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Mysterious Radio Bursts Coming From Deep Space
By Marksman on January 12, 2019
Astronomers have detected 13 high-speed bursts of radio waves coming from deep space—including one that regularly repeats. While the exact sources remain unknown, the new bevy...
Elon Musk Revealed The Mighty SpaceX Starship
By Marksman on January 12, 2019
Elon Musk renamed the glorious future rocket from the Big Falcon Rocket – BFR – to Starship. The spacecraft was under development back then at...
Mars Lander Captures Haunting Sound of Martian Winds
By Marksman on January 8, 2019
Listen to Martian wind blow across NASA’s InSight lander. The spacecraft’s seismometer and air pressure sensor picked up vibrations from 10-15 mph (16-24 kph) winds as...
New Research Suggests Octopuses Came From Space
By Marksman on January 7, 2019
A summary of decades of research on a rather ‘out-there’ idea including viruses from space has recently been published, and it’s raising questions on just...
Here Are All The Space Missions And Launches To Look Forward in 2019
By Marksman on January 4, 2019
It’s right to say that 2018 was a very wonderful year for space. We saw SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy lift off for the first time, a...
Humans Landed On The Mysterious Dark Side Of The Moon For The First Time In History
By Marksman on January 4, 2019
China has become the first country to ever land on the dark side of the Moon, touching down late in a historic landing that shows its...
Animation Showing How Fast and at What Angle the Largest Planets in Our Solar System Rotate
By Marksman on January 1, 2019
Dr. James O’Donoghue, a Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard had some extra time over the holidays, during which he created a brilliant animation of the eight largest planets in our...
The Most Efficient Way to Build a Megastructure That Encompasses the Sun To Capture Much of Its Energy
By Marksman on December 21, 2018
In a fantastically animated piece, the ever-insightful Kurzgesagt explains the idea of a Dyson Sphere – a megastructure that includes the sun in order to capture a large percentage of...
Mars Express Took Photos Of Mars With a Giant Crater Packed With Ice
By Marksman on December 21, 2018
Flying over the frigid northern limits of Mars, the circling Mars Express satellite took images of the 50-mile wide Korolev crater packed with ice. Korolev...
Hubble’s Latest Capture of Globular Star Cluster NGC 1898
By Marksman on December 20, 2018
This sparkly orb of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies near the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud — one of our nearest...