Now for the 1st time in 30+ yrs NASA is funding the work of a group of research scientists looking for signs of alien civilization. The grant will provide funding for scientists to search for signs of life via “technosignatures.” Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian and the University of Rochester are […]
All eyes were on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket last weekend as it was the 1st time NASA Astronauts were carried to the International Space Station aboard a commercially-built craft. And while we all watched the take-off last Saturday with Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley at the helm, we could not help but notice what Captain Behnken […]
$TSLA $BA SpaceX delivered 2 astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company. With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manual control if necessary, the SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up to […]
In just a few weeks, the lives of The People have changed in ways they had never imagined. People can no longer meet, work, eat, shop, and socialize as they used to. The working world moved rapidly from business as usual to cautious travel, office closures, and work-from-home mandates. Instead of traveling and going out to […]
$BA The Boeing Co Starliner spacecraft that failed to hit the right orbit to reach the International Space Station is “healthy,” in a stable orbit and expected to land in New Mexico on Sunday morning, NASA said on Saturday. The Boeing CST-100 Starliner astronaut capsule was successfully launched from Florida on Friday, but an automated […]
UFO enthusiasts drawn by alien-themed festivities continued to pour into rural Nevada Friday near the Area 51 US military base, but fears of a mass raid on the remote site or a public safety crisis proved unfounded. An estimated 2,300 out-of-towners ventured Thursday and Friday to the desert region around Area 51, a secretive US […]
Astronomers say that they believe they discovered a new interstellar object in our solar system and think it should be observable for at least a year, according to the Minor Planet Center at the Center for Astrophysics. The object, now provisionally called C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), was detected by amateur Ukrainian astronomer Gennady Borisov at the Crimean Astrophysical […]
Extraterrestrial life may have already visited planet Earth before humans evolved into intelligent beings, a new study claims. Sunday, it was reported on the study that theorized that because the stars and planets within the Milky Way galaxy all move, aliens could merely be waiting for the right time to pay another visit to our […]
Cool and calm as one of the original Russian cosmonauts, FEDOR the robot said, “Everything is normal,” on his Twitter account, after he blasted off on a two-week mission to support the International Space Station crew and test his skills. You might say, he has The Right Stuff — even though he’s largely metal, wires […]
Astronomers are now using AI (artificial intelligence) to detect mysterious fast radio bursts coming from outer space. The technology was developed by Wael Farah, a doctoral student at Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology. Fast radio bursts (FRB) are brief pulses of radio waves coming from far outside our Milky Way galaxy, flaring with the power […]
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, joined by U.S. Representatives Mo Brooks, Robert Aderholt, Scott DesJarlais and Brian Babin, will discuss updates on the agency’s plans for landing humans on the Moon by 2024 through the Artemis program at 3:10 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 16. The remarks will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. From the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Bridenstine will discuss […]
New market entrants, platforms, services and business models are disrupting the global space industry. To serve an evolving market, value chain players are developing flexible, affordable, dedicated, competitive and complementary solutions for end customers to sustain significant growth opportunities. Frost & Sullivan forecasts the total revenue opportunities for the global satellite manufacturing market to soar past $366.06 billion with global launch demand for […]
NASA has selected two proposals for concept studies that could help us better understand the fundamental nature of space and how it changes in response to planetary atmospheres, radiation from the Sun, and interstellar particles. The proposals will advance NASA’s heliophysics program and could lead to better protection for both technology and humans as we travel farther […]
After months grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu’s surface, the team leading NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has selected four potential sites for the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft to “tag” its cosmic dance partner. Since its arrival in December 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has mapped the entire asteroid […]
