Credit to Author: Karl Bode| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:25:39 +0000
SpaceX quietly added additional restrictions to photos that were previously free to use by anyone for any reason.
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Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:45:50 +0000
Extremophiles are models for early life on Earth, and we just discovered that one in particular thrives on material from off-world.
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Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:16:01 +0000
Astronomers have discovered a giant planet orbiting a white dwarf for the first time, giving us a new place to look for planets and a rare glimpse into the future of our Solar System.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2019 03:01:21 +0000
“We should be spending this money here on Earth,” we often hear people say when space programs and private investment are discussed. It’s such a widespread sentiment that even big names in science fiction tend to share it (albeit reluctantly)
Credit to Author: Maddie Bender| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:38:48 +0000
“Such a strong signal has never been measured in ground-based gamma ray astronomy—this is the first time.”
Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:23:27 +0000
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s visions are being realized well in and out of this world, as the past week reveals. Elon Musk’s life has been surfing through land, sky, and space this week. Last fall, Musk tweeted, “Pace of innovation is all that matters in the long run.” He is certainly demonstrating that’s his companies’ mutual obsession
Credit to Author: Harry Stoltz| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:00:07 +0000
No, you don’t have to worry about emissions from SpaceX’s Mars rocket. It’s actually a green machine
Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 19:08:25 +0000
After studying the remains of exoplanets that crashed into dead stars, scientists think that rocky planets similar to Earth and Mars are likely common outside of our solar system.
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Credit to Author: Jelisa Castrodale| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:16:33 +0000
Aleph Farms announced on Monday that it had successfully grown a small piece of meat on the International Space Station.
Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:01:32 +0000
Actually using a black hole for something other than mass destruction may sound farfetched, but in 2016, Stephen Hawking figured that a black hole with the mass of a mountain could provide for all of humanity’s energy needs. Considering that a black hole of 5 Earth masses is around the size of an orange, one as massive as a mountain would be minuscule