• The Athena Lunar Lander Also Fell Over on its Side

    Updated: 2025-03-08 20:19:12
    The Athena Lunar Lander Also Fell Over on its Side

  • How Humans Can Reinvent Themselves to Live on Other Worlds

    Updated: 2025-03-08 20:19:12
    Universe Today Home Videos Podcast Newsletter Join the Club How Humans Can Reinvent Themselves to Live on Other Worlds By Alan Boyle March 8, 2025 Robert Pattinson plays two expendable space travelers in Mickey 17. Credit : Warner Bros . Entertainment Let†s face it : Space is a hostile environment for humans . Even on Mars , settlers might have a hard time coping with potentially lethal levels of radiation scarce resources and reduced gravity In “Mickey 17” — a new sci-fi movie from Bong Joon Ho , the South Korean filmmaker who made his mark with “Parasite” — an expendable space traveler named Mickey Robert Pattinson is exposed over and over again to deadly risks . And every time he†s killed , the lab†s 3D printer just churns out another copy of . Mickey “He†s dying

  • Whither corporate America?

    Updated: 2025-03-08 18:58:12
    The bulwark against fascism is a strong set of institutions. Faced with the current set of anti-Constitutional power grabs, some of America’s institutions have been crumbling: independent agencies have been seized, Congress abdicated its core Constitutional powers as soon as the Republican Administration took power, and the judiciary has been slowly captured by right-wing politicization. … Continue reading Whither corporate America? →

  • A Protoplanetary Disk That Refuses to Grow Up

    Updated: 2025-03-07 13:12:33
    Universe Today Home Videos Podcast Newsletter Join the Club A Protoplanetary Disk That Refuses to Grow Up By Mark Thompson March 7, 2025 This illustration shows a lower mass star surrounded by its planet-forming disk of gas and dust . The planet formation process would cause gaps , not shown in this illustration , to appear in the disk . The streams near the center show how matter from the disk is still falling onto the star . NASA CXC M . Weiss Stars form from giant clouds of gas and dust that begin to collapse under their own gravity . As this cloud spins , it flattens into a disk with the young star forming at the center . Around the star , bits of dust start sticking together , slowly building up into pebbles , then boulders , and eventually full-sized planets . The inner planets tend

  • SpaceX's Starship Flight Test Falls Short for the Second Time in a Row

    Updated: 2025-03-07 04:56:51
    For the second time in a row, SpaceX lost the second stage of its Starship launch system during a flight test, while recovering the first-stage Super Heavy booster.

  • Taking A Planet's Pulse

    Updated: 2025-03-07 04:56:50
    Universe Today Home Videos Podcast Newsletter Join the Club Taking A Planet's Pulse By Andy Tomaswick March 6, 2025 Arist's concept of the Planetary pULSetAkeR PULSAR Credit NASA Marco Quadrelli The Gaia hypothesis theorizes that all of Earth's systems are tied together , making one large , living organism . While there's still some disagreement about whether or not that hypothesis is true , it is undeniable that many of Earth's systems are intertwined and that changes in one can affect another . As our technology advances , we are becoming more and more capable of detecting changes in those systems and how those changes affect other systems as well . A new proposal from a robotics expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL takes that exploration one step further by trying to develop a

  • SpaceX Raptor 3 Engine Later in 2025 Will Save ~1 Ton of Mass Per Engine

    Updated: 2025-03-06 23:17:00
    Previously, SpaceX has talked saving about 500 kilograms from Raptor 1 to Raptor 3 and 100-200 kilograms from going from Raptor 2 to Raptor 3. But on the Flight 8 launch preparation, they talked about saving 1 metric ton of mass per Raptor 3 engine. This must be mass beyond the engine to related components ... Read more

  • SpaceX Starship Failed Again

    Updated: 2025-03-06 22:28:08
    I am expecting a clean SpaceX Starship test flight 8. UPDATE: I was wrong. Starship had self destruct activated as SpaceX lost center engine and Starship started tumbling. There was a scrub a few days ago and there were some minor issues yesterday and there was the explosion of the upper stage on Starship Test ... Read more

  • Potential Ice on the Moon Is Good News for Lunar Exploration or Habitation

    Updated: 2025-03-06 21:15:00
    The first-ever subsurface measurements of lunar temperature showed wide differences, which could help lead further expeditions to possible water sources.

  • SpaceX Starship Had Problems Today

    Updated: 2025-03-06 05:30:13
    SpaceX Starship had two weird problems today. There was a part that fell off the Starship. Later, there was some ball bearing problem on the Mechazilla launch tower. Despite the issues. Starship is stacked on the booster and hopefully ready for Flight 8 tomorrow. Live now on @NASASpaceflight – Starship being destacked again after a ... Read more

  • Solar Heat May Impact Earth's Seismic Activity, Making Earthquake Predictions Easier

    Updated: 2025-03-05 19:50:00
    Researchers have found a link between the sun’s heat and Earth’s seismic activity. Learn more about how this discovery could improve earthquake predictions.

  • NASA's SPHEREx Mission Will Soon Search the Milky Way for Signs of Water

    Updated: 2025-03-03 23:00:00
    Learn about NASA's SPHEREx mission, which will launch on March 7, 2025 to study the universe's early history and search the Milky Way for signs of water.

  • First-Ever Private Lunar Lander Successfully Reaches the Moon’s Surface

    Updated: 2025-03-03 20:45:00
    The Blue Ghost is the first in a series of commercially funded spacecraft set to explore the satellite.

  • How Long-Term Space Travel Wears Down an Astronaut’s Mind and Body

    Updated: 2025-03-01 15:00:00
    Learn how astronauts can lose bone density and how muscles can weaken. As we continue to explore space, NASA is looking into how to prevent this as well.

  • The International Space Station May be Too Clean - But These Microbes Could Help

    Updated: 2025-02-27 23:10:00
    Learn how the excessive cleanliness of the International Space Station poses health problems for astronauts and why scientists are looking to microbes for solutions.

  • Lunar Trailblazer and IM-2 Will Depart for the Moon in Search of Water

    Updated: 2025-02-26 23:15:00
    Learn about NASA's Lunar Trailblazer and IM-2, two missions that will soon launch into space to find clues on the presence of water underneath the Moon's surface.

  • The Moon as a Preferred Off Earth Settlement

    Updated: 2025-02-26 11:18:54
    Many people think that Mars is the primary target for off Earth settlement and development. I think that is likely to prove wrong as people start the process of moving onward. Skipping the moon to go to Mars strikes me … Continue reading →

  • Values and Beliefs

    Updated: 2025-02-14 16:41:06
    As we move into dark times in America, I think it is increasingly important to be clear about what I value. I believe that all life has worth. Every person should have as much freedom as possible to live and find their own fulfillment. We should always approach others from a position of humility and … Continue reading Values and Beliefs →

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