Personally, I don't think there's intelligent life on other planets. Why should other planets be any different from this one?

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The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely close flyby in 2029 to learn how to deflect others like it
Categories: Astronomy

Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
General relativity is an astonishingly beautiful theory, and grappling with why it disagrees with quantum mechanics is a joy, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy

It's good to have a word describing why going viral is now meaningless

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Feedback was pleased to come across journalist Taylor Lorenz's coining of the word "viralflation", as videos with hundreds of millions of hits proliferate across the internet
Categories: Astronomy

No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
The idea that the rise of tech means today's young people are less intelligent than previous generations is rife – but wrong, says neuroscientist Dean Burnett
Categories: Astronomy

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Exposing the origins of the improbable – and at times scary – plans of tech billionaires makes Adam Becker's More Everything Forever a disturbing but important book
Categories: Astronomy

Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
General relativity is an astonishingly beautiful theory, and grappling with why it disagrees with quantum mechanics is a joy, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy

It's good to have a word describing why going viral is now meaningless

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Feedback was pleased to come across journalist Taylor Lorenz's coining of the word "viralflation", as videos with hundreds of millions of hits proliferate across the internet
Categories: Astronomy

No need to stop the 'brain rot': Modern kids aren't less intelligent

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
The idea that the rise of tech means today's young people are less intelligent than previous generations is rife – but wrong, says neuroscientist Dean Burnett
Categories: Astronomy

Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Exposing the origins of the improbable – and at times scary – plans of tech billionaires makes Adam Becker's More Everything Forever a disturbing but important book
Categories: Astronomy

Quantum theory at 100: Let’s celebrate its power and provocation

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Quantum theory started with a bout of hay fever, and went on to transform our view of the universe – but its legacy isn't complete
Categories: Astronomy

Quantum theory at 100: Let’s celebrate its power and provocation

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Quantum theory started with a bout of hay fever, and went on to transform our view of the universe – but its legacy isn't complete
Categories: Astronomy

Scientists discover bizarre double-star system with exoplanet on a sideways orbit (video)

Space.com - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary "failed star" brown dwarfs at a 90-degree tilted angle!
Categories: Astronomy

A 'cosmic car radio' could help scientists tune in to dark matter within the next 15 years

Space.com - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 1:00pm
Scientists have developed a cosmic car radio that could tune into the frequency of axions, a prime dark matter suspect.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA Invites Virtual Guests to Launch of SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission

NASA - Breaking News - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 12:08pm

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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station.SpaceX

NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for the agency. NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday, April 21, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for the crew, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will deliver several new experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts, such as relativity, and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.

The public can register to be virtual launch guests and receive curated mission resources, interactive opportunities, timely launch updates, and a mission-specific collectible stamp for their virtual guest passports delivered straight to their inbox after liftoff.

A new way to collect and share passport stamps has arrived! Receive one for your virtual guest passport and another that is sized perfectly for sharing. Don’t have a passport yet? Print one here and start collecting!

Learn more about NASA research and activities on the International Space Station at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station.

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NASA Invites Virtual Guests to Launch of SpaceX 32nd Resupply Mission

NASA News - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 12:08pm

2 min read

Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company’s 29th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station.SpaceX

NASA invites the public to participate in virtual activities ahead of the launch of SpaceX’s 32nd commercial resupply services mission for the agency. NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch at 4:15 a.m. EDT Monday, April 21, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for the crew, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will deliver several new experiments, including a demonstration of refined maneuvers for free-floating robots. Dragon also carries an enhanced air quality monitoring system that could protect crew members on exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and two atomic clocks to examine fundamental physics concepts, such as relativity, and test worldwide synchronization of precision timepieces.

The public can register to be virtual launch guests and receive curated mission resources, interactive opportunities, timely launch updates, and a mission-specific collectible stamp for their virtual guest passports delivered straight to their inbox after liftoff.

A new way to collect and share passport stamps has arrived! Receive one for your virtual guest passport and another that is sized perfectly for sharing. Don’t have a passport yet? Print one here and start collecting!

Learn more about NASA research and activities on the International Space Station at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station.

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Living material made from fungus could make buildings more sustainable

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 12:00pm
Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and coral, which could one day be used as a self-repairing building material
Categories: Astronomy

Living material made from fungus could make buildings more sustainable

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 12:00pm
Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and coral, which could one day be used as a self-repairing building material
Categories: Astronomy

Lab-grown chicken could be made chewier using artificial capillaries

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 12:00pm
Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve its texture
Categories: Astronomy

Lab-grown chicken could be made chewier using artificial capillaries

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 12:00pm
Scientists have used an artificial circulatory system to create lab-grown chicken, which may improve its texture
Categories: Astronomy

Every 'Black Mirror' Season 7 episode, ranked from worst to best

Space.com - Wed, 04/16/2025 - 12:00pm
Netflix's award-winning dystopian anthology from twisted British creator Charlie Brooker is back!
Categories: Astronomy