The dragon is a unique figure in Chinese culture. It stands for strength, honor, luck, and success. People worship the dragon as a supernatural being with unmatched talents and greatness. But this creature is more than just a zodiac sign in China and Japan; it’s a symbol with a long history in myth and tradition. ...
In 1963, six years after the first satellite was launched, editors from the Encyclopaedia Britannica posed a question to five eminent thinkers of the day: “Has man’s conquest of space increased or diminished his stature?” The respondents were philosopher Hannah Arendt, writer Aldous Huxley, theologian Paul Tillich, nuclear scientist Harrison Brown, and historian Herbert J. ...
Zhao Jiuzhang, a renowned Chinese meteorologist, geophysicist, and space physicist is hailed as the ‘Father of Chinese Satellites.’ However, in the quiet of the night on October 26, 1968, this internationally acclaimed scientist took his own life at his home in Zhongguancun, Beijing. He was 61. Today, we delve into the life of Zhao Jiuzhang ...
Elon Musk is thrilled about going to space and has big plans. He wants people to be able to stay on Mars and grow. The name for this process is “terraforming.” Terraforming is like making Mars more like Earth so people would want to live there. Elon Musk wants people to love life on Mars. ...
In the vast range of the cosmos, the Moon has captivated humanity’s imagination for centuries. The mere mention of this celestial neighbor conjures thoughts of mystery, wonder, and endless possibilities for Moon travel. Over the years, scientists, visionaries, and dreamers have tirelessly pursued various concepts to propel beyond Earth’s confines and start such travel. However, ...
Southwest Research Institute scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn’s rings from the Cassini mission. The compilation, published recently in the scientific journal Icarus, will inform future investigations of the particle size distribution and composition of Saturn’s rings, critical elements to understanding their formation and evolution. Dr. Stephanie Jarmak, a researcher in the ...
The discovery of a so-called monster black hole that has about 12 times the Sun’s mass is detailed in a new Astrophysical Journal research submission, the lead author of which is Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, a physics professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). Dr. Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the Department of Physics ...
Pictures of the sky can show us cosmic wonders, while movies can bring them to life. Films from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope reveal motion and change across the sky. Every six months, NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE, spacecraft completes one trip halfway around the Sun, taking images in all directions. Stitched ...
We are familiar with the space shuttle Challenger disaster and the Apollo 13 explosion in space. However, in their tragic shadows are a few equally horrifying accidents. Space flight is dangerous and requires a bravery that some of us may feel borders on insanity. On March 18, 1965, Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev sat ...
Jupiter-sized planets can be stolen or captured by massive stars in the densely populated stellar nurseries where most stars are born, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Sheffield have proposed a novel explanation for the recently discovered B-star Exoplanet Abundance STudy (BEAST) planets. Massive stars can steal BEASTies These are Jupiter-like planets at large ...
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