It is comforting to imagine that trained in the universe on both space- and earth-based telescopes, we could find asteroids of any dangerous size a mile away on our way, which would have plenty of time to color them white or explode them. . But every asteroid we see coming …
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Dying giant star, not a peaceful event. It explodes its outer material in a tremendous explosion, irradiating the space with high-energy gamma radiation for many years. The empty space is not just exposed to this radiation. New research suggests that ancient trees on Earth may have evidence of celestial explosions. …
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Getting minerals into space can be a little easier than we thought – with the help of some of the earth’s smallest inhabitants. International Space Station experiments show that bacteria can increase space mining efficiency by 400 percent, providing a much easier way to access materials we use widely in …
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I’ve seen countless images of space, taken from Earth, above it, and many of the spacecraft’s destinations: the Moon, Venus, Mars, asteroids, comets, Jupiter, Saturn … the view is always wonderful, and always some Poetic on the level. But looking at the earth from space is also something profound. Certainly …
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There is no walk in the park a year in space. Ask American astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a year on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015. Her DNA, telomeres, and gut microbiome were altered by her long stay in space, she lost bone density, and still had pain …
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