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Oct 28, 2018
Hubble telescope is back to normal operations, NASA says
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Welcome back, Hubble!
NASA said the Hubble Space Telescope has returned to normal operations after issues with a gyroscope knocked the device into safe mode.
The telescope completed its first observations Saturday, capturing information on a distant, star-forming galaxy, the agency said.
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Oct 28, 2018
PH’s second microsatellite launched into space today
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
By Pol Justin Marquez and Dhel Nazario
The Philippines will launch today the DIWATA-2 microsatellite, marking the country’s third venture into space under the P840-million PHL-MICROSAT Program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
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Oct 28, 2018
Physicists Discover How an Exotic Form of Ice Grows at Over 1,000 Miles Per Hour
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: physics, space
Physicists detail how “Ice VII” forms for the first time and what this means for life elsewhere in the galaxy.
Oct 28, 2018
Humans are about to touch the deepest corners of the ocean for the first time — an endeavor as dangerous as landing on the moon
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
The Five Deeps expedition aims to explore the bottom of each of the world’s oceans. The first stop is in Puerto Rico this December.
Oct 28, 2018
How BrainNet Enabled 3 People to Directly Transmit Thoughts
Posted by Alexandros El in categories: internet, neuroscience, space
For a remarkably social species, we’re not particularly effective communicators.
Finding the right words to clearly, efficient transmit our thoughts to another consciousness—even something as simple as driving directions—can be a challenge, especially in-the-moment and under pressure.
What if we could do away with words altogether? What if, rather than relying on an intermediary, we could directly transmit our thoughts through a digital, internet-like space into another mind?
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Oct 28, 2018
China’s 1st private rocket fails after launch
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Made in…?
The first attempt by a private Chinese company to send a rocket into space has failed.
Oct 28, 2018
Scientists Say New Material Could Hold up an Actual Space Elevator
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: materials, space
Oct 28, 2018
Ice-Filled Lava Tubes On The Moon Could Aid Astronauts
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
Oct 27, 2018
Why Don’t We Put A Space Telescope On The Moon?
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space
It’s a great ambition of science enthusiasts all over the globe. It’s also a terrible idea.