Archive for the ‘space’ category: Page 851
Aug 8, 2018
‘Rogue Planet’ Travels Universe Without A Parent Star
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Aug 7, 2018
WWII destroyed optical observatory, Ermita, Manila, Philippines, July 8, 1945
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
The astronomical observatory was founded by the Jesuits during the Spanish occupation and later transferred to the Philippine Commonwealth Weather Department. This was adjacent to the University of the Philippines campus of today south of Luneta Park. The observatory had a 19-inch refracting telescope, by far the largest in the Orient. The staff of the observatory includes five Jesuit fathers and twenty-five well-trained native assistants. The construction of a 19-inch refracting telescope and dome was in 1897.
US signal corps photo, US national archives.
Who’s up for a swim?
Our world was rocked by last week’s announcement of good radar evidence for a liquid water “lake” under the Red Planet’s south pole. Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla introduces us to the story that is then taken up by two of host Mat Kaplan’s favorite Martians. The Goddard Space Flight Center’s James Garvin headed NASA’s Mars exploration program, while NASA Ames astrobiologist Chris McKay co-founded the Mars Underground more than 35 years ago. Look up! Mars is still close by, and the Perseid meteor shower is around the corner. Bruce Betts gives us the What’s Up lowdown.
Aug 7, 2018
The Genetics (and Ethics) of Making Humans Fit for Mars
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: ethics, food, genetics, space
Aug 7, 2018
The World’s First Space Mining Program Launches in Colorado
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
Aug 6, 2018
Houston, We Have a Solution: Blockchain in the Space Industry
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bitcoin, space
Blockchain is used both by NASA and startups hoping to democratize space.
Analysis.
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Aug 6, 2018
Beyond the Hard Drive: Encoding Data in DNA
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, computing, space
This article is part of a series about how OS Fund (OSF) companies are radically redefining our future by rewriting the operating systems of life. Or as we prefer to think about it: Step 1: Put a dent into the universe. And Step 2: Rewrite the universe. You can see the full OSF collection here and read more about Building a Biological Immune System.
In contemplating the future, I love imagining how our daily lives today will be thought of in the future. What appears sci-fi to us today but will be “normal” 50 years from now? What inefficient and boneheaded things do we do today that future generations will look back and laugh at?
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Aug 5, 2018
Planet-hunting Kepler Telescope Wakes up, Phones Home
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Aug 4, 2018
Nanotube “Rebar” Makes Graphene Even Stronger
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: nanotechnology, particle physics, space
You may know graphene as a pseudo-legendary substance that could potentially revolutionize science and space travel and all sorts of things. If you don’t, you should get educated is pretty ridiculous. Simply made from carbon arranged into perfect one atom thing sheets makes the material one of the strongest ever observed. And, now, researchers at Rice University have found that so-called “rebar” graphene is dramatically tougher.
Graphene is much stronger than steel. In fact, an elephant could stand on a pencil and that pressure couldn’t break through a thin sheet of the material. But, because it is arranged in sheets, it can still be ripped if damaged from the right angle. But the researchers figured that reinforcing the structure, as we do with steel bars in concrete structures, l could help prevent damage.
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