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Tracking the sources of photons is a hobby of many astrophysicists. Some types of photons are tied so closely to particular phenomena …

For a while now, there has been a problematic mystery at the heart of the standard cosmological model. Although all observations support …

Technology Readiness Levels (or TRL levels, because repeating the last word of initialisms is common in English) is a metric commonly used …

Spacecraft are expensive and intricately engineered machines designed to perform complex missions in harsh space environments. They’re costly and require a long …

What steps can be taken to enhance in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) for future astronauts on Mars? This is what a recent study …

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, looks more Earth-like on its surface than any other place in the Solar System. With its …

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) is becoming increasingly common in space exploration applications. It has primarily been used in deployable structures, such as …

Saturn’s moon Titan is the only other body in the Solar System with weather similar to Earth’s. The large moon has a …

In a recent paper, an international team proposed an ultra-long wavelength radio interferometer that could examine the Cosmic Dark Ages and Cosmic …

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful phenomena in the Universe. First detected during the Cold War, these events beam a tremendous …