πŸš€ Space

Space is the final frontier and is now being opened to everyone thanks to front runners such as NASA and now SpaceX and Elon Musk, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.

Cornelia Ekvall 2 min read

πŸš€ Robotic hamster ball will explore caves on the moon

ESA wants to explore kilometer long lava caves hidden below the lunar surface with the help of a robotic β€œhamster” ball. Water and other essential materials may be hidden in the extensive lava tubes, waiting to be explored.

Cornelia Ekvall 2 min read

πŸš€ Deep Space Food Challenge – change the food industry of space travel

In the deep space food challenge, NASA is inviting you to change the food industry of space travel. The contests’ goal is to develop innovative food and systems that are good for us and the planet, at the same time as being suitable for longer space journeys.

Cornelia Ekvall 3 min read

πŸš€ The hotel of the future is in space - and has artificial gravity

The organization Orbital Assembly Corporation wants to change the space industry by building the first commercial space station with artificial gravity.

Linn Winge 2 min read

πŸ”­ The Hubble Telescope could help save the world's largest fish

The Hubble Space Telescope has a special software for mapping and parsing out the stars. Now, this technology might help scientists save the worlds largest fish.

Kent Olofsson 2 min read

πŸ”­ New technology provides the opportunity to take pictures of Earth-like planets in other solar systems

A diamond chronograph uses infrared light to take pictures of planets in the habitable zone.

Cornelia Ekvall 1 min read

πŸš€ Make space your workplace: ESA is recruiting new astronauts

Many children dream about exploring space, to find new planets and to travel to distant galaxies. Movies like Interstellar and Star Wars make us long for intergalactic adventure. Now you have the chance to finally leave your office behind to become an astronaut, and make that adventure your own.

Mathias Sundin 1 min read

πŸ›°οΈ You can now order Elon Musk's Starlink internet

Starlink is Elon Musk's space internet that will make high speed internet available all over the planet. It is now starting to roll out everywhere.

Cornelia Ekvall 3 min read

πŸ›° Dancing exoplanets challenge our understanding of planet formation

We explore new planets every day, called exoplanets (extrasolar planets), each one telling us something new about the place we call home.

Linn Winge 1 min read

🐘 Satellites counts elephants from space

Scientists are using satellite images to count African elephants.