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NBC News
NASA is about to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid. Here's why the mission could one day…
NBC News
3 min read · Sep 25th · In a first-of-its-kind maneuver, a spacecraft is set to smash into an asteroid to test whether deflecting a space rock could one day protect Earth from a potentially catastrophic impact. · Shared by 21
WIRED
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Digs Up Organic Molecules on Mars
WIRED
2 min read · Sep 15th · These are tantalizing hints that microbes might have lived on Mars billions of years ago, but scientists need to study the rocks back on Earth to be sure. · Shared by 18, including Howard Getson, Barry Ritholtz
Lifehacker
15 of NASA's Coolest Inventions That Regular People Use
Lifehacker
8 min read · Sep 21st · You don't have to be an astronaut to enjoy the cool things NASA invented. · Shared by 64
Planetary Society
Outer worlds and outstanding science
Planetary Society
1 min read · Sep 16th · Uranus is way out there, beckoning us to visit. And Cassini is the mission that won’t quit, even years after burning up. · Shared by 12, including Bill Nye
Harvard Business School
When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment
Harvard Business School
4 min read · Sep 12th · A study of an international robotics competition reveals how experts prioritize easy-to-execute inventions over moonshot ideas. Are companies missing out on potential breakthroughs? Research by… · Shared by 23, including Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷
Discovery
Got You! Astronomers Find an Especially Sneaky Black Hole
Discovery
2 min read · Sep 16th · Black holes are tricky creatures. Since ancient times the practice of astronomy has been to point our eyes and instruments at all the glowing things in the skies above us. But black holes are defined… · Shared by 5
Freethink
Newly discovered exoplanet may be first covered in liquid water
Freethink
2 min read · Sep 1st · The first ocean planet may have just been discovered in the “Goldilocks zone” of a star 100 light-years from Earth. · Shared by 36, including Danielle! 🌩
MIT Technology Review
The 1,000 Chinese SpaceX engineers who never existed
MIT Technology Review
2 min read · Sep 7th · LinkedIn users are being scammed of millions of dollars by fake connections posing as graduates of prestigious universities and employees at top tech companies. · Shared by 15
Phys.org
NASA's Moon mission pushed back, again
Phys.org
2 min read · Sep 13th · NASA is now targeting September 27 as the earliest possible launch date for its uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the agency said in a blog post Monday. · Shared by 5
Nautilus Magazine
The Trouble With “The Big Bang”
Nautilus Magazine
9 min read · Sep 12th · A rash of recent articles illustrates a longstanding confusion over the famous term. · Shared by 21, including Pippa Malmgren
Singularity Hub
NASA Can Now Reliably Produce a Tree's Worth of Oxygen on Mars
Singularity Hub
3 min read · Sep 4th · A machine called MOXIE, stowed on NASA's Perseverence rover, is steadily breathing in the Martian atmosphere and breathing out oxygen. · Shared by 47, including Rick Powell
Noema Magazine
A Premonition Of The Planetary Future
Noema Magazine
4 min read · Sep 9th · Simultaneous climate calamity brings the whole Earth into focus. · Shared by 28, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Big Think
What does Earth look like from across the Universe?
Big Think
~12 min read · Sep 24th · From here on Earth, looking farther away in space means looking farther back in time. So what are distant Earth-watchers seeing right now? · Shared by 79
The Guardian
Neptune and its rings shown in striking new light by Webb telescope
The Guardian
2 min read · Sep 21st · Farthest planet from sun and its satellites revealed in unprecedented detail by space telescope’s infrared imager · Shared by 68
Engadget
NASA successfully completes vital Artemis 1 rocket fuel test
Engadget
1 min read · Sep 22nd · The Artemis 1 mission's next launch attempt could take place on September 27th.. · Shared by 42
Engelsberg Ideas
Meteorites: our fascination with the ultimate antique
Engelsberg Ideas
10 min read · Aug 24th · They are more than just reminders of the universe’s origins. Meteorites have been a commodity for investors, a demonstration of the cultural capital of museums, and prized items for collectors the… · Shared by 115
The New York Times
The Search for Intelligent Life Is About to Get a Lot More Interesting
The New York Times
20+ min read · Sep 15th · There are an estimated 100 billion galaxies in the universe, home to an unimaginable abundance of planets. And now there are new ways to spot signs of life on them. · Shared by 33, including Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Bob Violino, Gavin Schmidt
SPACE.com
Dark energy remains a mystery as Einstein's theory of gravity passes another test
SPACE.com
4 min read · Aug 29th · New research could help scientists use gravitational lensing — the warping of light from distant galaxies — to investigate the accelerating expansion of the universe. · Shared by 63
Ars Technica
The Big Bang should have made cracks in spacetime—why haven’t we found them?
Ars Technica
9 min read · Sep 20th · Cosmic strings' greatest power? Their ability to confound physicists. · Shared by 80, including Jennifer Ouellette
The New York Times
How Long Is the Drive to the Edge of the Universe?
