Boris Volynov, intrepid Russian cosmonaut, survived a re-entry like none other in 1969. A salute to people who allow others to shoot them into space with vague promises about the can they’re riding in.
On January 22nd, the sun exploded. Or close enough, anyway. A massive solar flare reached Earth two days later leaving us with a lot of pretty lights in the sky while bombarding cosmic radiation that would kill us all. Lots of pictures! Enjoy!
A University of Washington student posits a theory on how we might detect moons around exoplanets. This could give us additional clues as to whether it’s a possible birthplace for life. But what should we do then? A few ideas…
NASA’s out there thinking about how people will live when we finally send someone to Mars.
Some enterprising and damned creative scientists have used the spectrum of light showing or not from distant exoplanets to determine what sunsets might look like on them.
