Weekly Space Hangout – May 19, 2017: Eric Fisher of Labfundr
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Eric Fisher is the head of Labfundr, a Canadian crowdsourcing platform for science research…
We Will Launch on Reusable Rocket After Exceptional SpaceX Performance – Inmarsat CEO Tells Universe Today
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - Following SpaceX’s “exceptional performance” launching an immensely powerful broadband satellite on their maiden mission for…
Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Hit in Exactly the Wrong Place
A new BBC documentary called "The Day The Dinosaurs Died" explains how things might have been different for the dinosaurs…
Carnival of Space #509
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at his Next Big Future blog. Click here to read Carnival…
Comet V2 Johnson Takes Center Stage
Had your fill of binocular comets? Turns out, 2017 may have saved the best for last. The past few months…
We Might Have a New Way to Push Back Space Radiation
A new study has revealed how human activity has been affected the near-space environment, creating a bubble that protects against…
Dawn Gets Right in Between the Sun and Ceres and Takes this Video
Using data provided by the Dawn probe, which now orbits between Ceres and the Sun (at opposition), NASA has created…
Could the Closest Extrasolar Planet Be Habitable? Astronomers Plan to Find Out
According to a series of simulations conducted by scientists from the University of Exeter and the Met Office, it is…
New Explanation for Dark Energy? Tiny Fluctuations of Time and Space
A new study by a team of researchers from UBC proposes a new vision of Dark Energy, where fluctuations in…
Mysterious Flashes Coming From Earth That Puzzled Carl Sagan Finally Have An Explanation
NASA's EPIC camera aboard NOAA's DSCOVR spacecraft solves decades old mystery that stymied Carl Sagan. Mysterious flashes are mysterious no…