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[Q&A] Giving Up on Dark Matter, Swarm of Cheap Probes VS Single Expensive One, Rotating Universe
At what point we should just admit defeat and give up on our search for dark matter? Should we be sending a lot of cheap space probes instead of a si…
1 year, 3 months ago
[Interview] Unveiling The Most Obscured Part of Our Galaxy
For a long time the central part of our galaxy was mostly hidden from us because of all the dust. It was even called the Zone of Avoidance. But with …
1 year, 3 months ago
[Space Bites] Resolution for Hubble Tension // Milkdromeda Might Not Happen // Failed Lunar Landing
The White House pulls Jared Isaacman’s nomination, the 2026 NASA budget is released, the Hubble Tension might not be a problem after all, the Milky W…
1 year, 3 months ago
[Q&A] Getting Stuck on a Planet, Dangerous Supernovae, Expansionistic Aliens
How big does a planet has to be to make it impossible to fly a rocket from it? Why are aliens always portrayed expansionistic? Can a supernova make u…
1 year, 3 months ago
[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, 3 months ago
[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, 3 months ago
[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, 3 months ago
[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, 4 months ago
[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, 4 months ago
[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, 4 months ago