Monthly Archives: May 2023
Once hostile, NASA holds first public meeting on UFOs

Once hostile, NASA holds first public meeting on UFOs The truth is out there—but we’re going to need to look…

IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…

Researchers propose a deep neural network-based 4-quadrant analog sun sensor calibration

Researchers propose a deep neural network-based 4-quadrant analog sun sensor calibration A spacecraft can estimate the attitude state by comparing…

One-third of galaxy’s most common planets could be in habitable zone

One-third of galaxy’s most common planets could be in habitable zone Our familiar, warm, yellow sun is a relative rarity…

Astrophysicists catalog all known planet-hosting, three-star systems

Astrophysicists catalog all known planet-hosting, three-star systems A planetary physicist at The University of Texas at Arlington is the lead…

Memorial Day 2023

Memorial Day 2023 Honoring the many American men and women who died in military service. Go to Source Author: Aerospace…

Space solar power developments in 2022

Space solar power developments in 2022 Conceptual illustration of ESA’s SOLARIS space based solar power system. Credits: ESA This year…

Why Politics Gets Space Wrong

Why Politics Gets Space Wrong An audacious public space program can bring incalculable benefits—along with some benefits that are not…

Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars

Meet the scientist (sort of) spending a year on Mars Living on Mars wasn’t exactly a childhood dream for Canadian…

Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch

Crash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch A private Japanese moon lander went into free-fall…

Way out there

Way out there We’re always learning more about the worlds of the outer Solar System, and even those beyond. Go…

A philosophy of secrets

A philosophy of secrets Jacques Derrida was fascinated by the figure of the Marrano Jew, whose identity could barely be…

Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause

Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years…

Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause

Virgin Galactic resumes spaceflights after two year pause Virgin Galactic successfully carried out its first spaceflight in nearly two years…

SETI: Asking the Right Questions

SETI: Asking the Right Questions Did Carl Sagan play a role in the famous Arecibo message transmitted toward the Hercules…

UK national space strategy reliant on private sector for many of its goals

UK national space strategy reliant on private sector for many of its goals In September 2021 the UK released its…

Links for IRG Interstellar Symposium in Montreal

Links for IRG Interstellar Symposium in Montreal The preliminary program for the Interstellar Research Group’s 8th Interstellar Symposium in Montreal…

Image: Mars terrain recreation at ESA

Image: Mars terrain recreation at ESA A downward view of ESA’s rock-strewn recreation of the Red Planet, is designed to…

Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’

Biodiversity Day: Protecting humanity’s ‘life-support system’ The theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity, observed on Monday, centres on…

How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds?

How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds? In the past 30 years, more than 5,000 planets have…

First contact: Global team to simulate message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth

First contact: Global team to simulate message from extraterrestrial intelligence to Earth What would happen if we received a message…

NetJets options up to 250 Embraer Praetor 500 jets

NetJets options up to 250 Embraer Praetor 500 jets Deal in excess of $5 billion includes a comprehensive services and…

SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station

SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station SpaceX’s next private flight to the International Space Station awaited…

Engineering analysis of pressurized lunar lava tubes for human habitation

Engineering analysis of pressurized lunar lava tubes for human habitation Conceptual illustration of a lunar base in Mare Tranquilitatis Hole,…

The Vault of Heaven

The Vault of Heaven Up until fairly recently in human history, people believed that a solid dome, studded with the…

For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf

For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf When…

New images released by Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

New images released by Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope released…

Moon-spying missions and a planetary evil twin

Moon-spying missions and a planetary evil twin Whether they’re dedicated to it or not, planetary missions can get beautiful and…

Time is an object

Time is an object Not a backdrop, an illusion or an emergent phenomenon, time has a physical size that can…

Perseverance rover captures view of Mars’ Belva Crater

Perseverance rover captures view of Mars’ Belva Crater The Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover recently collected 152 images…

An innovative heat shield that doesn’t need to be replaced between missions

An innovative heat shield that doesn’t need to be replaced between missions A revolution in space manufacturing is coming. Enabled…

Space Perspective looks set to segment space tourism

Space Perspective looks set to segment space tourism Ongoing excitement and investment in this revolutionary form of tourism have meant…

Origami heat shield: Reusable for reentries

Origami heat shield: Reusable for reentries A novel origami-based heat shield developed with ESA support is planned to be tested…

UN marks 75 years since displacement of 700,000 Palestinians

UN marks 75 years since displacement of 700,000 Palestinians The UN on Monday commemorated for the first time in its…

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight to fly by Earth

NASA’s Lunar Flashlight to fly by Earth NASA’s Lunar Flashlight mission to the moon has ended, but the briefcase-size spacecraft…

Assembly theory (AT) – A New Approach to Detecting Extraterrestrial Life Unrecognizable by Present Technologies

Assembly theory (AT) – A New Approach to Detecting Extraterrestrial Life Unrecognizable by Present Technologies With landers on places like…

NASA’s Juno mission nears Jupiter’s moon Io

NASA’s Juno mission nears Jupiter’s moon Io NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fly past Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on Tuesday, May…

Drawings of my BF

Drawings of my BF The intimacy that developed between an artist and his muse over hundreds of sittings is an…

Gripen E production line inaugurated in Brazil

Gripen E production line inaugurated in Brazil Milestone in technology transfer program and Embraer’s and Saab’s commitment to work together….

