NASA Promises We’ll Find Alien Life in Around 20 Years, Humanity is on the verge of discovering alien life, high-ranking NASA scientists say. “I think we’re going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we’re going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years,” NASA chief scientist…
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THE ALL NEW NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON’S VIDEO GAME
EXPAND YOUR UNIVERSE WITH NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON NEW VIDEO GAME Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is entering the video game business. His new game, Neil deGrasse Tyson Presents: Space Odyssey, is an educational title developed to encourage players to explore space and science. Although in early development, it’s being designed as a building game. Space Odyssey…
SpaceX successfully lands Falcon 9 rocket on solid ground AGAIN
SpaceX has successfully landed another Falcon 9 rocket after launching the vehicle into space this evening from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Shortly after takeoff, the vehicle touched down at SpaceX’s Landing Complex 1 — a ground-based landing site that the company leases at the Cape. It marks the second time SpaceX has pulled off this type…
This picture holds 1.2 million galaxies
Something like 68% of the universe is made up of dark energy, a mysterious force thought to fuel the expansion of the universe. Another 27% is dark matter, which – as CERN explains – “does not absorb, reflect or emit light,” even though it seems to pull at the things in the universe we can…
Apollo 11’s Source Code Is Available On Github RIGHTNOW
When programmers at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory set out to develop the flight software for the Apollo 11 space program in the mid-1960s, the necessary technology did not exist. They had to invent it. They came up with a new way to store computer programs, called “rope memory,” and created a special version of the…
Can You Stand On Jupiter?
are so used to picturing us humans on Earth’s surface (and maybe soon Mars) that when we see a planet like Jupiter, one of the first questions that comes to mind is “Can we stand on it?” Let’s for a moment ignore the extreme conditions (gravity, atmospheric pressure, high temperature, and winds) that are found…
Twenty Satellites Launched By India And It Looked Absolutely Amazing
The underdog of the space game is bearing its teeth once again. On Wednesday morning (22 June), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a record-breaking 20 satellites up to the heavens. ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C34) successfully launched its 1,288-kilogram (2,838-pound) bundle of intentional satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, an island off…
Transport of Saturn V Rocket Stage to Stennis Space Center a Matter of Real History
History both repeated and foreshadowed itself with transport of the S-IC-15 Saturn V rocket stage to NASA’s Stennis Space Center this month. It repeated in literal fashion. The stage was transported from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility to Stennis Space Center on June 16, via the same water route it took more than 45 years ago…
‘Test Like You Fly’: What Qualification Means for SLS Rocket
The word “qualification” has become quite synonymous with testing and building the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA’s Space Launch System, which will make missions possible to an asteroid and the journey to Mars. So, what does it mean for rocket parts to be “qualified” for the mission of going to deep space? And how does that…
NASA’s new Apple TV app lets you live stream launches and check on the space station
These days, if you want to watch a NASA-sanctioned rocket launch or astronauts play on the International Space Station, you typically reach for your computer. You can always watch these kinds of space activities on TV with NASA’s cable channel, but for those who don’t want to shill out money for that, online broadcasts through…
Earth’s Third Van Allen Radiation Belt Made By A “Space Tsunami”
Earth’s incredible magnetic field is not only useful when using a compass. It is there to protect us, and life on Earth would not be possible without it. The magnetic field stops energetic particles and it traps them in large swarms around the planet in zones that we call Van Allen radiation belts. Two of…
New Era’ of Astrophysics: Why Gravitational Waves Are So Important
There was big news in astrophysics this week: An experiment detected ripples in space-time, known as gravitational waves, created by two black holes colliding in space 1.4 billion light-years from Earth. That certainly sounds … complicated. But what’s the big deal, exactly? Why are scientists so excited about this new discovery? What does it tell…