FLASH: A huge asteroid just missed Earth and was not noticed by astronomers until the very last minute. The asteroid seemingly appeared from “out of nowhere,” said Michael Brown, a Melbourne, Australia observational astronomer. NASA estimated the object was 187-427 feet wide and missed Earth by 45,0000 miles this week, less than 1/5 of the […]
In the name of safety and an enjoyable flight, there are some basic rules airplane passengers should follow. Many are told to you at some point during your journey. Some rules, however, are unspoken. Here are 8 things you should never do on a flight. Stow Luggage Anywhere Store your belongings close by instead of […]
The term “Blue Moon” is most often associated with a month containing 2 full moons. Not happening this month, and yet 18 May brings a Blue Moon according to rules drawn up by an Almanac editor nearly a 100 yrs ago. This year, the Vernal Equinox occurred at 5:58p EDT (2158 GMT) on 20 March […]
More mysterious fast radio bursts have been detected from outer space by a telescope in Canada, including a few bursts that stem from the exact same location in the Sky, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Fast radio bursts are brief pulses of radio waves coming from far outside our Milky Way galaxy, flaring with […]
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has survived humanity’s most distant exploration of another world. Just 10 houra after the middle-of-the-night encounter 4-B miles away, flight controllers in Laurel, Maryland, received word from the spacecraft late Tuesday morning. Cheers erupted at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory, home to Mission Control. “We have a healthy spacecraft. We’ve […]
Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station Hurricane Florence is predicted to slam into the US East Coast as an “extremely dangerous major hurricane” overnight Thursday. The storm may stall over South Carolina and North Carolina, dump several feet of rain, and trigger widespread floods. A camera aboard the International Space Station recorded video of Hurricane Florence Wednesday morning, […]
NASA Will Launch Astronauts Into Space From US in 2019 The US space agency will launch astronauts into space next year from US soil following seven years of reliance on Russian transport, NASA Administrator James Bridenstine said in an interview published Monday. “Without question, by the middle of next year, we’ll be flying American astronauts on […]
President Donald and Vice President Mike Pence Week 81 in the Oval Office REBUILDING OUR MILITARY Monday, President Trump signed into law the $717-B National Defense Authorization Act. This Act adds new troops, provides pay raises to service members, builds new tanks and war ships, and much more to restore American military strength with pride […]
‘Insanely Powerful’ Space Signal May Have ‘Artificial Origin’ The Universe’s “invisible light” is sending “puzzling pulses” of “mysterious, ultrastrong sparks of energy” toward us from deep space in the way of fast radio bursts (FRBs) and may be a signal from extraterrestrial life, according to a Live Science. The FRBs may “last just a few milliseconds” […]
NASA’s Astronauts Named for 1st Manned US Space Flight Since 2011 $BA Friday, NASA named 9 astronauts for its 1st manned space launches from US soil since the space shuttle program ended in Y 2011. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) announcement signals a milestone in the US space program championed by President Donald […]
US plans to use space for military purposes may be as harmful to international security as the nuclear arms race was, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has warned, calling on the White House to “show common sense.” US plans to develop persistent, space-based sensor architecture by the end of 2022 are yet another step towards what Washington […]
Scientists have discovered what they believe is a lake hidden below a mile of ice at the south pole of Mars. The water was detected by radar and is situated below the southern polar ice cap of the red planet. The discovery was unveiled in a study conducted by the Italian Space Agency. The evidence […]
President Trump Has Re-established the National Space Council Almost 50 years ago astronaut Neil Armstrong declared his “small step” onto the Moon as a “giant leap for mankind,” but the United States’ bureaucracy kept that from happening. Friday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) said in an opinion piece marking the anniversary of mankind’s 1st […]
Iceberg Dangerously Close to Greenland Village Spotted from Space An iceberg drifting very close to a remote Greenland village is so big it can be seen from space The European Space Agency released an image Tuesday showing the giant iceberg just off the coast of Innaarsuit. Dozens of village residents were evacuated to higher ground […]
Cryptocurrecy’s Use in Hedging Gaining Traction $BTCUSD Cryptocurrencies have lost 100’s of Billions in total market cap since December 2017, add to that continued confusion about its regulatory status in the US and elsewhere, we might expect that the nascent crypto hedge fund industry would be struggling. But, a report by CryptoGlobe suggests that this is not the case. In fact, the pace […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk, “an interesting man” $TSLA, $RACE, $GM, $F, $VLKAY Saturday, a Seattle fund manager noted that Elon Musk is “possibly the most interesting man in the world,” in a post on his firm’s website He did not refer to Wednesday’s conference call Mr. Musk held on the controversial financial travails of the […]