How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions

How fast is the universe really expanding? Multiple views of an exploding star raise new questions How did we get…

Why Futurists Get Space Wrong

Why Futurists Get Space Wrong Government’s role in space requires patience. Missions take years, even decades. The distance our probes…

Lunar-derived propellant fueling a cislunar economy may be competitive with Earth

Lunar-derived propellant fueling a cislunar economy may be competitive with Earth AI generated image depicting a propellant factory on the…

Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet—an astrophysicist on the team explains the first-of-its-kind discovery

Astronomers just saw a star eat a planet—an astrophysicist on the team explains the first-of-its-kind discovery For the first time,…

Stuck antenna freed on Jupiter-bound spacecraft

Stuck antenna freed on Jupiter-bound spacecraft A crucial radar antenna on a European spacecraft bound for Jupiter is no longer…

Hard-working spacecraft and even harder-working microbes

Hard-working spacecraft and even harder-working microbes The Soyuz spacecraft have been helping humans get to and from space for decades,…

Astronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen

Astronomers reveal the largest cosmic explosion ever seen A team of astronomers led by the University of Southampton has uncovered…

Experts: Metallic object that crashed into New Jersey home was a meteorite

Experts: Metallic object that crashed into New Jersey home was a meteorite A metallic object that punched a hole in…

How Florida is harnessing the next phase of commercial space investment

How Florida is harnessing the next phase of commercial space investment Florida has driven the US’s extraterrestrial adventures for decades….

Stephen Hawking and I created his final theory of the cosmos—here’s what it reveals about the origins of time and life

Stephen Hawking and I created his final theory of the cosmos—here’s what it reveals about the origins of time and…

Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres

Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres The values of human dignity and freedom, enshrined in…

Astronomers claim to have solved mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole

Astronomers claim to have solved mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole A mysterious trail of stars formed eight thousand…

An Ice Giant’s Possible Oceans

An Ice Giant’s Possible Oceans Further fueling my interest in reaching the ice giants is a study in the Journal…

Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June

Virgin to launch commercial spaceflights in June Space tourism company Virgin Galactic announced Monday that it is resuming flights with…

Study finds female astronauts more efficient, suggesting future space missions with all-female crews

Study finds female astronauts more efficient, suggesting future space missions with all-female crews As humans contemplate life on other planets,…

NASA selects 12 companies to collaborate on technology development

NASA selects 12 companies to collaborate on technology development Agency will provide access to its unique facilities and technical expertise…

Space Fact #20: This Movie Could Fund NASA in One Weekend

Space Fact #20: This Movie Could Fund NASA in One Weekend The 2015 space movie, The Martian—the one in which…

Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp

Galactic gobble: Star swallows planet in one big gulp For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the…

1st lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly

1st lunar eclipse of 2023 dims full moon ever so slightly Stargazers in Asia and Australia had the best seats…

Moonshadow, Moonshadow

Moonshadow, Moonshadow The Moon casts shadows on itself and on Earth, environmental concerns overshadow a test launch’s success, and exoplanets…

A thickness in the air

A thickness in the air The spooky sensation that someone or something else is right there haunts us all. But…

‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather

‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could…

‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather

‘Space waves’ offer new clues to space weather More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could…

Regional rivalries and Nato tensions – defining Turkey’s military space ambitions

Regional rivalries and Nato tensions – defining Turkey’s military space ambitions Over the past decade, Turkey has launched its defense…

Pressure required to launch a rock from Mars into space much lower than thought, discovers study

Pressure required to launch a rock from Mars into space much lower than thought, discovers study In August 1865, a…

Voyager as Technosignature

Voyager as Technosignature Here’s an image that brings out the philosopher in me, or maybe the poet. It’s Voyager 1,…

UN Peacekeeping turns 75: ‘Peace begins with me’

UN Peacekeeping turns 75: ‘Peace begins with me’ A new photo exhibit on UN Peacekeeping opened at Headquarters on Monday,…

New video series captures team working on NASA’s Europa Clipper

New video series captures team working on NASA’s Europa Clipper Destined for Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, the Europa Clipper spacecraft—the…

Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch

Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch Wildlife and environmental groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday…

Nadcap program forms additive manufacturing task group

Nadcap program forms additive manufacturing task group Will develop specific audit criteria for AM processes, high-quality AM products. Go to…

The limits of space settlement – Pancosmorio Theory and its implications

The limits of space settlement – Pancosmorio Theory and its implications Artist’s impression of the interior of an O’Neill Cylinder…

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