Hello and welcome back to Max Q. I hope everyone is enjoying lower temperatures and all the other seasonal delights that autumn brings. Here in Austin, where I live, the daily high is still in the 90s, but the nights and mornings are blessedly cool. I’ll take it. Tips, opinions, criticism, thoughts? Email me at […]
To continue exploring space sustainably, we must act now
We’re at the start of a gold rush in outer space — and our track record for the sustainable development of any environment during gold rushes hasn’t been particularly noteworthy.
William Shatner’s Blue Origin launch into space delayed due to weather
Shatner, best known for playing Captain Kirk in Star Trek, will be part of a four-person crew aboard the suborbital NS-18 missionThe Star Trek actor William Shatner must wait another day to boldly go into space for real, after the Amazon founder Jeff B…
New Studies Argue Distant Cosmic Gamma-Ray Explosion Was Actually Just Russian Space Junk
“Last year, a team of astronomers made a blockbuster claim, saying they had captured the most distant cosmic explosion ever — a gamma ray burst in a galaxy called GN-z11,” reports Science magazine.
“But that flash of light — supposedly fr…
‘Galactic Britain’: how Cornwall is winning the European space race
Following the publication of the National Space Strategy last week, photojournalist Jonny Weeks explores how the south-west is primed for Britain’s first sovereign rocket launch“When we first started, people would laugh at us,” says Melissa Thorpe as s…
木星の衛星エウロパに“生命”が存在する可能性に関する新事実と、深まる謎を解くために必要なこと
木星の衛星のひとつである「エウロパ」。生命の誕生に適した塩分を含む水などの液体が存在する可能性が高いこの衛星について、このほど新たな研究結果が次々に発表された。これらの研究結果の検証と深まる謎を解き明かす上で、2024年に予定されているNASAの探査ミッションへの期待が高まっている。
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Damn, The Guardians Of The Galaxy Game’s Soundtrack Is Great
I totally forgot that the new Guardians of the Galaxy game from Square Enix is releasing later this month. The trailers released for it in the lead-up to its October launch haven’t completely convinced me this is going to be any good, but I can at leas…
UK takes on Elon Musk in the broadband space race
A heavily criticised investment in OneWeb could bring the government a first bite at the lucrative satellite internet marketThey are invisible to the naked eye, but can leave a streak of light across an astronomer’s telescope. Above our heads, the cons…
The mystery of Elon Musk’s missing gas
An environmental document that needs U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval before SpaceX can begin testing the world’s largest rockets is missing key details about where its fuel will come from, experts say. The draft programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) for SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicles, which Elon Musk hopes will soon be shooting into […]
Aukus pact to deepen Australia, US collaboration on space technology
Nasa’s Artemis mission to send a crewed vehicle to the moon set to further partnership between the two countriesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Aukus agreement will boost collaboration between the United States and Australia in…