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Tiny fragments of interstellar meteorite may have been found in the Pacific Ocean | Ski.News

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Small meteorite spherules from the most probable path of IM1. Image credit: Avi Loeb, Harvard University/Project Galileo.

Professor Avi Loeb and colleagues at Harvard University have discovered at least 50 tiny spherical iron fragments near the path of the fireball of the first recognized interstellar meteor, IM1. Small meteorite spherules from the most probable path of IM1. Image credit: Avi Loeb, Harvard University/Project Galileo. IM1 was detected in the South Pacific off … Read more

Pulsar Fusion wants to use nuclear fusion to make interstellar space travel a reality

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Pulsar Fusion nuclear fusion chamber

Image credits: Pulsating Fusion Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has begun construction of a large nuclear fusion chamber in England as it races to become the first company to launch a nuclear fusion propulsion system into space. Nuclear fusion propulsion technology, arguably a golden goose of the space industry, could cut travel time to Mars … Read more