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- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to Make Closest Approach to the Sun on Christmas Eve Wed, 25 Dec 24, 1:00pmParker planned to get more than seven times closer to the sun than previous spacecraft, hitting 430,000 mph (690,000 kph) at closest approach. It’s the fastest spacecraft ever built and is outfitted with a heat shield that...
- ‘God of Darkness’ Asteroid Will Pass Extremely Close to Earth in 2029 Wed, 27 Nov 24, 9:00pmAsteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, is a near-Earth asteroid that has garnered significant attention due to its close approach to our home planet.
- Why Mars? Because the first trillionaires might be mining $100 Quadrillion dollar asteroids Wed, 27 Nov 24, 6:01amBy Jo Nova Thanks to Elon, many people are wondering “Why Mars?” and the answer might be “mining the asteroids”
- Reasons to be hopeful: five ways science is making the world better Sat, 9 Nov 24, 9:00pmIf Trump’s re-election is getting you down, these innovations in medicine and technology should cheer you up
- Recognition at last for Tom Bacon, the scientist you’ve never heard of who helped put men on the moon Sat, 2 Nov 24, 10:00pmCambridge home of the engineer who developed fuel system used on Apollo 11 is to receive a blue plaque
- Astronauts Aboard International Space Station Told to Prepare for Urgent Evacuation Sun, 3 Nov 24, 12:00amNASA is now calling the cracks in a Russian service module a ‘top safety risk’ – escalating the threat rating to five out of five. Astronauts have been warned to stay in the American section when the module is open...
- Is Paleoclimate Cyclic? It’s a Mystery to Me Thu, 24 Oct 24, 4:00amIn about 120 million years we will finally cross the Sagittarius spiral arm. We will exit this Ice House with its periodic glacial ages and enter the next Hot House inter-arm space on our way into the next spiral arm region...
- Making Spaceflight Great Again.: SpaceX catches a Super Heavy Booster Rocket Mon, 14 Oct 24, 6:11amBy Jo Nova I mean, wow. The SpaceX fifth Starship rocket is 19 stories tall and they caught it first try with the Mechanzilla chopsticks.
- Mission to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, begins on October 10th…amazing work by Galileo 400+ years ago on the largest planet in our solar system and its moons Sat, 5 Oct 24, 11:00pmEuropa is a world that shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust which could very well host conditions favorable for life...
- The shocking stupidity of the smart meter system | Letters Wed, 15 May 24, 2:00amJim Fleming notes that the European Space Agency can wake up a satellite but his power supplier cannot wake up his smart meters. Plus letters from Andrew Warren and David Redshaw
- Odysseus Achieves First Ever Private Lunar Soft Landing Sat, 24 Feb 24, 1:00amAn exciting new milestone in the quest to conquer space.
- Next frontier in government waste: Giant space mirrors could beam the sun onto solar panels Tue, 16 Jan 24, 6:27amBy Jo Nova We know it’s a cult when we have thousands of years of nuclear power available but scientists want to build giant mirrors in space to reflect the sun onto solar panels on Earth.
- Another Warning Shot from Space: Melbourne, Australia Experiences a “Loud Bang” Fri, 20 Oct 23, 8:00amWhy are we wasting resources on the imaginary climate crisis, when there are real threats to address?
- NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room Mon, 25 Sep 23, 11:00amCongratulations to the OSIRIS-REx team on a picture-perfect mission – the first American asteroid sample return in histor
- Tim Peake backs idea for solar farms in space as costs fall Mon, 18 Sep 23, 3:37amAstronaut says rockets from Elon Musk’s SpaceX can reduce price of launching equipment