D printers will make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment.

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

One of four groundbreaking 3D-printed metal objects has traveled from the International Space Station to DTU. The objects ...

The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are now studying it to see what makes it tick. In a press release, the ESA ...

Volumetric displays (VDs), which generate 3D images using volumetric pixels ... The team's approach leverages the unique optical properties of rare-earth ions in glass matrices, which provide ...

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

Marble Visions, backed by NTT DATA, PASCO and Canon Electronics, has launched the development of a high-resolution, ...

Previous efforts to map the galaxy's dust were challenged by limited data, but the Gaia mission has provided a treasure trove ...

The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are now studying it. In a press release, the ESA announced that the object ...

Without the protection of Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field, human explorers are vulnerable to harmful radiation that can damage both their health and the equipment they rely on. To tackle this ...