If you fly through an “asteroid belt”, you’re probably not gonna see a single asteroid.
Fifty-five years ago today, astronaut…
Fifty-five years ago today, astronaut Yuri Gagarin made history, when he got into Soviet Vostok 1 spaceship capsule and launched into space. Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Reports praised Gagarin for his perfect flight, but in fact he didn’t pilot the Vostok capsule. Psychologists working with the Soviet Space Program were worried […]
In 1993, an American company proposed to build a giant advertising…
In 1993, the American company Space Marketing Inc. proposed to build a giant advertising billboard in outer space that would appear roughly the same size and brightness as the moon. The project didn’t meet funding and inspired a bill to ban all advertisement in outer space.
Astronauts in the Apollo program reported seeing…
Astronauts in the Apollo program reported seeing “streaks” of white light every 3 minutes, even when they closed their eyes.
If an astronaut “loses it” in space, part…
If an astronaut “loses it” in space, part of the protocol is to restrain them with duck tape.
The Minnesota Vikings are building a stadium…
The Minnesota Vikings are building a stadium that costs more than sending a space probe to Pluto.
The light of galaxies greater than 14.7 billion light years away…
The light of galaxies greater than 14.7 billion light years away will never reach us, because those parts of the universe are receding away from us at faster than light speed.
There is a theory that predicts that the universe is…
There is a theory that predicts that the universe is a projected 3D illusion created by a 2D surface on the outermost edges of space. Not too different from a hologram.
A digital time capsule “A Message From Earth” was transmitted…
A digital time capsule “A Message From Earth” was transmitted to the planet Gliese 581c and included a message by actress Gillian Anderson consisting of images of George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
In 2007 China tested a missile and shot down one…
In 2007 China tested a missile and shot down one of their own satellites, accidentally creating 2,087 pieces of space debris on crazy orbits, all of which are now required to be tracked to avoid space collisions.