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Anti-Solar Cells Could Generate Electricity at Night
A new study proposes how thermoradiative technology could be used to make "anti-solar" cells that would work at night. Credit:…
An Upcoming Mission is Going to Assemble and Manufacture a Communications Antenna and Beam in Space
A robotic payload known as SPIDER will be going to space soon to show that constructing everything from satellites to…
This is the Spot Where ESA’s Schiaparelli Crashed Into Mars
The MRO's HiRISE camera recently snapped fresh images of where the ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed on the surface of Mars…
This is the Highest Resolution Image Ever Taken of the Surface of the Sun
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) recently took its first image, which happens to be the highest-resolution image of…
There’s a 1 in 20 Chance That Two Dead Satellites Might Crash Tonight (Update: No Collision)
According to multiple assessments, there's a good chance two dead satellites will crash in the skies above Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, creating…
Here’s What the Climate Might Look Like on Proxima Centauri B
NASA scientists have run simulations that show what the climate on Proxima b might be like, with encouraging results!
A Television Satellite Might be About to Explode
A DirecTV satellite suffered a battery failure and now has to be de-orbited. Otherwise, it could cause a collision and…
ESA is Going to Test Two Rovers Working Together to Explore the Moon
The ESA is working on a system (TRAILER) that will allow two robots to work in tandem and explore the…
Stalking Starlink’s ‘DarkSat’
By now, you've no doubt heard of (or seen) Starlink. SpaceX’s mega-satellite constellation has become a permanent fixture in our…
China Releases New Pictures From the Surface of the Moon
China's Chang'e-4 mission just released a trove of data collected by the lander and rover during its year-long exploration of…