There are advances being made almost daily in the disciplines required to make space and its contents accessible. This blog brings together a lot of that info, as it is reported, tracking the small steps into space that will make it just another place we carry out normal human economic, leisure and living activities.
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Robust new process forms 3-D shapes from flat sheets of graphene
Researchers have developed a new approach for forming 3-D shapes from flat, 2-D sheets of graphene, paving the way for future integrated systems of graphene-MEMS hybrid devices and flexible electronics.
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New research shows Earth’s core contains 90 percent of Earth’s sulfur
So perhaps there is some truth in the old legends of the underworld reeking of brimstone (or sulphur,
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Neutron star’s echoes give astronomers a new measuring stick
In late 2013, when the neutron star at the heart of one of our galaxy's oddest supernovae gave off a massive burst of X-rays, the resulting echoes -- created when the X-rays bounced off clouds of dust in interstellar space -- yielded a surprising new measuring stick for astronomers.
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Black holes may make ideal dark matter labs
A new computer simulation shows that dark matter particles colliding in the extreme gravity of a black hole can produce strong, potentially observable gamma-ray light. Detecting this emission would provide astronomers with a new tool for understanding both black holes and the nature of dark matter, an elusive substance accounting for most of the mass of the universe that neither reflects, absorbs nor emits light.
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Vintage Astronomy, Antique Ptolemaic Solar System Print
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Vintage illustration Renaissance era astronomy and antique celestial image featuring the Ptolemaic solar system with the Earth at the center, created in 1660 by Andreas Cellarius. The Ptolemaic Solar System, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a Dutch-German cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam.
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Nonphotosynthetic pigments could be biosignatures of life on other worlds
To find life in the universe, it helps to know what it might look like. If there are organisms on other planets that do not rely wholly on photosynthesis -- as some on Earth do not -- how might those worlds appear from light-years away?
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Red Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis Square Sticker
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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous astronomy picture featuring a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis, in the direction of the constellation of Monoceros on the outer edge of our Milky Way. The image shows the swirls of dust spiralling across trillions of miles of interstellar space, lit mainly from within by a pulse of light from the red supergiant, two years into its journey.
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Mystic Mountain - Carina Nebula iPad Folio Covers
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A mountain of dust and gas rise in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA's Hubble telescope.
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Rosetta mission extended
The adventure continues: ESA today confirmed that its Rosetta mission will be extended until the end of September 2016, at which point the spacecraft will most likely be landed on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Rosetta_mission_extended
Always/Never: documentary tells story of nuclear weapons safety, security
Sandia National Laboratories’ documentary, Always/Never: The Quest for Safety, Control & Survivability,showcases rare historical footage and interviews with
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Sweeping lasers snap together nanoscale geometric grids
Down at the nanoscale, where objects span just billionths of a meter, the size and shape of a material can often have surprising and powerful electronic and optical effects. Building larger materials that retain subtle nanoscale features is an ongoing challenge that shapes countless emerging technologies.
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Vintage Astronomy Celestial Copernican Planisphere Poster
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Vintage illustration Renaissance era astronomy and celestial image featuring an antique map with the sun at the center of the universe and planets circling, created in 1660 by Andreas Cellarius. Copernican Planisphere, from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe. Andreas Cellarius (c.1596-1665) was a Dutch-German cartographer, best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica of 1660, a major star atlas, published by Johannes Janssonius in Amsterdam.
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Tarantula Nebula Star Forming Gas Cloud Sculpture Rectangular Sticker
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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series An awesome mobile phone shell featuring the Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way, our galactic home. This Hubble image shows old stars from the distant past and rich, interstellar gas clouds feeding the formation of new ones. The most massive and hottest stars are intense, high-energy radiation sources and this pushes away what remains of the gas and dust, compressing and sculpting it. As the whorls and eddies clump and stretch it, gravity takes over and the birth of the next generation of new stars is triggered.
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Planet Mars behaving like a rock star
If planets had personalities, Mars would be a rock star according to recent preliminary results from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. Mars sports a 'Mohawk' of escaping atmospheric particles at its poles, 'wears' a layer of metal particles high in its atmosphere, and lights up with aurora after being smacked by solar storms. MAVEN is also mapping out the escaping atmospheric particles.
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Mystic Mountain - Carina Nebula Case For The iPad Mini
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A mountain of dust and gas rise in the Carina Nebula, captured by NASA's Hubble telescope.
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