The New York Times
4 min read · Sep 12th · See you in a quadrillion years or so. Don’t forget to pack zillions of tons of snacks! · Shared by 73, including Timothy Caulfield
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Big Think
Why the Multiverse is a "God-of-the-gaps" theory
Big Think
5 min read · Aug 18th · The false assumption the Multiverse relies on is that something which exists requires an explanation, whatever the cost of this explanation. · Shared by 369, including Howard Getson
Quanta Magazine
Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet
Quanta Magazine
6 min read · Sep 1st · The grainy image of a “super-Jupiter” is a sign of what’s to come as the telescope’s exoplanet observations ramp up. · Shared by 261
Quanta Magazine
Black Hole’s Ring of Light Could Encrypt Its Inner Secrets
Quanta Magazine
7 min read · Sep 8th · Physicists have discovered that the ring of photons orbiting a black hole exhibits a special kind of symmetry, hinting at a deeper meaning. · Shared by 156, including Brian Ahier
Big Think
5 consensus ideas in astronomy that might soon be overturned
Big Think
10 min read · Aug 29th · From black holes to dark energy to chances for life in the Universe, our cosmic journey to understand it all is just getting started. · Shared by 123
Engelsberg Ideas
Meteorites: our fascination with the ultimate antique
Engelsberg Ideas
10 min read · Aug 24th · They are more than just reminders of the universe’s origins. Meteorites have been a commodity for investors, a demonstration of the cultural capital of museums, and prized items for collectors the… · Shared by 115
Ars Technica
How an enormous project attempted to map the sky without computers
Ars Technica
~13 min read · Sep 12th · The Carte du Ciel provided signposts for how future astronomical discoveries would be made. · Shared by 102, including Jennifer Ouellette
ScienceAlert
Webb Has Snapped an Almost Perfect Einstein Ring 12 Billion Light-Years Away
ScienceAlert
2 min read · Aug 28th · Since the first James Webb Space Telescope images were released in July, our feeds have been flooded with mind-bogglingly gorgeous photos of space – from insanely detailed images of Jupiter to the… · Shared by 102, including Kevin C. Tofel 🇺🇦
Ars Technica
Years after shuttle, NASA rediscovers the perils of liquid hydrogen
Ars Technica
5 min read · Sep 3rd · Shared by 99, including Esther Schindler, Edward Tufte, Steven Sinofsky, Jennifer Ouellette, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
VICE
This Man Is Trying to Put Mirrors in Space to Generate Solar Power at Night
VICE
9 min read · Sep 12th · Ben Nowack and Tons of Mirrors is solving solar energy's nighttime problem. · Shared by 94, including Merkstatt, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Pippa Malmgren
Nautilus Magazine
A Step-by-Step Guide to Our Solar System’s Demise
Nautilus Magazine
~13 min read · Sep 18th · First the oceans boil off. Then things really get serious. · Shared by 93
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Quanta Magazine
Where Do Space, Time and Gravity Come From?
Quanta Magazine
20+ min read · May 4th · Einstein’s description of curved space-time doesn’t easily mesh with a universe made up of quantum wavefunctions. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses the quest for quantum gravity with host… · Shared by 1569, including Anita Leirfall
Quanta Magazine
How to Make the Universe Think for Us
Quanta Magazine
~11 min read · May 31st · Physicists are building neural networks out of vibrations, voltages and lasers, arguing that the future of computing lies in exploiting the universe’s complex physical behaviors. · Shared by 1415, including ipfconline, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Nicolas Babin, Harold Sinnott 📲 #DigitalTransformation #DTW, Jim Marous 💯, John Hagel, Dr. Sally Eaves #InnoTrans2022 #GTC22, AGI.Eth | AIKing.Eth, Brian Ahier, Amy Webb 🤖, AI, Colin Wright
Big Think
17 pictures that show how mind-bogglingly large the Universe is
Big Think
8 min read · May 30th · The observable Universe is 92 billion light-years in diameter. These pictures put just how large that is in perspective. · Shared by 1002, including Howard Getson, jorge-ferrer
BBC Future
The race to reclaim the dark
BBC Future
~11 min read · Jun 15th · Some 200 places around the world have now achieved Dark Sky status. Frankie Adkins explores the benefits nights with out light pollution can bring. · Shared by 734, including Esther Schindler, Jeff Keni Pulver 🌻, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, Colin Wright, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Big Think
Time isn't simply just another dimension
Big Think
9 min read · Jul 21st · We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space! · Shared by 729, including 👨✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌
Big Think
Psychology of alien contact: Could humanity handle the "otherness" of extraterrestrials?
Big Think
4 min read · Jul 18th · The psychology of alien contact largely revolves around the concept of "otherness." We need to be comfortable around strange things. · Shared by 542
Quanta Magazine
Two Weeks In, the Webb Space Telescope Is Reshaping Astronomy
Quanta Magazine
9 min read · Jul 25th · In the days after the mega-telescope started delivering data, astronomers reported new discoveries about galaxies, stars, exoplanets and even Jupiter. · Shared by 525, including Pascal Sulser, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Edward Tufte
Big Think
There are more galaxies in the Universe than even Carl Sagan ever imagined
Big Think
~13 min read · Jun 22nd · Forget billions and billions. When it comes to the number of galaxies in the Universe, both theorists' and observers' estimates are too low. · Shared by 482, including John Hagel
Big Think
This logarithmic view of the Universe will blow your mind
Big Think
7 min read · Aug 22nd · As we look to larger cosmic scales, we get a broader view of the expansive cosmic forest, eventually revealing the grandest views of all. · Shared by 438, including Pippa Malmgren, Kevin C. Tofel 🇺🇦, Bill Johnston, Carla Gentry
