🚀 Space
Space is the final frontier and is now being opened to everyone thanks to front runners such as NASA and now SpaceX and Elon Musk, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic.
🌠 Starshot could spread life to other star systems
Project Starshot aims to send tiny spacecraft to our closest star system, Alpha Centauri at a speed of 20% of light speed. This opens the possibility of also sending life into space.
🔭 Astronomers take help of AI to discover new stars
Astronomy enters the era of artificial intelligence. Machine learning techniques aid in discovery of new proto-stars.
🚀 Going to space will cost only $2,000
Traveling to space today costs tens of millions of dollar, but within a couple of decades it can be as cheap as $2,000.
👨🚀 Tom Cruise is filming at the International Space Station
Tom Cruise and Elon Musk make a joint venture with NASA and record the first film in space.
🌕 Scientists have released the first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space.
🛰️ Elon Musk has announced the Starlink satellite-internet project will launch this year
The project is designed to bring internet to rural communities through thousands of tiny satellites.
🔭 NASA wants to take "close-ups" of planets in other solar systems
A research project will see if it is possible to take pictures that can show oceans and continents on planets several light-years away.
🛰 How the space industry is helping to fight Covid-19
The message is the same across the globe: everyone needs to do their part and take responsibility to fight Covid-19. It can be staying at home, buying groceries for your grandparents or sharing quarantine stories so life doesn't feel so mundane and hopeless.
👨🚀 Astronauts are isolation pros. Here are their tips on how to handle it
A huge percentage of people around the world are living in isolation to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. It can be hard! Luckily, astronauts have tons of experience with isolation, and a few have chimed in with their expert advice.