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Successful Asteroid Deflection Proven

We finally have tested a concept for how to deflect an asteroid, and it worked more than 25 times better Continue reading →

Oxygen Produced On Mars

NASA’s newest rover, Perseverance, produced oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. It only produced 4 grams or so, but the fact Continue reading →

Trash In Space

It sounds funny but trash is space is decidedly deadly. Of the 20,000 objects we have in orbit, 95% are Continue reading →

New Nearby Planets Found

“Three Earth-mass worlds found around a small red star only 12 light-years away.” – NASA “Only” is a relative term, Continue reading →

Alpha Centauri Has A Rocky Planet

This is a surprise. Most exoplanets are either too big, or too gassy, or too far away to be more Continue reading →

SpaceX Succeeds

Congratulations to SpaceX. They managed to: 1) launch a rocket, which has never been easy, and 2) get at least Continue reading →

Radio Shields Earth

Technology’s unintended consequences are things we have learned to be cautious about because they’ve frequently been unfortunate. Here’s one that Continue reading →

Detecting Earth Threatening Asteroids

The good news, in the last twenty years we’ve not only recognized the need to look for asteroids that can Continue reading →

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