US to boost military manhunt capabilities with RFID satellites

The US military is planning to launch a new, efficient method of sending small satellites into space which will dramatically boost soldiers’ ability to locate, track and eventually annihilate potential enemies.

May 21, 2013 23:30

Pizza from a printer: NASA to spend $125,000 funding 3D food production project

NASA is funding research into 3D printed food which would provide astronauts with meals during long space flights. The futuristic food printers would use cartridges of powder and oils which would have a shelf life of 30 years.

May 21, 2013 17:25

No swarms in space: DARPA axes $200mn ‘fractionated sat’ project

After spending more than $200 million, the Pentagon’s advanced research branch has decided to scrap one of its key space projects, System F6, which aimed to distribute functions of a big satellite into several small ones orbiting in a tight formation.

May 19, 2013 07:30

Asteroid 9 times size of ocean liner approaches Earth

The 1998 QE2 asteroid has the physical mass to potentially deliver life on Earth a knockout punch, being 2.7km in length. It is to buzz our planet on May 31, aweing the stargazing community.

May 18, 2013 08:09

Big Bang: Biggest meteorite explosion rocks the moon

NASA scientists have recorded the biggest observed meteorite impact on the moon, with an explosion equal to 5 tons of TNT. The event is part of ‘lunar meteor showers’ observed by astronauts of the moon exploration program.

May 17, 2013 15:18

Historic Kepler Telescope crippled by malfunction

The spacecraft that has located more planets than any other in history has endured technical failure serious enough to put its current mission of finding another so-called Super-Earth, in jeopardy, experts announced Wednesday.

May 16, 2013 00:50