Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality
23 September 2020
An upgrade on the tech that powers spacecraft across the cosmos could soon be used to create incredibly long-lasting batteries back on Earth
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Most space travellers are men despite slow rise in female astronauts
18 September 2020
Early space travellers were younger men, but the average age has risen since the 1960s. More women are also now going to space, but they only make up 64 of the 566 to have left Earth
It’s time to for us to revisit Venus to uncover its many mysteries
18 September 2020
The discovery of a possible sign of life on Venus highlights our ignorance of what is going on within its swirling clouds and on its furnace-like surface. It’s time to go there and find some answers, writes Peter Gao
BepiColombo may be able to search for signs of life as it passes Venus
16 September 2020
The BepiColombo spacecraft is about to pass Venus on its way to Mercury, and there is a plan to use it to look for phosphine, a gas that may indicate life in Venus’s atmosphere
