🚀 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.
🛰 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.
🐘 Satellites counts elephants from space
Scientists are using satellite images to count African elephants.
🚀 A robotic dog will explore the caves of Mars using artificial intelligence
A robotic “dog” will explore the caves of our red neighbor using new technology. The robot will be able to learn about its surroundings and, while exploring, it will be able to send information to a communication module on the surface.
📀 A backup on the moon for all human knowledge
A foundation wants to create an archive of human knowledge and store it around the solar system on quartz disks that retain the information for billions of years.
🚀 An easier way to make rocket fuel on Mars
Researchers have found a more efficient way to produce methane, making it an even more attractive fuel for Mars trips.
🛰 Elon Musk delivers internet of the future with Starlink satellites
Slow connections and lagging video calls will be extinct with Elon Musks’ Starlink satellites. SpaceX's division Starlink is building a network of satellite-routers with the capacity to globalize the internet once and for all.
🛰 Two new satellites will give us better forecasts for space weather
By increasing our understanding of how solar winds and eruptions on the solar surface occur, we can gain knowledge about how to better protect our satellites.
🚀 The dream of Mars is getting closer - and it benefits us all
Elon Musk's SpaceX aims to land humans on Mars, which is why the company was founded. In addition to making us a multiplanetary genus, there will also be technology that benefits us all in its wake.
📚 E-book: Top 20 Space Breakthroughs 2020
2020 has been a very special year in space and in space-related activities. It has seen a long series of breakthroughs that have changed the way we think about space – here are the top 20.