8 Predictions on How Generative AI Will Change Our Lives Forever
Generative AI has taken the world by storm and there’s no going back. On one hand, you have people who are excited about the tech and are looking to experience all the ways it will […]
Space Lawyers Advocate for Protecting Lunar Landmarks
Credit: Alexander Andrews/Unsplash When you visit a national park, monument, or another protected site, you’re bound to and harbored by laws that protect that landmark. Littering will earn you a fine, as will starting a […]
Webb Telescope Captures Stunning Image of ‘Green Monster’ Supernova Remnant
The James Webb Space Telescope is coming up on its first anniversary since coming online, and already it has peered back into the earliest eons of the universe. It has also focused on objects in […]
AI SciFi — Physicist and AI Expert David Brin on ChatGPT and Whether AI Poses an Existential Threat
Shermer and Brin discuss: AI and AGI • are they existential threats? • the alignment problem • Large Language Models • ChatGPT, GPT-4, GPT-5, and beyond • the Future of Life Institute’s Open Letter calling […]
Light waves squeezed through ‘slits in time’
The classic double-slit experiment leads to characteristic interference patterns.Credit: Russell Knightly/SPL A celebrated experiment in 1801 showed that light passing through two thin slits interferes with itself, forming a characteristic striped pattern on the wall […]
Five planets will align on March 27 (tonight) and you won’t want to miss it
On Mar. 27, a planetary parade made up of Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Uranus will march across the sky.(Image credit: brightstars via Getty Images) On March 27, a planetary parade made up of Mercury, […]
3D Printed Rockets ARE Possible
The first 3D printed rocket launches successfully but fails to reach orbit.
Here’s the new spacesuit that astronauts will wear when they return to the Moon
NASA has revealed the new spacesuit that astronauts will wear to explore the Moon under the Artemis program. Created by Axiom Space, the new suit is designed to improve mobility for astronauts working on the […]
Keep Watching the Skies!
There have been an awful lot of things falling from the skies this last month from Chinese spy balloons to Unidentified Flying Objects to falling asteroids and comets. So what are we to make of […]
Morning of the Remote Controlled Biobot
An Interview with Dr. Rashid Bashir (This interview was conducted by Andrew Hiller for Amazing Stories on January 27, 2023 and is the first in the Living in the Land of Science Fiction Series.) Hiller From […]
This Week in Space: Drag Sails, Cosmic Rays, and ‘Space Cushions’
Hello, readers, and welcome to your Friday morning digest of space news from this week. If you’re looking for unalloyed good news, you’ve come to the right place. This week we’ve got astronauts of […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Gaining perspective: imaging Earth – and deep space
Modeling this planet. Having cut my teeth long ago on the Whole Earth Catalogue, and later having written a novel called Earth, I’m a bit of a sucker for macro planet modeling projects. Here’s one […]
2 asteroids the size of 100 pugs to pass Earth Tuesday – NASA
Two asteroids approximately the size of 100 adult pugs are set to barrel towards Earth this Tuesday, according to NASA’s asteroid tracker. The asteroids in question have been designated 2019 BO2 and 2019 BZ4, according […]
US Certifies First Small Modular Nuclear Reactor
The design is courtesy of Oregon-based NuScale Power, which has been working to certify a small modular reactor (SMR) design since 2007. At the NuScale’s core are up to 12 power modules, or natural circulation […]
Researchers Find 17-Pound Meteorite During Antarctica Expedition
The team—which consists of geochemists Maria Schönbächler, Vinciane Debaille, and Ryoga Maeda as well as cosmochemist Maria Valdes—began their Antarctic expedition in December. When they returned in mid-January, it was with five meteorites, including one […]
New Nuclear Rocket Design to Send Missions to Mars in Just 45 Days
We live in an era of renewed space exploration, where multiple agencies are planning to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years. This will be followed in the next decade with crewed missions […]
Scientists Have Successfully Reversed Aging in Mice
We’ve recently made some major strides toward understanding and managing aging on a larger scale. In 2022 alone, scientists found ways to predict a person’s lifespan, use fecal microbiota to “restore” youth in rodents, and make human […]
Last year marked the end of an era in spaceflight—here’s what we’re watching next
This past year was a momentous one in spaceflight, bringing to a close many of the most significant storylines that have dominated this industry in the last 10 to 15 years. Consider the state of […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Science advances for a new year – We are (or can be) amazing!
Looking back at 2022: a roundup of scientific achievements… from asteroids to AI and (possibly) fusion. Science journal calls the initial data and images from the James Webb Space Telescope the 2022 Breakthrough of the year. In light of […]
Is there Life on the Moon? A History of a Famous Moon Hoax
The Moon and Space Exploration are magnets for fake news. In August 2022 a prominent French physicist discovers a star and later admits it was a piece of chorizo. July 1969. Man lands on the […]
The James Webb Space Telescope Is Finding Too Many Early Galaxies
Images and spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the first galaxies in the universe are too many or too bright compared to what astronomers expected. Evidence is building that the first galaxies […]
New lunar landers, spacesuits, electric airplanes, space medicine and 2023 News from NASA
In the video above, NASA shares its plans for 2023 and it looks like it’ll be a stellar year of milestones in astronomy, aeronautics, planetary science, cosmology, and for our future lives offworld. This is […]
This physics professor is becoming a TikTok star for her cool demonstrations
Meet Dr. Tatiana Erukhimova, a professor of Physics at Texas A&M University who is also quickly becoming a TikTok star—her latest TikTok has 1.9 million views already! According to her Texas A&M University bio, she […]
Magic Systems Made Stronger with Science
This article on science and magic systems is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial […]
Common Misconceptions about Satellite Orbits
“Standard orbit” is a phrase used frequently in a popular sci-fi franchise. Problem is, there is no such thing as “standard orbit.” But that’s okay. This is not a sin… maybe someone will define a […]
How the James Webb Space Telescope advanced astronomy in its first year
As Christmas approached last year, astronomers and space fans around the globe gathered to watch the much-anticipated launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. Though a wondrous piece of engineering, the telescope was not without its controversies — from […]
If aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?
The moment has been imagined a thousand times. As astronomers comb the cosmos with their powerful telescopes, they spot something that makes them gasp. Amid the feeble rays from distant galaxies lies a weak but […]
CONTRARY BRIN: Lifting our gaze to… the Moon? And beyond?
Lifting our gaze to… the Moon? And beyond? I have some way cool space news to report below. But first a familiar rant. While I disagree with this White House white paper on USA […]
Scientists Devise Faster Method of Interstellar Space Travel Based on Seabird Gliding
After decades of space exploration, humanity’s reach has still only barely extended beyond the bounds of the solar system. With current technology, it would take thousands of years just to reach the nearest star. A […]
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