When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Photo: Yuichiro Chino/Xuanyu Han/Getty Images This article was originally published at: Speech. The publication contributed the article to Space.com Expert Voices: Views and Opinions. Sam McKee He is a researcher and assistant lecturer/tutor in the philosophy of science at… Read More »
How can you tell the difference between a spaceship and a space rock? For astronomers like me, this question turns out to be misleading; It was so misleading that we were almost fooled when it was named after the first recorded interstellar object. ‘OumuamuaIt was spotted passing through the inner solar system in 2017. Astronomers… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. A laser communications experiment flying on NASA’s Psyche mission sent video to Earth from about 19 million miles (31 million kilometers) away, and the short clip features a cat named Taters. NASA broadcast video from… Read More »
How will we handle medical issues so far from home when astronauts fly to the moon or Mars? Finalists in the Canadian Space Agency and Impact Canada technology competition aim to redirect medical knowledge from working with remote communities, such as Indigenous groups in Canada’s far north, to help astronauts in deep space. Five finalists… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission has achieved its first major milestone by successfully achieving the furthest demonstration of laser communication. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA’s Psyche mission has achieved its first major milestone by successfully achieving the furthest demonstration of laser communication. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into… Read More »
Sophie Kastner is a music composer who turns the unlistenable into song, transforming the subtle data emanating from the heart of the Milky Way into the notes of a dissonant symphony. “This is like writing a fictional story that is largely based on real facts,” he said. expression. His work, “Where Parallel Lines Meet,” draws… Read More »