Space missions rely on cryogenic fluids—extremely cold liquids like liquid hydrogen and oxygen—for both propulsion and life support systems. These fuels must be kept at ultra-low cryogenic temperatures to remain in liquid ...
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2025
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In the vacuum of space, where temperatures can plunge to -455°F, it might seem like keeping things cold would be easy. But the reality is more complex for preserving ultra-cold fluid propellants—or fuel—that can easily ...
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2025
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What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study accepted to Icarus hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the potential pH level of ...
Astrobiology
Jun 30, 2025
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NASA completed another step to ready its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis III mission as crews at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans recently applied a thermal protection system to the core ...
Space Exploration
May 13, 2025
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All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't react chemically with each other. But what if some of them do?
Planetary Sciences
Mar 27, 2025
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Researchers in South Korea have developed an advanced liquid metal catalyst incorporating selenium (Se) to enhance the efficiency of turquoise hydrogen production.
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 26, 2025
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Hydrogen nano-clusters at low temperatures display 'superfluidity'—a quantum state of frictionless flow only previously observed in helium.
Nanomaterials
Feb 24, 2025
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Teams with NASA are gaining momentum as work progresses toward future lunar missions for the benefit of humanity as numerous flight hardware shipments from across the world arrived at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in ...
Space Exploration
Jan 20, 2025
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Blue Origin, the US space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos in 2000, is poised for a historic first: its maiden voyage into orbital space with a brand new rocket, New Glenn.
Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2025
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New research suggests that our best hopes for finding existing life on Mars isn't on the surface, but buried deep within the crust.
Astrobiology
Dec 23, 2024
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