Space News
Ariane 5 launches Intelsat, Bsat satellites on second attempt
Space News - 30 Sep 2017 05:20
Arianespace on Sept. 29 completed a satellite launch first attempted earlier this month, having resolved an issue with one of the Ariane 5's solid rocket boosters. SpaceNews.com
This Week's "Planet Earth" Report --Aging Mount Agung's Deadly Eruptions to Species-Jumping Virus and Dark Secret of AI
The Daily Galaxy - 1 Oct 2017 01:59
Bali's Mount Agung Poised to Erupt An eruption at Bali's Mount Agung volcano is imminent, according to experts. Hundreds of tremors are being recorded at the site each day, and more than 75,000 people evacuated in the pa...
"Annihilation" The Movie: The Mystery of 'It' --'Was It Carbon Based, Did It Communicate With You' (WATCH Video)
The Daily Galaxy - 1 Oct 2017 01:13
In this first trailer of Alex Garland's sci-fi thriller Annihilation, Natalie Portman plays a biologist looking for her missing husband while on an expedition with a secret agency and discovers a mysterious creature lurk...
StarTalk Radio --NASA's Former Chief Scientist on Climate in the Solar System: Earth to Venus, Mars, Titan's Ice Volcanoes & the Anti-Greenhouse Effect
The Daily Galaxy - 30 Sep 2017 22:51
Dr. Ellen Stofan, former Chief Scientist at NASA, who has been involved with numerous interplanetary spacecraft missions, including the Magellan spacecraft, leads a discussion on Earth's climate: using space exploration ...
"Jellyfish Dreams" --Caltech: Sleep is an Ancient Behavior, Untouched by Millennia of Evolution (WATCH Today's 'Galaxy' Stream)
The Daily Galaxy - 30 Sep 2017 18:42
Jellyfish and humans may seem wildly different, but both still need to sleep. At first glance, humans seem to have very little in common with Cassiopea, a primitive jellyfish. Cassiopea is brainless, spineless, and spend...
"The Jupiter Brain" --NASA Space Computer That Will Survive the Gas Giant's Hellish Radiation & Atmosphere
The Daily Galaxy - 30 Sep 2017 18:19
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Soviets put landers on the surface of Venus. One survived for 57 minutes (the planned design life was 32 minutes) in an environment with a temperature of 470 degrees Celsius and a pressure of....
"Spooky!" China's Academy of Sciences Holds World's First Unhackable Quantum Videoconference
The Daily Galaxy - 30 Sep 2017 17:49
China holds world's first 'unhackable' quantum videoconference in secure communication breakthrough between laboratories in Beijing and Vienna, that could herald the start of a new era of ultrasecure communications that ...
How a New Orbital Moon Station Could Take Us to Mars and Beyond
Scientific American - 30 Sep 2017 16:00
The Deep Space Gateway brings the dream of a human habitat in orbit about the moon and a stepping stone to Mars is now a step closer --
NASA to Update EM-1 Schedule in October
SPACE.com - 30 Sep 2017 15:31NASA Asteroid Probe Snaps Farewell Photo of Earth and Moon
SPACE.com - 30 Sep 2017 15:28After Cassini: 14 Epic Planetary Science Missions to Get Excited About
SPACE.com - 30 Sep 2017 15:22Large solar storm sparks global aurora and doubles radiation levels on the martian surface
Phys.org - 30 Sep 2017 15:03
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface.
Ariane 5 rocket puts satellites into orbit on second attempt
Phys.org - 30 Sep 2017 14:20
An Ariane 5 rocket put two commercial satellites into orbit after an initial attempt was aborted earlier this month, operator Arianespace said early Saturday.
Langley Research Center: 100 Years of Exploring Flight
SPACE.com - 30 Sep 2017 10:01New Study Says Earth Avoided a "Carbon Overdose" During Formation
Universe Today - 30 Sep 2017 04:11
A new study has indicated that the depletion of carbon from Earth-forming materials may have been essential to life here on Earth. The post New Study Says Earth Avoided a “Carbon Overdose” During Formation appeared f...
Ariane 5's fifth launch this year
ESA - 30 Sep 2017 02:44
Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites, Intelsat-37e and BSAT-4a, into their planned orbits.