Archive for the 'Space' Category
Blue Origin Manufactured Working Solar Cells and Transmission Wire from Lunar Regolith Simulants
February 14th, 2023Can someone from Blue Origin (Cryptogon has many readers from there) please let me know how you propose to power this process on the moon? The part about the molten regolith, “At temperatures above 1600 degrees Celsius,” left me wondering how you’re planning to pull that off. Via: Blue Origin: Since 2021, Blue Origin has […]
The James Webb Space Telescope Is Finding Too Many Early Galaxies
January 14th, 2023Via: Sky & Telescope: Images and spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the first galaxies in the universe are too many or too bright compared to what astronomers expected. Evidence is building that the first galaxies formed earlier than expected, astronomers announced at the 241st meeting of the American Astronomical Society in […]
James Webb Telescope Reveals Milky Way–Like Galaxies in Young Universe
January 9th, 2023Via: Phys.org: New images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal for the first time galaxies with stellar bars—elongated features of stars stretching from the centers of galaxies into their outer disks—at a time when the universe was a mere 25% of its present age. The finding of so-called barred galaxies, similar to our […]
NASA Photo STS61C-31-3
December 18th, 2022Swamp gas? Via: NASA: NASA Photo ID STS61C-31-3 Focal Length 100mm Date taken 1986.01.12 Time taken 13:59:42 GMT
Communications System Achieves Fastest Laser Link from Space Yet
December 7th, 2022Via: MIT News: In May 2022, the TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload onboard a small CubeSat satellite was launched into orbit 300 miles above Earth’s surface. Since then, TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data at record-breaking rates of up to 100 gigabits per second — 100 times faster than the fastest internet speeds in most cities […]
SpaceX Starshield: Supporting National Security
December 3rd, 2022Here’s yet another one for your Better Rural Broadband file folder. haha Via: SpaceX: Starshield leverages SpaceX’s Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on three areas…
‘We Cannot Afford to be Ill Prepared’: Research Hub Wants to Prepare Humanity for Potential Proof of Alien Life
November 16th, 2022Via: CTV News: A new research hub at the University of St Andrews in Scotland is dedicated to preparing humanity for potential proof of extraterrestrial life. “Will we ever get a message from E.T.? We don’t know,” John Elliott, the hub’s co-ordinator and a University of St Andrews computer scientist, said in a news release. […]
NASA Finally Launched Artemis 1 Moon Mission
November 16th, 2022Via: space.com: NASA’s epic Artemis 1 moon mission is finally underway. Artemis 1 lifted off today (Nov. 16) at 1:47 a.m. EST (0647 GMT) from Pad 39B here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, marking the debut of NASA’s huge new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and kicking off a 25-day journey to the moon and […]
Scientists Working on Official ‘Alien Contact Protocol’
November 5th, 2022Via: Live Science: If extraterrestrial life sent us a message tomorrow, how would humanity respond? According to researchers, we don’t know yet — and that’s a problem. That’s why, for the first time in 35 years, a team of policy experts and scientists have united to establish a set of alien-contact protocols for the entire […]
It’s That Time of Year Again: U.S. Government’s Idiotic UFO Report 2022
October 31st, 2022Via: Daily Mail: A classified report due to be sent to Congress Monday lists more than 150 cases of unexplained UFO encounters by military and government officials in the past year, sources told DailyMail.com exclusively. The 22-page report, compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), analyzes 366 cases – and only […]
