Groundbreaking laser can help detect signs of life on other planets
The laser-sourced analyzer is significantly smaller and more resource-efficient than its predecessors—all without compromising its abilities
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JJ Shavit
- Jan 13
NASA says that Warp drive is getting closer to reality
Warp drive is said to be the holy grail of space exploration and possesses the capability of faster than light speed travel.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 12
Dark matter is made up of dark photons which fills the space between galaxies
This hypothesis is in excellent agreement with observations made by the Cosmic Origin Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 12
Traveling to the moon aboard a space elevator is possible using today’s technology
The biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravitational pull.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 9
Laser beams could power our cities from space by 2050
power beaming could offer the world huge potential to tap into renewable energy sources and contribute to carbon-neutrality by 2050.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 7
The human brain’s ability to perceive space expands like the universe
Experience suggests that we perceive distances linearly. However, the actual geometry of spatial representation in the brain is unknown.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 5
Does the universe have an end – or does it go on forever?
Above the atmosphere is space. It’s called that because it has far fewer molecules, with lots of empty space between them.
JD Shavit
- Jan 1
Researchers create artificial black holes in the lab
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, packing so much mass into so little space that nothing can escape.
JD Shavit
- Dec 29, 2022
Rockets illuminate electric circuit that powers the Northern Lights
A NASA-funded rocket mission is headed to space to measure the global electric circuit underlying the northern lights.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 25, 2022
Scientists predict the discovery of life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
The mystery of whether microbial alien life might inhabit Enceladus, one of Saturn's 83 moons, could be solved by an orbiting space probe.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 23, 2022
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom into an aging star
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 12, 2022
NASA scientists believe that warp drive is possible
Of many remarkable events shown in Star Trek, warp drive was one of the many futuristic ideas that caught the attention of many people.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 12, 2022
Amazing interactive map lets you scroll through the universe
A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 8, 2022
Space startup looks to build a robotic outpost near the Moon
At the center of the new company is an evolvable and scalable space platform, called a robotic outpost, that will serve multiple users.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 4, 2022
Harvard and Cambridge astrophysicists solve the mystery of cosmic inflation
Astrophysicists say that there is a clear, unambiguous signal in the cosmos which could eliminate inflation as a possibility.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 23, 2022
Space-based solar power beams will soon be powering our cities
The potential of the technology is to capture sunlight and then beam it wirelessly to Earth, to then supply cities, factories and households
JJ Shavit
- Nov 12, 2022
NASA researchers believe that warp drive is possible
Warp drive is said to be the holy grail of space exploration and possesses the capability of faster than light speed travel.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 7, 2022
How big is the universe? Does outer space have an end?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to outer space – and then keep going? What would you find?
JD Shavit
- Nov 6, 2022
Astronomers discover the oldest star clusters in the universe
A team of Canadian astronomers have used the James Webb Telescope (JWST) to identify the most distant globular clusters ever discovered.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 2, 2022
White Graphene nanotubes will revolutionize just about everything
White Graphene can withstand higher temperatures than graphene, and is electrically insulating, rather than conductive.
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