Riding to the moon aboard a space elevator is possible using today’s technology
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravity.
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Joseph Shavit
- Jul 19
How does reduced gravity affect astronauts’ muscles and nerve responses?
Researchers from Japan conduct a review and share an action plan for astronauts to prevent muscular atrophy during spaceflight
Joshua Shavit
- Jul 17
A little piece of Washington state blasted into space this week
A tiny piece of rural Washington state—and some of its “inhabitants”— blasted off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 10
NASA claims that warp drive is getting closer to reality
[July 10, 2022: JD Shavit, The Brighter Side of News] Warp drive was the very first theory proposed in Star Trek, allowing it to travel...
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 7
Warp drive is getting closer to reality, NASA claims
Miguel Alcubierre created a bubble within space-time that would twist distances making it possible to travel long distances in the bubble.
Joseph Shavit
- May 23
Ghostly ‘mirror world’ key to solving a major cosmic puzzle
New research suggests an unseen ‘mirror world’ of particles might be the key to solving a major puzzle in cosmology – the Hubble constant.
Joseph Shavit
- May 7
This is what happens to the human brain over time in space
Long-duration space flight alters fluid-filled spaces along veins and arteries in the brain, according to new research
Joseph Shavit
- May 4
'Gravity Telescopes' are 1,000x more precise than current technologies
A futuristic technique conceptualized by Stanford scientists could enable astronomical imaging far more advanced than any present today.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 20
Is warp drive really possible? Physicist explains
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity ("GR") represents space and time as a 4-dimensional "fabric" that can be stretched and folded
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 14
Gravity can solve clean energy's biggest tech problem
The system hoists 30 tonne “mobile masses” into the air using excess energy. When the need arises for the power, the mass descends.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 9
Mathematical discovery sheds light on secrets of the Universe
How can Einstein's theory of gravity be unified with quantum mechanics? This is a challenge that could yield deep insights into black holes.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 26
Quantum sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking mapping of Earth's underworld
The sensor works by detecting variations in microgravity using the principles of quantum physics, which is based on manipulating nature.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 16
What is warp drive and is it even a really a thing? Physicist explains
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity ("GR") represents space and time as a 4-dimensional "fabric" that can be stretched and folded
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 6
Matter and anti-matter discovery could lead to new physics
The collaboration has made the most precise comparison yet between protons and antiprotons and whether or not they behave in the same ways.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 5
Gravitational action of sun and moon influences behavior of animals and plants
Matter on Earth, both live and inert, experiences the effects of the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon expressed in the form of tides
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 10, 2021
People with disabilities have been locked out of spaceflight, but that is changing
As the airplane tilted steeply upward, Mona Minkara, who is legally blind, experienced gravity like never before. It's a bizarre feeling.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 9, 2021
Scientists detect a 'tsunami' of gravitational waves
A team of international scientists have unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 21, 2021
A spacecraft could use gravity to prevent a dangerous asteroid impact
The ‘gravity tractor’ method of asteroid deflection involves flying a spacecraft close enough to an asteroid so its gravitational attraction
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 16, 2021
Have we detected dark energy? Scientists say it's a possibility
Unexplained results from the XENON1T experiment may have been caused by dark energy, and not the dark matter the experiment tried to detect.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 6, 2021
Astronomers create the first 3D-printed stellar nurseries
The first 3D-printed stellar nurseries are highly polished spheres about the size of a baseball, representing star-forming clouds of gas.