Tag: space

The Morning After: Thursday, 23 February 2017

Good Morning After. NASA's big announcement could offer us a future among the stars, Apple's own 'spaceship' gets a boring

The Apollo 11 space capsule is being prepped for another mission

The Apollo 11 capsule, which transported the first astronauts to the moon and back, is about to embark on a road trip. The traveling exhibition will celebrate the approaching 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.The post The Apollo 11 space capsule is being prepped for another mission appeared first on Digital Trends.

‘EVE Online’ is crowdsourcing the search for real exoplanets

EVE Online players will help scientists look for other planets from the comfort of their computer desks later this year.

NASA: We found 7 Earth-sized planets just 40 light years away

During a news conference in Washington DC Wednesday, NASA revealed that, using the Spitzer Space Telescope, they've found seven new

ICYMI: Bulletproof origami shields and hoverbikes

Today on In Case You Missed It: Finally, the best part of Return of the Jedi is becoming a reality.

Boeing plans to build 3D-printed modular satellites

Boeing is known for building huge, high-end satellites that cost roughly $150 million each, but that could change in the

NASA to announce a ‘discovery beyond our solar system’ tomorrow

Exoplanets, those that orbit stars beyond our own Sun are the most likely places that we'll discover extraterrestrial life. On

Newly discovered star remnants are the brightest ever seen

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory discovered a pulsar that's a thousand times brighter than researchers had previously thought

Spaceflight Bill paves the way for a UK spaceport in 2020

Space isn't just big, it's big business. According to the government, the UK's space industry is already worth more than

New Horizons scientists want to redefine what planets are

Alan Stern and his fellow New Horizons scientists really want Pluto to become a full-fledged planet again. The principal investigator

Smartphone problems? Space particles may be to blame

Here's a new one. Space particles from the sun and even distant black holes are affecting microelectronic devices more than

The UAE’s next ambitious project is to build a city on Mars

The United Arab Emirates, a place that knows a thing or two about constructing cities in harsh environments, has announced its most ambitious building project yet — a city on Mars.The post The UAE’s next ambitious project is to build a city on Mars appeared first on Digital Trends.

Event Horizon Telescope will soon take the first black hole photo

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is finally ready to take a picture of Sagittarius A*. From April 5th to 14th

After Math: Going on ‘walk-a-back’

It was a big week for claiming victories (even if you didn't really win). Just look at Trump's crowing about

SpaceX successfully blasts off from NASA’s famous launch pad

After a last-moment delay, SpaceX has put NASA's legendary Launch Complex 39A back into action. The company successfully launched

SpaceX reschedules its unmanned Red Dragon mission to Mars

SpaceX is still relentlessly gunning for Mars, but the company has admitted that the current plans for its first unmanned

Watch a SpaceX Falcon 9 take off from NASA’s historic launch pad

At 10:01 AM EST on February 18th, a SpaceX flight will take off from Launch Complex 39A for the first

Dawn probe spots organic materials on dwarf planet Ceres

Ceres is now officially included the list of celestial bodies where we've found organic molecules. NASA's Dawn scientists have spotted

Valley that shows signs of flooding may be key to identifying past life on Mars

Mars has a new hot spot for exploration, according to a team of researchers who’ve identified a region that shows signs it was once flooded with water. The region may offer a prime spot to explore for signs of past life on the red planet.The post Valley that shows signs of flooding may be key to identifying past life on Mars appeared first on Digital Trends.

NASA crowdsources better ways to poop in spacesuits

Back in December, NASA and X Prize competition website HeroX announced the Space Poop Challenge to find a hands-free human

NASA wants to send humans aboard the first SLS flight

The first Space Launch System flight scheduled for 2018 was supposed to be unmanned, designed to test the new rocket

Space Poop Challenge: NASA reveals the winner

After looking through nearly 5,000 entries, NASA has just announced the winner of its Space Poop Challenge that sought to find an efficient method for astronauts to poop in their spacesuits. The post Space Poop Challenge: NASA reveals the winner appeared first on Digital Trends.

NASA is crowdsourcing the search for exoplanets

To those of you who dream of going to space: Sorry, but that may never happen. However, NASA is once

India sets record launching 104 satellites aboard a single rocket

The Indian Space Research Organisation, India's version of NASA, set a record on Valentine's Day when one of its PSLV

ICYMI: Transient luminous events and bipedal robots

Today on In Case You Missed It: We get a much closer look at electrical discharge phenomena courtesy of a

Scientists release huge set of exoplanet-detecting observations

If you've always wanted to find exoplanets, now's your chance to help. A team of scientists from MIT, Carnegie Mellon

The hunt is on! Huge public dataset may contain hints of exoplanets

A team of astronomers led by the Carnegie Institution for Science has publicly released an immense catalog of observations on nearby stars. The dataset is intended to be easily accessible for citizen scientists to engage in the search for exoplanets.The post The hunt is on! Huge public dataset may contain hints of exoplanets appeared first on Digital Trends.

Dwarf star’s atmosphere holds the ingredients for life

One of the biggest questions in the search for life in the universe is a simple one: how common are

NASA rocket will form artificial clouds in space

When you watch a rocket launch, it's usually to enjoy the show put on by the rocket itself. With

NASA picks three potential drill sites for Mars 2020

When the Mars 2020 rover reaches the red planet, it will quickly begin drilling for samples from its surface. NASA

After Math: Baby come back

This was a week of many happy returns. Stanford students brought back 5,000 year old Chinese beer, Prince's catalog has

NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to Europa

Back in June 2016, NASA commissioned 21 scientists to design a lander headed for Europa, conjure up science objectives for