Found a neat video with NASA Earth scientist Melissa Dawson about how the impressive time lapse Earth videos are made.
Through the use of the Spitzer Space Telescope, we can now tell that 55 Canceri e, an exoplanet 40 light years away, is not quite the baren rocky environment we originally thought.
How much is an astronaut’s life worth in terms of the amount spent on safety and the cost to the overall mission? Does there reach a point where maybe making something a little bit safer jeopardizes the entire venture? A look at Robert Zubrin’s essay in Reason Magazine this month.
The latest estimates of the number of exoplanets that exist within the Milky Way are in. Try and take a guess at how many there are? One for every ten stars? One for every five? The answer might surprise you.
After attending a talk at the American Museum of Natural History last night, we got to ask an actual expert on exoplanets about a few things we’ve been wondering.
