...LLRE) left on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts. Galileo’s discovery of Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system and ... object, the more it will be redshifted. This unexplained discovery was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics but proof of...
... but it has also entered the public consciousness in a way few other scientific enterprises can match. The discoveries made and knowledge gained have given it significant cultural importance to humankind. Can we really allow such an important...
...if simply motivated by the desire, albeit natural, for discovery and exploration, especially considering the damage that human actions ...space industry do not stem merely from our drive for discovery but are, on the contrary, motivated by the benefits ...
... gravitational pull is twice stronger. In spite of all the hype that has, inevitably, erupted around Kepler 452b’s discovery – its importance has little to do with our immediate desire to speculate about “little green men” whenever we encounter...