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- Solar Electric Propulsion Makes NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Go Tue, 21 Sep 21, 3:00pmThe spacecraft will launch in August 2022 and travel about 1.5 billion miles (2.4 billion kilometers) over three and a half years to get to the asteroid, which scientists believe may be part of the core of a planetesimal,...
- $100M donation powers decade-long moonshot to create solar satellites that beam power to Earth Sat, 7 Aug 21, 5:23amIt sounds like a plan concocted by a supervillain, if that villain’s dastardly end was to provide cheap, clean power all over the world: launch a set of three-kilometer-wide solar arrays that beam the sun’s energy...
- NASA Map Gives Most Accurate Space-Based View of LA’s Carbon Dioxide Tue, 8 Jun 21, 7:00pmThe highest CO2 readings, in yellow on the map, are on the west side of downtown L.A. – a densely populated area with congested freeways and CO2-emitting industries. Yellow indicates atmospheric CO2 elevated by five or...
- NASA Analysis: Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus Years Sun, 28 Mar 21, 8:00pmEstimated to be about 1,100 feet (340 meters) across, Apophis quickly gained notoriety as an asteroid that could pose a serious threat to Earth when astronomers predicted that it would come uncomfortably close in 2029...
- NASA Wants Your Help Designing a Venus Rover Concept Sun, 23 Feb 20, 1:00amFrom NASA NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, under a grant from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, is running a public challenge to develop an obstacle avoidance sensor for a possible...
- Caltech scientists speed up carbon sequestration process by 500 times Wed, 19 Jul 17, 11:20pmCarbon sequestration, or removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it long-term, could help us fight climate change. It's a complex chemical reaction, but a team of six scientists led by the California Institute...
- Caltech scientists accelerate part of carbon sequestration process by 500 times Wed, 19 Jul 17, 11:20pmCarbon sequestration, or removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it long-term, could help us fight climate change. It's a complex chemical reaction, but a team of six scientists led by the California Institute...
- Saturn's biggest moon has enough energy to power a US-sized space colony Thu, 13 Jul 17, 11:19pmFeeling like you've had enough of this planet? Saturn's biggest moon, Titan, is an attractive option for a space colony, according to new research. Amanda Hendrix of the Planetary Science Institute and Yuk Yung of the California...
- 2,500 orbiting solar “flying carpets” could power the planet Mon, 11 Apr 16, 11:34pmOne need not venture to the Cave of Wonders to discover the magic of flying carpets. The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI), a collaboration between Caltech and global security company Northrup Grumman, has proposed the...
- SPPI’s 2500 orbital “flying carpets” could power the planet Mon, 11 Apr 16, 11:34pmOne need not venture to the Cave of Wonders to discover the magic of flying carpets. The Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI), a collaboration between Caltech and global security company Northrup Grumman, has proposed the...
- Einstein’s gravitational wave theory proven by the sound of two black holes colliding Fri, 12 Feb 16, 4:13amAlbert Einstein’s last unproven theory can no longer be described as such. The existence of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time, have been confirmed after decades of research and experimentation. Laser Interferometer...
- Two supermassive black holes are heading for a cosmic mega-collision Thu, 17 Sep 15, 11:53pmIf you’re weary, feelin’ small, remember that somewhere out there, two supermassive black holes are colliding. Earlier this year, astronomers at Caltech identified a cosmic event that is occurring 3.5 billion light years...
- Caltech’s New Keck Institute for Space Studies is a LEED Platinum Think Tank Tue, 16 Sep 14, 12:46amThe design of the Keck Institute for Space Studies called for not only the construction of a new modernist building, but also the historic renovation of the Tolman-Bacher House, a mission-style building constructed back in...
- VIDEO: Inhabitat Interviews Janine Benyus, Author and Founder of Biomimicry 3.8 Thu, 31 Oct 13, 6:47amIn 1997, biologist and innovation consultant Janine Benyus, released her first book Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. In this publication she coined the term 'biomimicry' and laid the groundwork for an emerging...
- Team SCI-Arc and Caltech’s Transforming DALE House Expands to More Than Double its Size at the Solar Decathlon Fri, 4 Oct 13, 12:08amThe SCI-Arc-/Caltech home, DALE, which stands for Dynamic Augmented Living Environment, is an exercise two years in the making that reacts to California's love for super-sized suburban tract homes by trading in the typical...