October 5th, 2025
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A front and center cause by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is promoting and prompting a case for an Earth-Cislunar-Moon economy. In some quarters it’s all blue sky yammering. On the other hand, there does appear to be growing support for making a business case for mining resources on the Moon. A recent […]
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A tactic used in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), historically focused on detecting electromagnetic technosignatures from other starfolk, is a paradigm that is being challenged. Highly advanced, potentially post‑biological civilizations may undergo rapid technological acceleration, quickly progressing beyond recognizable or detectable phases. That’s the view of Michael Garrett, the Sir Bernard Lovell Chair […]
This documentary follows the journey of three Caltech researchers that came together to solve a problem: How do you power Earth from space, to provide an endless supply of clean sustainable energy? Bright Harvest follows these visionary Caltech professors as they develop and successfully demonstrate a proof-of-concept experiment for space-based solar power. Their work signals […]
This month, there’s a first of its kind Moon/Mars analog mission, one that involves five continents simultaneously. Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe are joining forces to emulate human presence on the Moon or Mars. Over 200 scientists from 25 countries are involved in this unique analog undertaking. Research collaboration From October 13 to 26, […]
The opening shot that kicked off the “Space Race.” October 4, 1957, now 68 years ago today, the former Soviet Union’s R-7 rocket lifted off from the Tyuratam test site (now the Baikonur Cosmodrome), hurling into space the first artificial Earth satellite. The R-7 Semyorka intercontinental ballistic missile was modified by Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, known […]
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space group is deep into development of its new Delta Class suborbital space planes, with both research and private astronaut flights expected to commence next year. The company has also been looking at using its mothership aircraft that releases those newly developed space planes at high altitude as a carrier […]
The planet Venus is a hellish, hot under the collar world. Not only is this enigmatic globe holding tight its secrets under thick clouds saturated with sulfuric acid, it is upwelling a heavenly question mark: Could it be a haven for high-altitude life? Perhaps Venus is a cozy, comfy home for microbes? That prospect is […]
A veteran of Earth remote sensing is nearing its destructive reentry though Earth’s atmosphere. Landsat 4 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on July 16, 1982 on a Delta 3920 rocket. Landsat 4 was built for and launched by NASA. The spacecraft was built by contractor GE Astro Space. Despite numerous […]
Image credit: Ironbound Films Will Judaism survive in space? That’s the key question probed in Fiddler on the Moon, a film focused on answering this query that scientists, theologians, and comedians have asked. This intriguing video includes NASA astronauts Jeffrey Hoffman and Jessica Meir, Neil deGrasse Tyson, as well as a quorum of rabbis and […]
Close-in observations by Mars orbiters are on tap as that interstellar comet –3I/ATLAS — zips by the Red Planet on October 3rd. One of those spacecraft to view the object is NASA/s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its powerful camera system, the High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE). “MRO/HiRISE will attempt a couple of images,” reports Alfred […]
