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Back to Search![[Interview] All You Need to Know About Type 1a Supernovae](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665829/6b0b34f7ef504a6b97d2480bfc6610b5/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=-W31vhPkdhDe8qe9K0GgJAsEvdmYkPfQ98V4B5ontus%3D)
[Interview] All You Need to Know About Type 1a Supernovae
What's the difference between a nova and a supernova? What's the mechanism behind their explosions? What instruments are used to observe them at the …
1 year, 1 month ago
![[Q&A] Replenishing Lost Atmosphere, Copy of Earth, Betelgeuse Supernova](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665830/6cc624973dd541ada4695388e182d258/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=UrOeECBk1Rp-5Fu10RhN8r10mmqCBKrVmRUvhvVTNZ8%3D)
[Q&A] Replenishing Lost Atmosphere, Copy of Earth, Betelgeuse Supernova
How much of our atmosphere is lost to space and should we be actively replenishing it? Is there an exact copy of Earth out there hiding in the Univer…
1 year, 1 month ago
![[Interview] Punching NanoHoles in Light Sails Can Bring Us Closer to Alpha Centauri](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665831/72df07cd39684ba6aafc62f5541d976a/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=K-ys8SB_eGXQCymTdz-VMkWLEbkIj7q_H7i_RmZA3lA%3D)
[Interview] Punching NanoHoles in Light Sails Can Bring Us Closer to Alpha Centauri
Launching Breakthrough Starshot light sail probes to Alpha Centauri requires a lot of new tech, including the actual light sails. How do you make the…
1 year, 2 months ago
![[Space Bites] Mysterious Object Discovered // Starship Explodes Again // China's Asteroid Sample Return](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665832/066bda96882946b7a66a4a73d4cfce86/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=_JnpM9SrCQYbKSkuAhnYt4HDHfQ_QSTq0emFh-6mIqA%3D)
[Space Bites] Mysterious Object Discovered // Starship Explodes Again // China's Asteroid Sample Return
China’s asteroid sample return mission launches, searching for a companion star for Betelgeuse, the 9th flight test wraps up for Starship and Superhe…
1 year, 2 months ago
![[Q&A] De-Radioactivating Van Allen Belts, Super Gravity Assists, Algorithms and Clickbait](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665834/b55c404c972d40edb3851f761f08e22c/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=_KiOM3b2SJD8-Zi_ZYvVUcyt-HsvbZcKqlcmHI4btKQ%3D)
[Q&A] De-Radioactivating Van Allen Belts, Super Gravity Assists, Algorithms and Clickbait
Can we make the Van Allen belts safe to fly through? Why not get a super gravity assist from the Sun? Can we predict the next supernova in the Milky …
1 year, 2 months ago
![[Interview] Can Sweating Heat Shields Solve Re-Entry Problems for Reusable Rockets?](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665835/4a1041e5ece747939c96affe8d30cc13/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=-fS0yLTla6eX1JFRO0RX2Qg8xV13mgc_2wY92dAVYcA%3D)
[Interview] Can Sweating Heat Shields Solve Re-Entry Problems for Reusable Rockets?
Heat shields are one of the trickiest problems left to solve before we can have truly reusable spacecraft. So far we've seen different solutions, lik…
1 year, 2 months ago
![[Q&A] Extending JWST's Life, Views from Dragonfly, Roadblock to Mars](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665836/7f16b4d4b9894894a95b494d12528376/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=OkOe4yOVfArcP23Uxi6SqPBPLF-ZKoFchaVu8P9qUao%3D)
[Q&A] Extending JWST's Life, Views from Dragonfly, Roadblock to Mars
Can we refuel James Webb at L2 when it runs out of propellant? What will the Dragonfly octocopter see on the surface of Titan? Will discovering life …
1 year, 2 months ago
![[Interview] 3 Key Technologies to Start Terraforming Mars in Our Lifetime](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665837/866c8e9d73b64d479efb2b8736083d3c/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=aYoH-Sg6lV-sJB9wL8Cr1F1QbNc7K_oZoEqw-_zKT84%3D)
[Interview] 3 Key Technologies to Start Terraforming Mars in Our Lifetime
Terraforming Mars is usually considered in the realm of science fiction. But actually we have technology to start doing it in our lifetime and achiev…
1 year, 2 months ago
![[Space Bites] Dangers of A Super Solar Storm // Jupiter Twice The Size // Crazy Moon Landing System](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665838/981e467a27c24bc58f4cedeb37c26933/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=p_5n33RUPRew_v_hA5AoZAHpf6ZehduE3eF2RrOUyps%3D)
[Space Bites] Dangers of A Super Solar Storm // Jupiter Twice The Size // Crazy Moon Landing System
Jupiter could have been twice as big in the past, the challenges of landing on the Moon, the record for the farthest galaxy has been broken. And in o…
1 year, 2 months ago
![[Q&A] My Favourite Space Image, Shape of Oort Cloud, The Concept of Aliens](https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/139665839/41698c5752ef4124bba15770c9b597c1/eyJkIjo3MiwiaCI6MzAwMCwic3RyaXBfYWxwaGEiOjEsInciOjMwMDAsIndlYnAiOjB9/1.jpg?token-hash=pAE4y7cIon65VTtmuRMUGl2zdHYT-pQb0SXHotwCfC0%3D)
[Q&A] My Favourite Space Image, Shape of Oort Cloud, The Concept of Aliens
When did humans first think of aliens? Why is Oort cloud a sphere when the Solar System is a disk? Which space image is my favourite? And in our Q&A+…
1 year, 2 months ago