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UK Space Industry Sets out a Vision for Growth
Among the latest space news that can be found on https://orbitaltoday.com/, the following is the most exciting. On May 11, 2018, the Space Growth Partnership published its strategies for the UK space sector over the next ten years. Their vision can be summarized in four points:
By Emily Burn6 years ago in Futurism
Hawking Radiation: How Black Holes Die
One of the great ironies of Stephen Hawking’s death was that fact that his most revolutionary contribution to science, Hawking radiation, suggests that nothing in our universe can last forever.
By Robert Lea6 years ago in Futurism
Incredible History of the Solar System
The universe is a huge place and people exist in a small part of it. The area human beings, animals, and other creatures occupy is what is referred to as the Solar System. It comprises formations which we recognize as planets, satellites that orbit these planets, and an average-sized star that we identify as the Sun. The four inner planets of the solar system are known as ‘Terrestrial Planets.’ This is because their major components are metals and silicate rocks. The other four planets are identified as ‘Jovian’ planets. Also, you can refer to them as ‘gas giants.’
By Keran Mourning6 years ago in Futurism
Earthbase
Many space stories told on Planet Earth involve communication across the vast universe. In perhaps our first well-known space movie, Star Wars, an important message was stored by robot, R2-D2.
By Samir Goradia6 years ago in Futurism
Earthbase
Each night, when I can, I wander out into the open space of Earth place Bakersfield/Oildale, a base somewhere between the long airstrips of coastal California, such as Edwards Air Force Base, where the civilian Space Shuttles (Endeavor, Columbia, etc.) once landed, and the central state spaceports, such as Shreiver Airbase in Colorado, and Sir Richard Branson's spaceport in New Mexico.
By Samir Goradia6 years ago in Futurism
How Are Solar Systems Made?
The Solar System, well... our planet system, was created six billion years ago and slowly evolved into its present configuration of a central star and revolving planets, rocks, comets and gases.
By Test6 years ago in Futurism
Earthbase
For the Western United States, some residents are wondering if we are entering a new age. Others say that things here never change.
By Samir Goradia6 years ago in Futurism
Should We Really Be Afraid of All the Asteroid News Hitting Us Lately?
If you haven't heard the news regarding the asteroids coming "close" to Earth this past week, then you must have been hanging out in a cave in the great outdoors somewhere.
By Brian C.6 years ago in Futurism
The Scared Ape
Fifty years ago today, two humans piloted a rickety rocketship, with walls as thin as toilet paper, and a computer dumber than a calculator, to the surface of another world.
By Grant Patterson6 years ago in Futurism
Reason First: Is Scientific Exploration the Answer to Unreason?
The greatest scientific mind of all time, Albert Einstein, made a prediction that large events in space, like the collision of black holes, produced ripples, like a large American flag being shaken up and down on a football field. Fellow Nobel laureates sought ways for Mr. Einstein’s prophetic ideations to be observed in reality. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory or LIGO is a bastion of hope for the growing mind. Exploration of space and worlds beyond the fold of the Earth is a supremely virtuous endeavor.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in Futurism
The Voyager Golden Record: Humanity's Soft Place to Land
There's an X-Files poster on my bedroom door. You know the one: a grainy photo of a UFO blown up against a canopy of pine trees with "I WANT TO BELIEVE" written in block letters across the bottom. TheX-Files poster. And while I deign to admit it, I'm a poser. I've seen maybe 10 full episodes of the show (and read the two fun YA prequels about teenage Scully and Mulder solving crimes in the 70s) and have no intention of continuing. Serialized media and my commitment issues aren't the best combination. But still, that poster has been on my door for two years and will continue to remain there in the future.
By kit vaillancourt7 years ago in Futurism
Bizarre Space Conspiracy Theories
Pluto Truthers You may have heard of "moon truthers," a group of people who believe that the physical moon does not exist and is actually, in fact, a hologram. But did you know that Pluto truthers exist, too? YouTuber Crrow777 uploaded a video claiming that NASA faked a flyby mission, arguing that NASA's images taken by the New Horizons probe only a few million miles away were a poorer quality than his own images that were taken from a camera in his backyard. There are some people who believe that the mission was faked because Pluto does not exist, and it was invented by the Illuminati. Others believe that NASA has captured real images of Pluto, but released the fake, lower quality photos to try and hide alien buildings and structures that were found on the surface of the ex-planet.
By Amy S7 years ago in Futurism