UK spaceports: the good, the bad and the ugly
Benjamin Skuse looks at how the UK space industry may, or may not, benefit from the rise of local spaceports
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Using radar to detect cosmic neutrinos in ice sheets, why Leo Szilard changed his mind on nuclear weapons
This podcast features the particle physicist Steven Prohira
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Making spaceflight accessible to people with physical disabilities
ESA launches parastronaut feasibility study to make spaceflight more inclusive
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Wind energy could power human habitations on Mars
Surprising study could lead to re-appraisal of potential landing sites
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Telescope with large-aperture metalens images the Moon
Pioneering application puts metalenses on the road to commercial success
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Exploring the first science from the James Webb Space Telescope
The JWST is already transforming our view of the cosmos, but beware of further micrometeoroid collisions
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JWST is performing ‘phenomenally’ one year on, say scientists
A year after its Christmas Day launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is the gift that keeps on giving for astronomers, as Keith Cooper reports
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US targets new generation of great observatories
Key points from the US National Academies’ latest decadal survey of astronomy and astrophysics
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How could galactic cosmic rays affect astronauts travelling to Mars?
Computational study investigates damage to neurons by galactic cosmic rays under realistic spaceflight conditions
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Synchrotrons and space telescopes: looking to the future of big science
In this podcast we talk about light-source facilities and NASA’s plans for the future
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