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Feb 5, 2022

A DIY rocket builder enlists 50 volunteers to launch an amateur astronaut

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And no, he’s not a billionaire.

Back in 2017, Mad Mike Hughes built a scrap metal rocket to launch in the Mojave desert in order to prove that the Earth is flat. The story made headlines around the world mostly for its ridiculousness but also because of the impressive achievement that it represented. It was an indication that a simple man, not a billionaire, could actually build a rocket.

That’s why when a group of 50 volunteers at Copenhagen Suborbitals announced they were building a rocket to send to space, the news drew a lot of attention, as first reported by *Futurism*. If the intrepid group of ambitious volunteers actually succeeds in getting their rocket off the ground and into orbit, it will mark a key milestone for humanity. why when a group of 50 volunteers at Copenhagen Suborbitals announced they were building a rocket to send to space, the news drew a lot of attention, as first reported by Futurism. If the intrepid group of ambitious volunteers actually succeeds in getting their rocket off the ground and into orbit, it will mark a key milestone for humanity.

Feb 5, 2022

Mars rock makes ‘surprised’ face as NASA rover triumphantly snags a new sample

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZgpEVzCUr3s

It’s the Mr. Bill of Martian rocks.

Feb 4, 2022

CNC-milled porcelain vases fit together like a three-dimensional puzzle

Posted by in categories: materials, space

Ceramic Bodies is a collection of four porcelain vases that fit together like a three-dimensional puzzle.

Designer Jörg Hugo studied architecture before opening his own design studio. Calling it Studio Jörg Hugo, his work largely explores “the relationship between materiality, form, and space,” as he describes on his personal website. Relying on either digital or analog design methods and production techniques, Hugo creates timeless pieces that completely reinterpret how we interact with space and material. One of his most recent projects, Ceramic Bodies, comprises a collection of four porcelain vases that almost appear to melt into each other like a three-dimensional puzzle.

Designer: Jörg Hugo

Feb 4, 2022

Tiny Photonic Chip Provides a Big Boost in Precision Optics

Posted by in categories: computing, space

Researchers at University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics for first time distill novel interferometry into a photonic device.

University of Rochester researchers for the first time package a way of amplifying interferometric signals using inverse weak value amplification —without increase in extraneous input or “noise”—on an integrated photonic chip.

By merging two or more sources of light, interferometers create interference patterns that can provide remarkably detailed information about everything they illuminate, from a tiny flaw on a mirror, to the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere, to gravitational patterns in far reaches of the Universe.

Feb 4, 2022

It has arrived! The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination

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#UnfoldTheUniverse #NASA #jameswebb

Feb 4, 2022

Scientists Create ‘Coldest Temperature Ever’

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics, space

As far as we can tell from modern science, there’s no upper limit to temperature. There sure is a lower limit, though. We call that absolute zero, measured as −273.15 °C (−459.67 °F). Scientists have yet to reach that limit in any experiment, but they’re getting close. A team of physicists in Germany has gotten closer than ever before, reaching a temperature of 38 trillionths of a degree from absolute zero, according to New Atlas.

This news might sound familiar because it is — scientists have inched closer to absolute zero on numerous occasions. A few years ago, MIT created what was at the time the coldest spot in the universe with sodium and potassium atoms. The International Space Station has also conducted experiments within a fraction of a degree of absolute zero. The problem is that no matter how well insulated your testing setup is, a tiny amount of energy always sneaks in from the environment. When that happens, you can’t reach absolute zero and halt all atomic motion.

The team from the University of Bremen broke the record once again by dropping the experiment (above) from the top of a very tall tower. Yes, really. They started with a cloud of 100,000 rubidium atoms, which were confined inside a magnetic field. When cooled, the atoms clump together and form a mysterious state of matter known as a Bose-Einstein condensate. In this state, the atoms act like one giant atom, making quantum effects visible at the macroscopic scale.

Feb 3, 2022

Saving Space Station with Special Guest Gary Barnhard

Posted by in categories: food, habitats, space

NASA wants to plunge the International Space Station (ISS) into the ocean in 2030. How can we save it?

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Feb 3, 2022

International Space Station to crash down to Earth in 2031

Posted by in categories: economics, space

NASA said it hoped to create a “robust, American-led commercial economy in low-Earth orbit”.


NASA says the ISS will operate until 2030 before the agency hands over to commercial companies.

Feb 3, 2022

SpaceX Starlink just got faster: Price, speed, release window for premium tier

Posted by in categories: business, Elon Musk, internet, space

Hold on to your hats. SpaceX Starlink Premium offers much faster internet to those that need it most, like businesses and other organizations. It’s the latest in Elon Musk’s plans for the service.

Feb 3, 2022

Glowing Helicopters on Mars

Posted by in categories: drones, space

If the Ingenuity helicopter would fly at night on Mars, its very possible the whirring rotors would create enough static electricity in the extremely dry Martian atmosphere to cause the air around the craft to glow.

“The faint glow would be most visible during evening hours when the background sky is darker,” said William Farrell, from Goddard Space Flight Center and lead author of a paper on this topic. “NASA’s experimental Ingenuity helicopter does not fly during this time, but future drones could be cleared for evening flight and look for this glow.”

If you’ve ever shuffled your feet across a wool carpet on a dry winter day, and then reached out to touch a metal doorknob, you’re familiar with the static discharge that creates a little zap — a spark — that leaps between your fingers and the metal knob.