Technology
Moisture Vaporators, Death Star Construction and Other Real Star Wars Tech
Since we all certainly have Star Wars on the brain today (The Force Awakens opens tonight), let’s take a look…
- Astronomy
- Exoplanets
- Extrasolar Planets
- Extraterrestrial
- Kepler Mission
- Radio Astronomy
- Sci-Fi
- SETI
- Stars
- Technology
Radio waves absent from the reputed megastructure-encompassed Kepler star?
Astronomers at the SETI institute (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) have reported their findings after monitoring the reputed megastructure-encompassed star KIC 8462852. No…
What’s the Big Deal About the Pentaquark?
"Three quarks for Muster Mark!," wrote James Joyce in his labyrinthine fable, Finnegan's Wake. By now, you may have heard this quote -…
Will the March 20th Total Solar Eclipse Impact Europe’s Solar Energy Grid?
The first eclipse of 2015 is coming right up on Friday, March 20th, and may provide a unique challenge for…
Here’s a Better Use for Fighter Jets: Launching Satellites
For decades, the human race has been deploying satellites into orbit. And in all that time, the method has remained…
How We’ve ‘Morphed’ From “Starry Night” to Planck’s View of the BICEP2 Field
From the vantage point of a window in an insane asylum, Vincent van Gogh painted one of the most noted…
Making the Trip to Mars Cheaper and Easier: The Case for Ballistic Capture
When sending spacecraft to Mars, the current, preferred method involves shooting spacecraft towards Mars at full-speed, then performing a braking…
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Might Become A Reality After All
Fans of Elon Musk and high-speed transit are sure to remember the Hyperloop. Back in 2013, Musk dropped the idea…
A History of Launch Failures: “Not Because They are Easy, but Because They are Hard”
Over the 50-plus years since President John F. Kennedy’s Rice University speech, spaceflight has proven to be hard. It doesn't…
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- Exoplanets
- Hubble
- NASA
- Observatories
- Solar Astronomy
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Making Cubesats do Astronomy
One doesn't take two cubesats and rub them together to make static electricity. Rather, you send them on a brief space voyage…