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Peering Into the Fabric of Spacetime --"We'll Soon See a Totally Different, Totally Unexpected Universe" (Weekend Feature)
The Daily Galaxy - 4 Dec 2016 17:50
The physicist Neils Bohr once said to a colleague, "your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true." For many scientists, the most exciting result of the LIGO discovery of gravitational waves is that astronom...
SpaceX 'Return to Flight' Set For Dec. 16 with Next Gen Iridium Satellites - 3 Months After Pad Explosion
Universe Today - 4 Dec 2016 06:58
Only three months after the catastrophic launch pad explosion of their commercial Falcon 9 rocket in Florida, SpaceX has set Dec. 16 as the date for the boosters 'Return to Flight' launch from California with the first b...
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes first glide flight
Phys.org - 4 Dec 2016 01:41
Virgin Galactic's new spaceship has made a successful first glide flight, a key step after a deadly crash of its predecessor two years ago, the spaceflight company said on Saturday.
Our Solar System Was Born through High-Energy Crashes, Not Stately Growth
Scientific American - 4 Dec 2016 19:00
Our neighborhood of planets was not created slowly, as scientists once thought, but in a speedy blur of high-energy crashes, destruction and rebuilding --
Peering Into the Fabric of Spacetime --"We'll Soon See a Totally Different, Totally Unexpected Universe"
The Daily Galaxy - 4 Dec 2016 17:50
The physicist Neils Bohr once said to a colleague, "your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true." For many scientists, the most exciting result of the LIGO discovery of gravitational waves is that astronom...
SpaceShipTwo 'Unity' Flies Solo For First Time | Video
SPACE.com - 4 Dec 2016 17:33
The Virgin Galactic suborbital vehicle entered its second phase of testing on Dec. 3, 2016. It was released from its WhiteKnightTwo mothership and glided back down to the Mojave Air and Space Port in California after 10 ...
This Week at NASA: "Hidden Figures", Langley Centennial Celebration and More
SpaceRef - 4 Dec 2016 16:07
On Dec. 1, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden helped kick off a yearlong centennial celebration for the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia with several events highlighting the work of the African Americ...
Gears Made of Metallic Glass Could Be Ideal for Space Missions
SPACE.com - 4 Dec 2016 14:24
A material known as metallic glass, created by liquefying and then rapidly cooling metal, might be an ideal material for making gears for spacefaring robots, according to new research.
Daily Galaxy Twitter Followers Soar Above 370,000
The Daily Galaxy - 4 Dec 2016 14:00
Join the 372,000 Daily Galaxy fans around the world who follow us via their Twitter page. Our followers include many of the planet's leading astronomers and scientists, astronauts, space observatories, news organizations...