space
14/03/2018 - 12:24
Stephen William Hawking was born in Oxford on 8 January 1942. His father, a research biologist, had moved with his mother from London to... →
13/03/2018 - 13:18
Visitors are taught about the connection between astronomy and Judaism, rabbinical figures who studied lunar activity and the various... →
13/12/2016 - 12:35
So, if aliens out there were trying to find us, what would they be looking for, exactly? How could they tell if there was life on Earth?... →
20/11/2016 - 14:00
On board the Soyuz rocket with her are Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and French newcomer Thomas Pesquet.
They are expected to arrive at... →
02/10/2016 - 12:28
Time in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
In classical physics, time is absolute and invariable. All clocks tick at the same rate and... →
30/09/2016 - 14:21
What he does have in mind is the future of human space exploration. In a decade or so, the International Space Station will be done with.... →
12/03/2016 - 13:05
Both countries prematurely quashed their nuclear thermal propulsion programs (Though the Soviets’ lasted into the 1980s). “Prematurely”... →
16/12/2015 - 14:54
A lot has changed since the original Star Wars film in 1977; even since the last release in 2005. So when The Force Awakens presents the... →
07/06/2015 - 13:42
The multitude of planetary systems seems to be yet another fact of our cosmic inconsequence, in which our corner of the universe is just... →
19/05/2015 - 16:33
FREE-FOR-ALL
Computing gets much of the credit for lowering the barriers to entry to space. The modern smartphone is the product of three-... →
28/07/2013 - 17:35
The smell of space is so distinct that, three years ago, NASA reached out to Steven Pearce of the fragrance maker Omega Ingredients to re-... →
25/07/2013 - 16:49
Einstein famously postulated that, as Dr. White put it, “thou shalt not exceed the speed of light,” essentially setting a galactic speed... →