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Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star — a record number.
Feb 22, 2017
A NASA-funded engineer’s plan to colonize Mars
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: habitats, space
Forget the moon. The next giant leap for mankind could be building a habitat on Mars.
The fourth planet from the sun may be cold — Martian winters can reach -190 degrees Fahrenheit (−87 degrees Celsius) — full of deserts and lacking in oxygen, but for Behrokh Khoshnevis it’s humans’ next destination.
The pioneering professor in engineering at the University of Southern California has been working with NASA on the possibility of building a colony on Mars since 2011.
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ESA’s XMM-Newton satellite has detected the most ultra x-ray bright and most distant pulsar yet known.
Feb 21, 2017
NI Science Festival
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biological, computing, food, neuroscience, quantum physics, science, space
Combines, space, poetry, optics, stories, TV, cognitive computing, atomic food safety, astrophysics and quantum biology in a fun-packed programme for everyone.
Feb 21, 2017
Pres. Trump Chooses Science Advisor
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: chemistry, climatology, military, physics, science, space
Congrats Dr. Happer.
I’ve been waiting to find out who will be Pres. Trump’s science adviser. It appears to be physicist Dr. William Happer, a physicist currently teaching at Princeont University, and former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science from 1991–1993. He’s no slouch as a scientist. His work for the Air Force on the sodium guidestar laser platform for the military’s missile defense program provided information on the tropopause layer in the upper atmosphere, which is where atmospheric wave fronts distort both starlight and laser emissions, and where heat either begins to leak into space or does not, depending on how much and what kind of gas is blocking heat radiation.
The tropopause is the boundary between the troposphere, where we live and where weather takes place, and the stratosphere. The layers above that are the stratosphere, where stratocirrus clouds form as floating clouds of ice, the mesosphere, the thermosphere and the top, very thin layer, the exosphere. Beyond that is space.
Feb 21, 2017
3D printing houses on Mars with NASA and the University of Central Florida
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, engineering, habitats, space
NASA has enlisted a professor from the University of Central Florida (UCF) in order to find a way of 3D printing structures on Mars.
Pegasus Professor Sudipta Seal, interim chair of UCF’s Materials Science and Engineering program is looking at how metals can be extracted from Martian soil. Speaking about the project, Seal said,
It’s essentially using additive-manufacturing techniques to make constructible blocks. UCF is collaborating with NASA to understand the science behind it.
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Feb 20, 2017
Scientists Found Organic Molecules on Ceres
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: space
Feb 18, 2017
Ask Ethan: How Can I Travel Through Space Without Getting Into Trouble?
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: space
We’ve all dreamed about going to space. Here’s how to stay out of trouble when you get back.
Feb 18, 2017
Trump Makes NASA Add Astronauts To Moon Mission, Could Save $10 Billion
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: space
NASA intends to send astronauts to orbit the moon in 2018 at the apparent request of President Donald Trump, potentially saving taxpayers $10 billion dollars.
Robert Lightfoot, NASA’s acting administrator, sent a letter to the space agency’s employees saying they should “explore the feasibility” of sending astronauts to orbit the moon in 2018, seemingly at the request of the Trump administration.
Speeding up NASA’s plans to orbit the moon with astronauts could save money in the long term.
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