August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
In our search of the cosmos for planets that might support intelligent life we have now begun to realise that the existence of what are called ‘Goldilocks worlds’ may very well be rare indeed. And by Goldilocks worlds we mean planets that are just ...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - described as ‘like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon, wrapped round a large brick’ - or Melange, often referred to as ‘the spice’ in Dune with addictive...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... years ago, resulting in incredible devastation and eliminating up to 80 percent of all species, was caused by a 10 km-wide asteroid smashing into the coast of Mexico along the Caribbean Sea. This hypersonic collision created a cloud of debris that...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... south pole’s Shackleton Crater, hinting at the presence of such deposits. But it took Chandrayaan-1 to prove it, in 2008, by smashing a probe into the crater’s floor, releasing a plume of debris. Careful analysis over the following years eventually...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... of superfluid helium, which is what cools it down to minus 450F (-232C) or so. When NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft intentionally smashed into comet Tempel 1 on 4 July 2005, it expelled a cloud of material that contained the ingredients of the solar...
14 October 2016
Asgardia welcomes over 100,000 citizen applications in 48 hours and announces new million target
... world will create the first Space Nation, 100,000 people immediately applied for citizenship of Asgardia, smashing its target within 48 hours. In response, Dr Ashurbeyli, the founding father of Asgardia, has today announced a new target...