President Trump in California, “We are going to lead in Space again” Tuesday, US President Donald Trump floated the idea of having a national Space Force during a speech at a California Marine Corps Air Station. Trump addressed a crowd of Marines at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego and brought up his […]
Astronauts Blast-off for International Space Station A capsule carrying 3 astronauts from Russia, Japan and the United States has blasted off for a 2-day journey to the International Space Station. The Soyuz capsule with Anton Shkaplerov, Norishige Kanai and Scott Tingle launched at 1:23 p.m. (0723 GMT; 2:23a EST) Sunday from Russia’s manned space-launch complex […]
China’s Space Station May Crash in to Europe The European Space Agency (ESA) has already narrowed down the possible crash sites for the Chinese ‘Tiangong-1’ space station, including several European nations, which is due to meet its fiery end early in 2018. The agency will lead an international campaign comprised of a total of 13 […]
The Supersonic Concorde is Set to Return in 2019 Once the Pinnacle of commercial air travel, Concorde jets have not flown for 14 years, now a privately-funded organisation will put 1 back in service. Concordes used to fly at a height of about 17.7km, just at the edge of space, and were thus able to […]
Create Your Perfect Home Vegetable Garden The 2015 National Gardening Survey show us that vegetable gardening and flower gardening top the list of most popular forms of gardening, with 36% of US households growing their own Organic food Growing your own vegetables is one of the best ways to ensure ready access to fresh, nutrient-dense […]
New Results from NASAs Juno Mission Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate […]
Anti-aging: NAD+, a Metabolite, Headed for Human Trials Medical researchers have discovered a naturally occurring compound the human body produces that can speed DNA repair, combat disease, and may turn back the clock on aging. The compound called NAD+, which is present in all cells plays a Key role in regulating protein interactions that control […]
1st Emirati Astronaut to be in Space in ‘few years’ – Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh Mohammed launched the UAE National Space Programme The UAE will send the 1st Emirati astronaut to space within the “next few years”, the country’s Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said. The announcement […]
Stephen Hawking, “If Aliens call be wary of answering” “Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus, that did not turn out so well.” Physicist Stephen Hawking is convinced than ever that humans are not the only intelligent life form in the Universe. Stephen Hawking details his quest to find alien life […]
Rosetta Space Probe Crash-lands on Icy Comet Cheers erupted at the European Space Agency Friday as the Rosetta spacecraft, which traveled 4-B miles over the last 10 years made a crash-landing onto the icy comet it has been orbiting for 2 years. After catching up to Comet 67P and conducting scientific measurements of the comet […]
Water Plumes on Jupiter Moon Europa Spotted by Hubble Telescope Possible water vapor plumes have been erupting on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, spraying water jets as high as 125 miles high, NASA announced Monday. The discovery was picked up by the Hubble Space Telescope, and could be exciting news for future missions, NASA said. “Europa’s […]
This Year’s Wildfires From Space Fire seasons are an average 78 days longer than they were in Y 1970, and the number of acres scorched each year has doubled since 1980, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) If the start of this wildfire season is any indication, this alarming trend won’t be extinguished anytime […]
New Magnetic ‘Zipping’ Cars Planned for Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi’s Miral signs agreement with US-based skyTran for Yas Island Jet-like vehicles running on magnetic lines may soon be deployed in Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island, it was announced Wednesday. Miral, the company that manages Yas Island has signed an agreement with US-based skyTran, a NASA Space […]
A Watch in the World’s Blackest Black “Vantablack is so black that 3D objects coated in the material are visually reduced to silhouettes.” The material absorbs more than 99.965% of light. “It’s the blackest material in the universe after black holes,” the British sculptor Anish Kapoor once said. “It’s a physical thing that you cannot […]
Strong Demand in Dubai’s Prime Office Market CBRE said demand outstripped supply in some office locations despite a general decline across the market Despite declines in Dubai’s residential market, demand is outstripping supply for office space in certain areas, according to consultancy firm CBRE. Average office rentals declined 2% on average during Q-1 but the company said […]