying…
Engineers Propose a Rocket that Consumes Itself as it Flies to Space
A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow and the Ukraine have proposed a self-eating rocket as a way…
Uh oh, the EMDrive Could be Getting Its “Thrust” From Cables and Earth’s Magnetic Field
After conducting their own tests on the EM Drive, a team from UT Dresden reported that any thrust coming from…
Pros and Cons of Various Methods of Interstellar Travel
A new study by a UK scientists takes a look at the different means of interstellar travel, and considers the…
NASA Has Tested a New Fission Space Reactor that Could be Used in Future Missions
In collaboration with the Department of Energy, NASA recently conducted a successful demonstration of a new fission system that could…