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Today is the Highest Concentration of Atmospheric CO2 in Human History. 415 Parts Per Million. Last Time it Was This High, There Were Trees at the South Pole
Think about this for a minute: We humans and our emissions are helping turn back the climatological clock by 2…
Before We Ruin the Universe, We Should Follow Some Space Sustainability Guidelines
There are 20,000 objects orbiting Earth at this moment that are larger than 10 cm. Out of that number, only…
Japan’s First Private Rocket Flies to Space
Have you heard of Interstellar Technologies? They're the latest private company to launch their own rocket into space. They're a…
Blue Origin’s New Shepard Flies Again, a Week Before Their Mysterious Announcement
Today's breed of billionaire space entrepreneurs likes to keep us guessing, don't they? Mr. Elon Musk is famous for announcing…
It Looks Like LIGO/Virgo Have Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star. For the First Time Ever
A new signal detected by LIGO/Virgo may be the so-called 'holy grail' of astrophysics: the merger of a neutron star…
The World’s Biggest Aircraft – the Rocket-Launching Stratolaunch – Completes its First Test Flight
Stratolaunch recently conducted the first test flight of its air-carrier plane, the largest and heaviest aircraft in the world.
Despite the Crash, SpaceIL is Going Back to the Moon with Beresheet 2
Beresheet, the unlikely lander built with donations to a non-profit group, crashed into the Moon. But that doesn't mean it…
Metal Asteroid Psyche Might Have Had Volcanoes of Molten Iron
Imagine a time in the Solar System's past, when the asteroids were not solid rock, but blobs of molten iron.…
Mars Helicopter Completes More Test Flights. It’s Almost Ready to go to Mars
We've known for some time that NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. The vehicle, called the Mars Helicopter, is…
SpaceX Releases a New Render of What the All-Steel Starship Will Look Like Returning to Earth
SpaceX has released an impressive new image that shows its proposed Starship reentering the atmosphere of Earth.