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Sep 22, 2023

Nuclear ‘pasta’ cooked up by dead stars could unravel the secrets of stellar afterlife

Posted by in categories: particle physics, space

In the extreme hearts of neutron stars, fundamental particles are twisted into strange ‘pasta’ shapes that could reveal untold secrets about how dead stars evolve.

Sep 22, 2023

Tom Hanks Says He’d Clean Space Toilets For The Chance To Be An Astronaut

Posted by in categories: entertainment, space

The actor told The Telegraph what he could offer NASA while promoting his immersive film “The Moonwalkers.”

Sep 20, 2023

Photonic chips could lower energy consumption from data centres

Posted by in categories: computing, space

Data centre energy consumption could be cut with new, ‘breakthrough’ photonic chips that are more efficient than today’s chips.

Data centres can consume up to 50 times more energy per square foot of floor space than a typical office building and account for roughly 2 per cent of all electricity use in the US.

In recent years, the number of data centres has risen rapidly due to soaring demand from the likes of Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Sep 20, 2023

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flies through major coronal mass ejection — and survives to tell the tale

Posted by in categories: particle physics, space

This will be good for future deep space spaceships faring high energy ejections on their hulls.


The sun-kissing spacecraft watched as dust particles were displaced across 6 million miles (9.7 million kilometers).

Sep 20, 2023

NASA’s Stunning New Moon Mosaic Reveals Lunar South Pole In Unprecedented Detail

Posted by in category: space

The mosaic reveals unprecedented detail of the lunar South Pole region and highlights a scenic crater called the Shackleton Crater.

Sep 19, 2023

Interplanetary Warfare

Posted by in categories: military, space

Space Warfare concepts from science fiction often involve war between planets, and we will discuss the science of that, and war inside a fully colonized solar system or Dyson Swarm.

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Sep 19, 2023

New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets

Posted by in categories: chemistry, space

Life on a faraway planet—if it’s out there—might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe’s pantry, and only so many ways to mix them. A team led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has exploited those limitations to write a cookbook of hundreds of chemical recipes with the potential to give rise to life.

Their ingredient list could focus the search for life elsewhere in the universe by pointing out the most likely conditions—planetary versions of mixing techniques, oven temperatures and baking times—for the recipes to come together.

The process of progressing from basic to the complex cycles of cell metabolism and reproduction that define life, the researchers say, requires not only a simple beginning but also repetition.

Sep 19, 2023

Mars Society establishes institute to advance colony on Mars

Posted by in category: space

The space advocacy movement has announced an initiative to found the Mars Technology Institute, which aims to create the technologies necessary for establishing a presence on the red planet.

The Mars Society is a space advocacy organization established in 1998 by Dr. Robert Zubrin and other members. The association studies settlement technologies for Mars and educates the public on the benefits of such missions.

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Sep 19, 2023

NASA spacecraft flies right through sun explosion, captures footage

Posted by in category: space

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe zoomed through a coronal mass ejection from the sun, a strong ejection of hot gas. The spacecraft captured footage of the dramatic solar system event.

Sep 18, 2023

This is Apptronik’s humanoid robot, Apollo

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, mobile phones, robotics/AI, space

General-purpose automation could radically improve society by vastly accelerating construction, manufacturing, and R&D. Just as the scale and complexity of today’s cities would have been unimaginable 200 years ago, we may see a similar factor of value growth over the next 50 years. Quality of life may dramatically increase as well. I envision that billions could be lifted out of poverty and the average person may live like today’s wealthiest top 1%. Space colonization might be made feasible. Keep in mind these projections are highly speculative. Nonetheless, it is worth considering the remarkable possibilities! #automation #tech #robotics #futurism


The rise of humanoid robots didn’t happen overnight, but a kind of perfect storm has accelerated the phenomenon over the past year and change. The foundation, of course, is decades of research.

Toiling away in research facilities and R&D departments laid the ground work for a new generation of technology. The necessary software and components have come a long way, driven by innovations in industrial robotics, autonomous driving and even the smartphone industry.

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