Binary stars can eject ‘castaways’ into space – Futurity
Now we know where some “rogue” planets come from
Now we know where some “rogue” planets come from
Back to the Moon by 2025?
Until you take a long view, it’s difficult to appreciate just how far we’ve come in only 60 years
It’s going to get harder and harder to tell the ‘bots from the people….
A small handful of rocky planets, all slightly larger than the Earth, have become the likeliest abodes of extra-solar life.
All systems are go for NASA’s next launch to the Red Planet. The early-morning liftoff on Saturday of the Mars InSight lander will mark the first time in history an interplanetary launch will originate from […]
Scientists are starting to take Dr. Who a little more seriously.
Diamonds found in the desert reveal interesting clues about the early solar system
Science Fiction often doesn’t age well. A galactic positioning system would put paid to quite a few favorite tales.
We’ve built machines to do just about everything. Are we now building ones to do our thinking?
Speaking of investing in new technologies – NASA’s next Mars mission
New technology investments by NASA
All the Wonder that Would Be by Stephen Webb takes readers into the heart of predictions and expectations as they are or have been portrayed in Science Fiction.
We’re still holding out a faint hope that InSight will reveal that the canals have gone underground….
The first rule of Quantum Physics Club is: if you think you understand it, you don’t. The universe is made up of quibits occupying a two dimensional surface; the universe we experience is just a three dimensional projection. Huh? Exactly!
Astronomers are beginning to understand how ‘black hole jets’ influence the evolution of galaxies.
An examination of the solar system’s largest volcanic system (Tharsis, on Mars) reveals how oceans could have formed on early Mars. (In other words, Burroughs and his ancient sea beds might have been right.)
High tech food is coming…pass the roachbutter please
exo-planets, exo-asteroids and now exo-comets. Still waiting for the exo-spaceship!
The Europa Clipper will be ready on time, but will its rocket be?
LA will now be home to both fiction spaceships and real ones
NASA’s Hottest-Coolest Mission. Heat shield will experience temperatures as high as 1400 degrees Celsius – more than 2500 degree Fahrenheit
Hubble finds a star 9 BILLION light years from Earth
Shape-shifting in orbit. Does that make this UK vehicle a “were-satellite”?
…just so long as the satellite isn’t programmed to say “Call me Ishmael” before firing its harpoon
A March roundup, in which Amazing Stories is prominent, numerous reviews are written and film and fandom are discussed.
Programs that analyze car emissions can be used to analyze exoplanet atmospheres
Kepler, finder of over 4,000 exoplanets, is nearing its end. But don’t depair, its replacement will be launching in a few days.
Advanced Neural Networks are being trained to help identify possible life-supporting planets.
Research aims to prove that neutrinos are their own anti-particle…and the laws of physics will need to be re-written.
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