Aerospace – Freethink

Rolls-Royce and easyJet have demonstrated for the first time that a modern plane engine can be safely powered by hydrogen fuel.

In a remarkable achievement, three new large asteroids have been found in the most elusive place: inside the orbit of Earth.

Ethan Siegel

Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, we now know more about the atmosphere of WASP-39b, a distant gas giant, than any other exoplanet.

Ultra-thin solar cells could extend the operational lifetimes of satellites while also making missions less costly and more efficient.

Gilmour Space expects to launch its first rocket in 2023, which will add Australia to the short list of nations to send rockets to space.

NASA has shared the first images from its Orion spacecraft, which is expected to do a lunar flyby on November 21.

A recent study tested how well the fungi species Cladosporium sphaerospermum blocked cosmic radiation aboard the International Space Station.

Stephen Johnson

An International Space Station experiment to test 3D-printing in microgravity could help end the organ shortage on Earth.

Chinese researchers have built an autonomous robot to set up an ISRU system for converting lunar soil into fuel and oxygen.

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission will use reflections from laser light to measure lunar water hidden in permanently shadowed craters.