A new answer to the Fermi paradox: “First in, last out”
Zoo hypothesis, multiverse hypothesis, great filter hypothesis and now, the Vogon Construction Crew hypothesis.
Exploding stars shed light on fusion energy
Who’d have thought that heat might be a big factor in what takes place during a fusion reaction?
Are the outer edges of the universe moving faster than the speed of light?
NOTHING can travel faster than the speed of light. Well…..
AMAZING THINGS – SAFELY TO EARTH by JACK CLEMONS PRE-ORDER
Jack Clemon’s accounts of working on the Apollo, Skylab and Shuttle programs are now a new book!
NASA’s Juno Mission Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter’s North Pole
Not to be out done, Juno weighs in with a flyover of Jupiter’s pole
This Virtual Tour of the Moon in All-new 4K Resolution Will Blow Your Mind | Digital Trends
Pictures of lunar landers and rovers probably still won’t convince the naysayers.
Remember the Time We Bombed the Moon?
Well, hand-grenaded and mortared, actually. More than once. And all the Moon ever did to us was send a few meteorites in our general direction….
Astronomers find fastest-growing black hole known in space
“If we had this monster sitting at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy, it would appear 10 times brighter than a full moon. It would appear as an incredibly bright pin-point star that would almost wash out all of the stars in the sky.”
Astronomers discover young exoplanet or brown dwarf around distant star
Whether a Brown Dwarf or a Super Jupiter, this stellar companion is 540 million light years away, and astronomers can see it
With the wrong tilt, Earthlike planets turn into ‘snowballs’ – Futurity
23.5 degrees turns out to be “Just Right” for planets in the Goldilocks Zone
Alien life in the multiverse? Dark energy studies say it’s more likely than previously thought
Dark Matter does not appear to affect star or planet formation, no matter how much or little of it there may be in different universes.
Here’s What We Know About The Robots That Might Build Our First Homes on the Moon
The Japanese ispace company want to start building Lunar Levittowns
NASA Just Unveiled This Awesome, Tiny Helicopter That Will Cruise Over Mars
If this test works, it will open up a while new era in the exploration of Mars
Breakthrough Listen Launches Unprecedented Effort to Find Aliens – ExtremeTech
Down Under team expands the concept of the Big Ear on the cosmos
Binary stars can eject ‘castaways’ into space – Futurity
Now we know where some “rogue” planets come from
NASA reveals its plans to have astronauts orbiting the moon by 2025
Back to the Moon by 2025?
How Space Exploration Has Evolved Over the Years
Until you take a long view, it’s difficult to appreciate just how far we’ve come in only 60 years
The Exoplanets Most Likely to Harbor Life – ExtremeTech
A small handful of rocky planets, all slightly larger than the Earth, have become the likeliest abodes of extra-solar life.
NASA’s First Mission to Study the Interior of Mars Awaits May 5 Launch
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 […]
NASA’s Got a Plan for a ‘Galactic Positioning System’ to Save Astronauts Lost in Space
Science Fiction often doesn’t age well. A galactic positioning system would put paid to quite a few favorite tales.
NASA Ready to Study Heart of Mars
Speaking of investing in new technologies – NASA’s next Mars mission
‘Marsquakes’ Could Shake Up Planetary Science
We’re still holding out a faint hope that InSight will reveal that the canals have gone underground….
How black holes feed on star stuff (and spit some out)
Astronomers are beginning to understand how ‘black hole jets’ influence the evolution of galaxies.
Did enormous volcanoes lead to oceans on Mars? – Futurity
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.)
Alien Comets: Evidence of Exocomets
exo-planets, exo-asteroids and now exo-comets. Still waiting for the exo-spaceship!
The billion-dollar question: How does the Clipper mission get to Europa?
The Europa Clipper will be ready on time, but will its rocket be?
SpaceX indicates it will manufacture the BFR rocket in Los Angeles
LA will now be home to both fiction spaceships and real ones
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