The internal structure of Earth’s ice is a cosmological oddity. Its molecules are arranged in geometric structures, usually hexagons that repeat each other.

A colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved. In light that has traveled for 6.9 billion years to reach us, astronomers have found a giant ...

In the first, they designed a simple habitat structure that could change its shape and stiffness. Future space explorers could deploy the same kind of material to build a variety of habitat modules.

At a co-working space in Roslindale, MA, in early August, Aurelia Institute showed off a mock-up of a space habitat called TESSERAE, which is short for Tessellated Electromagnetic Space Structures ...

Bio: Harsh Bhundiya is a PhD candidate in the MIT Aerospace Materials and Structures Laboratory. His research interests lie in spacecraft structures, deployable structures, and space robotics. He ...

DARPA, which regularly dabbles in trying to turn science fiction into science, says that it is interested in exploring ways to “grow” biological structures of “unprecedented size”— up to ...

Jan 11, 2025 Flexible electronics integrated with paper-thin structure for use in space (Nanowerk News) Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already ...

The agency is looking for structures more than 500 meters long. It envisages uses including vast nets for orbital debris collection, tethers for a space elevator, or self-assembled wings for a ...