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[Q&A] Best Possible Space Mission, Sea Launches, Sun's Siblings
What would be the best possible space mission if budget restrictions didn't exist? Why don't we launch all rockets from ships in the sea? Where are t…
1 year, 2 months ago
[Interview] How to Find Your Way Home in Space
If you were dropped in a random place in space, how would you find your way home? New Horizons tackled this problem with a first interstellar navigat…
1 year, 2 months ago
[Q&A] Enforcement of Space Treaties, Mars vs O'Neil Cylinders, India's Space Ambitions
Can somebody really enforce any space treaties and do they make any sense? What's a better future, colonies on Mars or on giant rotating spaceships? …
1 year, 2 months ago
[Space Bites] Double Supernova // Impossible Rings // Dark Brown Dwarfs
A star detonated as a supernova, twice. Trump chooses his new NASA Administrator. Why deflecting asteroids is much more complex than we thought.And o…
1 year, 2 months ago
[Q&A] Dust VS Interstellar Travel, Nuclear Reactors on the Moon, My Favourite Lagrange Point
Will dust make interstellar travel impossible? Is Oumuamua unique in its weird cigar-like shape? How many nuclear reactors will we need on the Moon? …
1 year, 2 months ago
[Q&A] Vera Rubin & Planet 9 SPECIAL
Will there be a northern hemisphere version of Vera Rubin? Or maybe we can put one straight in space? Can Vera Rubin detect alien spacecraft if they …
1 year, 2 months ago
[Interview] Revealing the Secrets of Cosmic Dark Ages
What are the cosmic dark ages and what do we know about them? Why are the so hard to study? How can the Dark Age Explorer help with it and why does i…
1 year, 2 months ago
[Space Bites] A THIRD Interstellar Object // Pack of Quasars // Tianwen-2 Looks Back
Astronomers have discovered a third interstellar object. NASA missions are getting prepared to be shut down. The most massive white dwarf has been fo…
1 year, 2 months ago
[Q&A] Absent Planets from Our Solar System, Interstellar Black Holes, Non-Conventional Theories
Which type of planet that's not in the Solar System is the most interesting? Can we detect an interstellar black hole? Should science journalists rep…
1 year, 2 months ago
[Q&A] Confidence in SpaceX, New Pale Blue Dot, A Day on Gas Giants
Did the recent streak of Starship failures change my confidence is SpaceX's future success? How can we measure the rotation of gas giant planets? Is …
1 year, 2 months ago