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[Interview] The Quest for Earth 2.0: Discovering Exoplanets by Suppressing Starlight
Seeing an Earth-like planet around a Sun-like star isn't possible with current telescopes. The difference in brightness is just too big. But future s…
2 years ago
[Space Bites] Special Earth // Space LEGO from ESA // Amazing Perseverance Fix
Plate tectonics could be incredibly rare, LEGO bricks made from actual space rocks, mapping the Milky Way’s dark matter halo, and Perseverance’s SHER…
2 years, 1 month ago
[Space Bites] SpaceX Gets $849M to Destroy the ISS // Moon Samples Land // Waves on Titan
China returns samples from the far side of the Moon, SpaceX will be de-orbiting ISS, could you surf the methane waves on Titan, and who knows when St…
2 years, 1 month ago
[Interview] Practically FREE Primordial Gravitational Waves Detector
Not every new space mission needs a separate launch and dedicated hardware. With this proposal, there's a huge potential for finding signals from pri…
2 years, 1 month ago
[Q&A] Objects Falling Into The Sun, Hubble 2 from Space Force, Slowest Speed in the Universe
How often do objects fall into the Sun? Why do some stars explode as novae, not as Type 1a supernovae? Can the US Army just donate NASA a Hubble 2? W…
2 years, 1 month ago
[Interview] Practical Use for AI and Machine Learning in Science
AI is practically everywhere right now. But what practical use does it have in science? How can machine learning and large language models help in As…
2 years, 1 month ago
[Space Bites] Updates on The Great Red Spot // Black Hole Awakening // More Starliner Delays
How old is Jupiter’s Red Spot, watching a supermassive black hole wake up, the earliest merging quasars, and Starliner still hasn’t come home.
2 years, 1 month ago
[Interview] Deep Dive Intro Primordial Black Holes
What are primordial black holes and how are they different from all the other kinds of black holes out there? How could we possibly detect them and w…
2 years, 1 month ago
[Interview] Satellites That Scoop Air And Use It As Propellant
Satellites run out of fuel and have to de-orbit and end their missions. But what if they had access to a practically infinite amount of fuel? What if…
2 years, 1 month ago
[Q&A] Galaxy Level Threats, The Truth About Binary Stars, Rogue Gravitational Waves
What percentage of stars live in binary systems? Are there Lagrange points all the way down? Can there be a rogue gravitational wave? Why do stars tw…
2 years, 1 month ago