Collaborate Disseminate
Does “Pix or it didn’t happen” apply to traveling to the edge of space on a balloon-lofted solar observatory? Yes, it absolutely does. The breathtaking views on this page come …read more Continue reading Catching the View from the Edge of Space
Scripps Research scientists sent stem-cell-derived brain organoids to the ISS to study the effects of microgravity on brain cells, finding that the organoids matured faster and showed signs of specialization compared to Earth-grown controls. The findin… Continue reading Brain Cells Mature Faster In Space But Stay Healthy, ISS Study Finds
SpaceX has filed a petition to incorporate its Starbase facility in South Texas as a new city, aiming to streamline infrastructure development and support the growing workforce needed for Starship production and testing. Space.com reports: “To continue… Continue reading SpaceX Wants Starbase To Become an Official City In Texas
If you’re new to the world of circular math, you might be content with referring to pi as 3.14. If you’re getting a little more busy with geometry, science, or …read more Continue reading Why NASA Only Needs Pi To So Many Decimal Places
Does space need environmentalists, asks the headline from a new article in Noema magazine. “As astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson notes, the first trillionaire will be made in space.
“But amid such promising developments are worries among some scient… Continue reading Does Space Need Environmentalists?
Space.com calls it “the once-in-a-lifetime reignition of a long-dead star in an explosion powerful enough to briefly match the brilliance of Polaris, the North Star.” In March CNN promised this once-every-79-years event would happen “anytime between no… Continue reading A Predicted ‘New Star’ Didn’t Appear in the Night Sky. Astronomers Expect It Soon
“SpaceX has launched 20 of its Starlink satellites up into Earth’s orbit, enabling direct-to-cellphone connectivity for subscribers anywhere on the planet,” reports the tech blog New Atlas.
That completes the constellation’s first orbital shell, follo… Continue reading SpaceX’s Thursday Launch Enables Starlink’s New Satellite-to-Cellphone Internet Service
“Are Primordial Black Holes real…?” asks Universe Today. “If they do exist, a “new paper suggests they may be hiding in places so unlikely that nobody ever thought to look there…” — in planets, in asteroids, and here on earth.
Physicists hyp… Continue reading Could Evidence of Primordial Black Holes Be Hiding in Plain Sight?
The 20th century saw humankind’s first careful steps outside of the biosphere in which our species has evolved. Whereas before humans had experienced the bitter cold of high altitudes, the …read more Continue reading Exploring the Sounds and Sights Of Alien Worlds
An anonymous reader shared this report from Reuters:
The rapid increase in satellites and space junk will make low Earth orbit unusable unless companies and countries cooperate and share the data needed to manage that most accessible region of space… Continue reading As Space Traffic Crowds Earth Orbit: a Push for Global Cooperation