The abstract breaks down mind-boggling scientific research, future technologies, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Our universe is connected by a cosmic web, a vast network of filaments spanning billions of light years and made up of gas and dark matter, a mysterious substance that has so far eluded explanation. Now, scientists have discovered galaxies aligned … Read more
You might not think of the vast and wonderful expanses of the universe as a manufacturing site. But UConn TIP startup LambdaVision has found success manufacturing its microgravity technology on the International Space Station (ISS). LambdaVision is working with ISS, NASA and Space Tango to explore how microgravity can improve the manufacturing process of a … Read more
In September, Patagonian founder Yvonne Chouinard made headlines after announcing he was giving up his company to a fund that would use its profits to fight climate change. Chouinard joins the growing ranks of the megarich “giving back” to the causes they care about. Warren Buffett pledged to donate 99 percent of his money to … Read more
Ideas may be out of this world, but they are firmly rooted in a new reality. Space industry leaders gather together for their annual meeting of minds at the Fourth North American Space Summit (NASS) in Traverse City. “You have technologists, engineers, manufacturers, and academics all coming together to talk about the space business,” says … Read more
When we think about solving the problem of climate change, we often think of things that, in one way or another, are connected to an electrical grid: solar panels. heat pumps Efficient air conditioners. wind turbines. Electric cars and electric car chargers. induction hobs. transmission lines. For the past several years, the mantra of energy … Read more
Uranus marches to the beat of its strange little drum. Although it shares many similarities with the other ice giant in our solar system, Neptune, it has its own set of quirks. And one of these things is impossible to miss: its axis of rotation is so skewed that it might also be lying down. … Read more
Italian astronaut and International Space Station Commander Samantha Cristoforetti sent a warm “Shalom” to Israel from space on Saturday in a tweet accompanied by pictures of the city lights of Tel Aviv and Haifa and some pictures of the Dead Sea taken from the orbiter. “Shalom and Hello Israel and the cities of Haifa and … Read more
Begins with A Bang Podcast #86 – Stars in the Universe – Think Big Skip to content starts to explode – October 1, 2022 It is the stars closest to us that hold the key to unleashing the potential for life in star systems throughout the universe. Star density maps in the Gaia catalog of … Read more
A heat wave the size of 10 terrestrial planets has been detected spreading through Jupiter’s atmosphere. It was 130,000 kilometers (about 81,000 miles) wide, and 700 °C (1,292 °F), traveling at up to 2,400 meters per second away from the Jovian North Pole. And that, scientists say, could solve one of the most vexing mysteries … Read more
Astronomers studying a star cluster within the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) have found young stars spiraling toward the center of mass. The cluster, NGC 346, is an open mass embedded within a glowing cloud of gas, which is typical of stellar nurseries – places where new stars form. The outer spiral arm of this star-forming … Read more
