A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass JWST

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass JWST

[ad_1] A light, cheap space telescope design would make it possible to put many individual units in space at once. Credit: Katie Yung, Daniel Apai /University of Arizona and AllThingsSpace /SketchFab, CC BY-ND Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets...
Liquid Water on Rocky Planets Could be 100 Times More Likely

Liquid Water on Rocky Planets Could be 100 Times More Likely

[ad_1] It’s easy to think of Earth as a water world, with its vast oceans and beautiful lakes, but compared to many worlds, Earth is particularly wet. Even the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn have far more liquid water than Earth. Earth is unusual not because it has...
ESA – Lunar solar power satellite

ESA – Lunar solar power satellite

[ad_1] The concept of gathering some of the unlimited sunlight available in space, then transmitting it down to users, was first developed to serve the clean energy needs of planet Earth. But Space-Based Solar Power can also work for the Moon.As part of ESA’s Open...