Prize awarded jointly to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star”.
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Melting Moon Dust
Through the ambitious Moonrise project, German researchers are looking to melt Moon dust in order to produce usable building materials on the Moon.
Space modules for industrial and scientific purposes
Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance join forces to foster habitable volumes in Low Earth orbit
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