Archive for the 'Space' Category
Moss Survives 9 Months in Space Vacuum
November 22nd, 2025Via: American Association for the Advancement of Science: Mosses thrive in the most extreme environments on Earth, from the peaks of the Himalayas to the sands of Death Valley, the Antarctic tundra to the lava fields of active volcanoes. Inspired by moss’s resilience, researchers sent moss sporophytes—reproductive structures that encase spores—to the most extreme environment […]
Amazon’s Starlink Rival Is Called Leo
November 14th, 2025A few days ago, my (very rural) area in New Zealand became eligible for free hardware on Starlink. That’s extremely tempting… I’d get the Residential Lite service tier, which deprioritizes traffic in favor of users who pay for the full priced regular service. If you have Starlink’s Residential Lite service, what speeds do you get, […]
Data Centers in Orbit?
October 31st, 2025Via: Ars Technica: As artificial intelligence drives the need for vastly more computing storage and processing power, interest in space-based data centers has spiked. Although several startup companies, such as Starcloud, have begun to address this problem, the idea has also attracted the interest of tech barons. In May, it emerged that former Google chief […]
Possible UFOs Detected in Orbit Before Satellites
October 22nd, 2025Via: The Sol Foundation: Paper: Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-I) may be associated with nuclear testing and reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena
Starshield: Classified Network of SpaceX Satellites Emitting Mysterious Signal
October 17th, 2025Via: NPR: A constellation of classified defense satellites built by the commercial company SpaceX is emitting a mysterious signal that may violate international standards, NPR has learned. Satellites associated with the Starshield satellite network appear to be transmitting to the Earth’s surface on frequencies normally used for doing the exact opposite: sending commands from Earth […]
Jason Jorjani Interviewed by Jesse Michels: Aliens, Religions, Simulation Hypothesis, Physics, Mind Control
October 8th, 2025Unless you’ve been wading out in the deep end for at least a couple of decades, you might want to skip this. I wouldn’t normally post something like this, but I was three quarters of the way through a re-read of Passport to Magonia when I saw this at the top of my YouTube feed. […]
NASA Plans First Crewed Moon Mission in 50 Years for February 2026
September 23rd, 2025Hmm… Via: BBC: Nasa has said it hopes to send astronauts on a ten-day trip around the Moon as soon as February. The US space agency had previously committed to launching no later than the end of April but said it aims to bring the mission forward. It’s been 50 years since any country has […]
NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year
September 11th, 20252019: Former NASA Scientist Believes Viking Mission Found Life on Mars in 1976 Via: NASA: A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken from a rock named “Cheyava Falls” last year, the sample, called “Sapphire Canyon,” contains potential biosignatures, […]
SpaceX: Starship’s Tenth Flight Test
August 27th, 2025If you have any interest in this type of thing, it’s all extremely impressive. Watch Starship's tenth flight test ? https://t.co/UIwbeGoo2B https://t.co/BFrpQPQFUw — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 26, 2025
NASA to Announce Expedited Plans “To Build a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon”
August 5th, 2025[???] Via: Politico: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, the first major action by the former Fox News host as the interim NASA administrator. NASA has discussed building a reactor on the lunar surface, but this would set a more definitive timeline — […]
