Kevin Beachusflipped into Things Of InterestChrysler's Radical Space Shuttle Design Was 50 Years Ahead of Its Timeverified_publisherThe Drive - Peter HolderithThe automaker’s unorthodox plan included reusable rockets and a suborbital space airline. The Chrysler Corporation (yes, the car company) used to have …
Passionfish12flipped into SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYMysterious Repeating Radio Burst From Space Is Back, Exactly Right on Timeverified_publisherPopular Mechanics - Jennifer LemanWe'll see it again in around 160 days. So what the hell is it? It's baaaaack: Multiple teams of astronomers have spotted the mysterious fast radio burst (FRB) 121102 yet again, confirming a theory that the burst of radio waves appears at measurable intervals. Fast radio bursts, which astronomers first …
AvatarDarkAngel107flipped into spaceRepeating Fast Radio Burst From Deep Space Wakes Up Right on TimeExtremeTech - Ryan WhitwamOur old friend FRB 121102 is back, and right on time. Earlier this year, astronomers identified a distinct 157-day cycle in the activity of FRB …
archwizardflipped into Science FractionsLatest Space Station crew docks in record time following successful launchverified_publisherTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonTypically, there’s a bit of a delay between when astronauts launch from Earth to the International Space Station, and when they actually dock with the orbital lab. This has to do with the relative orbits of the launch spacecraft and the ISS, as well as their takeoff point from Earth. Expedition 64, …
Fast Companyflipped into Fast CompanyWhy now is the most exciting time in space in 50 yearsverified_publisherFast Company - By Charles FishmanIt’s not the launches, or even the possibility of human spaceflight becoming commonplace. It’s the economy, stupid. The essential parts of an economy are intertwined by their very nature. There’s no point in having a food market if there are no farmers to supply food. But there’s no point in growing …
Space.comflipped into SpaceXSpaceX Crew Dragon undocks from space station to bring NASA astronauts home for 1st timespace.com - Hanneke WeiteringThe first astronauts to fly in SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft are on their way back to Earth from the International Space Station. NASA astronauts …
The Globe and Mailflipped into EntertainmentOpinion: An astrophysicist ponders what space and time really mean in the COVID-19 eraverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Katie MackThis article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. Katie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist, assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State University and the author of The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking). “I’ve been trying to wrap my …
New Scientistflipped into New ScientistWeird space radio signal tracked to its source for the first timenewscientist.com - Leah CraneFor the first time, we have tracked a strange blast of radio waves – called a fast radio burst – back to its source, solving a major cosmic mystery. …
Avatargeowarnerflipped into Interesting StuffA Collision in Space Caused a Black Hole 142 Times Bigger Than the Sunverified_publisherTravel + Leisure - Andrea RomanoSpace is full of surprises. According to PBS, scientists have observed the collision of two black holes, creating a new size of black hole that has never been seen before. Rest assured, this massive black hole won’t be consuming our universe like it would in a sci-fi movie. This black hole collision …
Business Insiderflipped into RetailA British supermarket launched a chicken nugget into space for the first time in history and filmed its journeyverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Grace DeanThe British frozen-foods grocer Iceland Foods sent a chicken nugget into space for the first time in history. To celebrate its 50th anniversary last week, Iceland hired the space marketing company Sent Into Space for the marketing stunt. The company launched the nugget to an altitude of 110,000 feet, …
JSflipped into BantamBitsA rocket booster and a dead satellite avoided a collision Thursday, illustrating the ‘ticking time bomb’ of space debrisverified_publisherThe Washington Post - By Christian DavenportIt appears that a dead Soviet satellite narrowly missed a Chinese rocket stage Thursday night as they sped hundreds of miles above the Earth’s surface, another in a series of close calls for junk whizzing around in orbit. Throughout the space community there was widespread concern over a worst-case …
Thrillistflipped into ThrillistYou Can Follow NASA's Perseverance Rover Through Space in Real Timethrillist.com - Dustin NelsonThe rover launched in July, but you can see how far it's gone already through a NASA app. NASA's Perseverance rover launched toward the red planet …
