This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away ...

Launching large, rigid satellite dishes into orbit is an expensive and energy-hungry task. But what if those massive structures could start out flat—and then unfold or “grow” into their curved shapes ...

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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 ...

Abstract: Modern deployable space structures have enabled spectacular missions like the James Webb Space Telescope, but they are constrained by fairing size and by a tradeoff between deployed size and ...

UF engineers, backed by DARPA and NASA, are perfecting laser-forming techniques that let metal sheets fold themselves into giant solar arrays, antennas, and even space-station parts right in ...

Aerospace undergrad Alex Kuehnle observes PhD student Ivan Wu in the composites laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Because it’s costly and cumbersome to transport large ...

The roots of material science in space began in the mid-20th century during the dawn of the space race. Image Credit: Indometeus/Wikimedia Commons To begin with, rockets, space shuttles, and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An aerospace startup that aims to provide a method to build living and industrial structures in space, communications systems and solar arrays to beam energy ...

The US Military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is attempting to develop and grow large-scale "biomechanical" structures in space. DARPA, known for its somewhat quirky development ...