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NASA $247 Million Plane For Commercial Supersonic Flights Received An Official Name – X-59 QueSST

NASA developed an experimental supersonic airplane designed to revive commercial supersonic flights. Now, a couple of months after the $247 million plane contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin, the aircraft finally got an official name – X-59 QueSST. According to NASA,…

July 1, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Blue Origin Will Commence Selling Space Tourism Tickets In 2019, And Competes With SpaceX

Blue Origin, the private space company, owned by Jeff Bezos, the renowned American entrepreneur, is competing with SpaceX in different fields, including space tourism. However, Bezos’ company looks like taking more big leaps in this direction that Musk’s company, as…

July 1, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Exoplanets Most Likely to Support Human Life

The Earth-cousin that was found 500 light-years away from Earth and is sharing certain similarities The first exoplanet is Kepler 186f that resides in the constellation Cygnus. It was discovered 500 light-years further from us and it is close to…

June 30, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Einstein’s 100-Year-Old Theory On Heat Conduction Through Solids Sustained By A Recent Study

The researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory carried out a study and made a finding that sustains the about 100-year-old Einstein’s theory on how heat moves through solids. This new study had the goal of examining…

June 29, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Hubble Space Telescope Photographed A Globular Cluster Of Aging Stars

Stars clusters, as the name says, are groups of stars, and there are two categories of such groups. There are globular clusters, tight gathering of thousands of old stars bounded together by gravity forces, and open clusters, groups of several hundreds…

June 29, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

The UK Space Agency Used Satellites To Map Fire On Saddleworth Moor

The UK Space Agency teamed up with several other agencies to employ satellite imagery to map fire on Saddleworth Moor, Greater Manchester, to help the intervention teams. The images, taken to estimate the size of the fire and the affected areas, were captured…

June 29, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Earth-Like Exoplanet Kepler-186f Is More Like The Earth Than Expected

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology carried out a new study on Kepler-186f, an Earth-like exoplanet located at 500 light years away. According to this study, this Earth-like exoplanet is more like the Earth than expected. An Earth-like exoplanet is a…

June 29, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Interstellar Space Is Full Of “Interstellar Grease” Made Of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

The interstellar space (the space between stars) is empty, right? No, in fact, it isn’t, as it is saturated with electromagnetic radiations and matter, which, combined, form the so-called interstellar medium. A part of the matter within the interstellar medium…

June 28, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

NASA Delayed The Launch Of The James Webb Space Telescope, Again

The US space agency held a press conference yesterday to announce the latest news about the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA’s announcement is once again disappointing, as they announced that James Webb has been delayed, once again. Now, the launch date…

June 28, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

The Moon Is Full Of Nuclear Fusion Fuel, Helium-3, And India Wants To Mine For It

The Moon contains significant amounts of Helium-3, a crucial component for nuclear fusion. Now, India’s space agency wants to send a rover on the Moon to detect the Helium-3 and to mine for it. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) recently…

June 28, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

New Studies On The Early History Of Mars Tell Us That Mars Formed Much Earlier Than Earth

Mars history is bizarre, and scientists believe it hides many secrets yet to be discovered. NASA has recently revealed that its rover Curiosity found organic matter on Mars and high levels of methane, a gas that is linked to the…

June 28, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Enceladus, A Moon Of Saturn, Contains Carbon-Rich Organic Molecules And Might House Microbial Life

Enceladus, the icy moon of Saturn, satisfies the fundamental requirements for life as we know it, reported the scientists who have pinpointed carbon-rich organic molecules emerging from the crevices on the surface of the moon, in a study released yesterday…

June 28, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

The Future Asgardia Space Nation Has Proclaimed Its Leader, The Russian Billionaire Igor Ashurbeyli

Russian billionaire and rocket scientist Igor Ashurbeyli has taken a new step in his future independent space nation, Asgardia. At a ceremony held in the former Viennese imperial palace of the Hofburg, Ashurbeyli was proclaimed Head of State of Asgard…

June 27, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Hayabusa 2 Mission Reached Ryugu Asteroid To Study It And Shed More Light On The History Of The Universe

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hayabusa 2 probe completed its final maneuvers towards the Ryugu asteroid and finally arrived at its target. The Japanese space probe completed its last maneuver on June 22nd, when it was just 45 kilometers…

June 27, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

An Active Hidden Volcano Might Be Present Under The Ice Of Antarctica

Polar ice sheets melt rapidly in both Antarctica and Greenland, mainly due to global warming, but that may not be the only reason. Apparently, in at least one of the most threatened glaciers at the South Pole, the Pine Island glacier, there…

June 27, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0