It turns out those stretched-out hyperspace lines from Star Wars are real. Sort of. In 2023, a team of astrophysicists ...

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The International Space Station, a structure assembled across nearly three decades of multinational cooperation at a cost that dwarfs most national infrastructure projects, is heading toward a planned ...

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Space stations break down. Satellites get damaged. Repairing them requires launching replacement components on rockets. The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is now exploring an ...

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(Nanowerk News) Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small, lightweight satellites. The ability to perform multiple functions is a bonus. To ...