Fraser Cain
I Asked an AI to Dream the Solar System as Food
As soon as I saw these new artificial intelligence image creation tools, like DALL-E, I wanted to see how well…
My Dad Made a Table That Looks Surprisingly Like Jupiter
My Dad's a pretty good woodworker, and recently completed a wooden table that looks surprisingly like Jupiter, Great Red Spot,…
Betelgeuse Is Still Dimming! And We Have the Pictures to Prove It
Near the end of 2019, astronomers watching the red giant Betelgeuse noted how much the star had dimmed, continuing to…
Building Space Telescopes… In Space
When it comes to telescopes, bigger is better. That’s true down here on Earth, and it’s especially true out in…
What Will It Take To Feed A Million People On Mars?
In 2017, Elon Musk laid out his grand sweeping plans for the future of SpaceX, the company that would take…
Better Than Earth? Are There Superhabitable Worlds In The Milky Way?
I’ve said many times in the past that the Earth is the best planet in the Universe. No matter where…
Want To Explore Mars? Send Humans To The Moons Of Mars First: Phobos And Deimos
Humans to Mars. That’s the plan right? The problem is that sending humans down to the surface of Mars is…
Bringing Mars To Earth. The Plans For a Mars Sample Return Mission
One of the great accomplishments of the Apollo missions was to bring home hundreds of kilograms of lunar rock. Suddenly,…
A Spacecraft Is Going To Assemble Its Own Solar Panels In Space: Archinaut One
As I’ve mentioned in several episodes now, humanity is in a bit of a transition period, a time when it…
Exploring The Icy Moons of Jupiter. NASA’s Europa Clipper and ESA’s JUICE
On August 19th, 2019, NASA announced that their Europa Clipper mission has been approved to move to the next phase…