Category: Space
Posts about space travel, technology and colonization.
Inflatable Space Station Module Nears Launch
A few months ago I wrote a post on Bigelow Aerospace’s B330 inflatable space module, and how the technology could facilitate trips to Mars. Inflatable modules offer more space for less launch weight than rigid […]
Gone in 20 Minutes: A Star Goes Supernova
For the first time ever, scientists have seen a star go supernova via visual light. The massively destructive process happened to the star KSN 2011d, a previously red giant star that was about 500 times the […]
Casimir Bridge: A Science Fiction Technothriller
Smart Science Fiction at its Best. “Beyer opens his series with a punch, establishing his prospective universe while simultaneously delivering sci-fi action. A chase sequence on Earth and an explosive confrontation on Eridani […]
Fire in Space
A fire on board a spacecraft is typically not a good thing. Just ask any of the six members of the Mir team in February of 1997 when a fire broke out on the Russian […]
Moving Forward with the Search for Life on Europa
Jupiter’s moon of Europa has long been in the sights of the science community as a prime candidate for the search for life in our solar system. In 2012, after the Hubble Space Telescope detected […]
Want to Get Taller? Spend a Year in Space
Astronaut Scott Kelly is now home on U.S. soil after nearly a year in space. His brother, and fellow astronaut, Mark Kelly participated with Scott in a twins experiment where the two will be compared […]
3D Printing in Space
A few years ago, I wrote a post about how 3D printing would be essential for any sort of colonization efforts or long distance manned missions. Next month, Made In Space, a Silicon Valley tech […]
Monster Black Hole Found
Between 25,000 and 28,000 light years away is a super-massive black hole. It weighs in at more than four million times the mass of our Sun. No matter escapes it. No light escapes it. It has […]
Cyanide for an Atmosphere and 1800 in the Shade
Scientists from London and Leuven, Belgium recently published a paper with information about the super-Earth planet 55 Cancri e. Through observations with the WFC3 camera onboard the Hubble Space Telescope, they say its likely that the planet […]
Blue Origin Getting Ready for Operations, Space Tourism
Elon Musk and SpaceX have been garnering many of the headlines in the private launch vehicle arena, but Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has been quietly achieving very positive, […]
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