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The Aerospace/Defense Industry serves, as its name represents, two main markets: Aerospace, which largely comprises the production, sale, and service of commercial aircraft. And Defense, which is dependent on the nation’s need for military weapons and systems designed to operate on land, sea, and in the air.
Africa’s first green airport powered by the sun
The regional airport in George, a town of just 150,000 residents on South Africa's south coast is Africa's first…
Tidal effects of Venus, Earth and Jupiter influence the sun
The Sun's activity is determined by the Sun's magnetic field. Two combined effects are responsible for the latter:…
Flares Make A Comeback: No, Not Those Flares…
Along with the visible light and warmth constantly emitted by our sun comes a whole spectrum of X-ray and…
ABRACADABRA: Dark matter might come to light
MIT physicists are proposing a new experiment to detect a dark matter particle called the axion. If successful, the…
Stellar cannon fire and superhot blobs detected by NASA
Great balls of fire! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the…
Space to grow: Going where no farmer has gone before
NASA is seeking plant varieties that could grow best in space, providing food for astronauts to eat on their way to…
Discovery of dark matter could win scientists Nobel Physics Prize
Scientists behind the groundbreaking discoveries of gravitational waves and the existence of dark matter are seen…
NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to explore
After collecting drilled rock powder in arguably the most scenic landscape yet visited by a Mars rover, NASA's…
Our galaxy’s most mysterious star puzzles astronomers
A star known by the unassuming name of KIC 8462852 in the constellation Cygnus has been raising eyebrows both…
SpaceX rocket blast probe: Foul play?
xThe mysterious explosion of a SpaceX rocket last month took an odd turn with a "cordial" encounter between staff…