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Nov 1, 2018
Unseen photos of NASAâs Apollo space missions
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Early astronauts of the Apollo missions are often hailed as explorers, scientists and heroes, but they were also some of the most noteworthy photographers in history.
It includes a special foreword by Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham, and breathtaking photos taken by Apollo astronauts, many of which were previously unpublished.
Nov 1, 2018
Danish physicists claim to cast doubt on detection of gravitational waves
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: physics, space
âThe first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced on February 11, 2016, spawned headlines around the world, snagged the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics, and officially launched a new era of so-called âmulti-messengerâ astronomy. But a team of physicists at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, is calling that detection into questionâŠâ
âAndrew Jackson and his group have been saying for the past few years that LIGOâs detections are not real,â says LIGO Executive Director David Reitze of Caltech. âTheir analysis has been looked at by many people who have all concluded there is absolutely no validity to their claims.â Reitze characterized the New Scientist article as âvery biased and sensational.â
âNothing theyâve done gives us any reason to doubt our results.â
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Nov 1, 2018
Thereâs a modern space race between Pakistan and India
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Oct 31, 2018
NASA Scientists Think They Can Extract Rocket Fuel From Martian Soil
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: energy, space
Promising NASA research could make Mars missions far more realistic.
This technology will one day allow humans to live and work on Marsâand return to Earth to tell the story.
Oct 31, 2018
Wanted: Researchers for Chinaâs mega telescope to interpret signals from across the universe
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: space
Hidden in a remote mountain location is the worldâs largest radio telescope which has already discovered 53 starsThe problem is finding enough astronomers to analyse the data.