Category: News
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Rise in Space Junk Could Trigger a War
Researchers have presented a grim reality for all the space junk above us. There is a belief that one of these pieces of junk could unintentionally hit a military satellite. The result would be a war breaking out, even though it would likely begin without provoking. Currently, the area around our planet contains 21,000 pieces…
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2015 in NASA Space Exploration
In 2015 we undertook a vast array of space explorations and accomplished a great deal so far as learning more about space and the universe around us. NASA’s video, viewed by more than 600 thousand people shows you just a little of what we accomplished in space exploration in 2015.
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Cosmic Neutrinos Have Been Confirmed To Exist
Cosmic Neutrinos – so what the heck are they? When I was in high school, it was difficult enough to understand protons, neutrons and electrons. Add in a periodic chart, and with some valance numbers you could actually figure out the relationship between the various elements. At least for the ones we understood at…
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I Repeat, There Is No Asteroid Threatening Earth
Asteroids will kill Earth in September? OK, I like a good story and when we were kids, the ghosts that threatened fellow campers long ago were fodder for fun at the evening campsite. But when internet rumors of death and destruction run wild enough that NASA itself has to come out with an official statement…
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(Video) New Horizons Visits The Last Of Our Solar System Planets
July 15 2015 NASA/John Hopkins Media Briefing Is Simply Riveting! NASA/John Hopkins press conference videos are all on one page, so rather than the direct link I usually provide for other videos like YouTube, this will be a two step process … but well worth the extra click. Press conferences from as far back as…