Popular ScienceSpace Travel Virgin Galactic’s latest test flight puts it one step closer to commercial space travel Popular Science - By Rob Mark/Flying MagazineThe company plans to operate interstellar flights out of New Mexico. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo last week completed its second successful test flight from Spaceport America in Truth or Consequences,
Popular ScienceSolar System Frigid Pluto may have had a toasty start Popular Science - Kate BaggaleyCracks on the dwarf planet’s icy surface suggest it was warm enough to host a liquid ocean early in its history. Today, the dwarf planet Pluto is a frigid world with surface temperatures below -370 degrees
Popular ScienceAstronomy Astronomers find a pair of ‘super Earths’ in a nearby star system Popular Science - Charlie WoodThe discovery comes after two decades of watching one of our closest stars. Space telescopes like Kepler and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have made hunting for exoplanets an industrial
Popular SciencePlanetary Habitability There should be billions of Earths out there. Why can’t we find them? Popular Science - Charlie WoodA new estimate suggests the Milky Way is home to six billion Earth-like planets. So far, we’ve found just one potential candidate. In 2009, the Kepler space telescope constantly watched over some 200,000
Popular ScienceUniverse What did the universe look like just after the big bang? Popular Science - Charlie WoodChuck Bennett is a professor of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Here’s his tale from the field, as told to Charlie Wood. A book I read in high school by Isaac Asimov opened my eyes the
