We’ve (unknowingly) created a radiation shield around the Earth using radios
Can your Internet landline do this? No.
Tag: Space
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — the most powerful rocket in the world — is nearly ready
Heavy metal in space.
Long-term exposure to mictrogravity can lower physical fitness down by half
And exercise doesn't fix it.
This is why space armor is becoming more important
Things are getting pretty dicey in outer space.
Morning glory seeds are hardy enough to survive in space, experiment reveals
Seeds -- the tiny bunkers of life.
Turns out you can make harder-than-concrete bricks on Mars simply by compressing soil
That's surprisingly convenient.
From fiction to reality: scientists grow potatoes in Mars-like conditions
Interplanetary potato, yeah!
NASA plans to use repellent coatings to coax liquids into flowing even when there is no “down”
Not a problem many would even think possible -- but a real one nonetheless.
Israeli company designs anti-radiation body armor to protect astronauts in space
+3 armor +25 radiation resist.
Earth-born methanogen bacteria species could survive in Mars’ crust, new study shows
Life can be surprisingly hardy.
NASA establishes first Space Technology Research Institutes to make Mars a self-sufficient colony
"Producing > packing" -- NASA.
First artwork to be made in space is now orbiting above all our heads
"A laugh star floating in space, above all our heads, is my attempt to create a contemporary metaphor for the ...
Tomorrow, India will launch a record-shattering 104 satellite missions
I can't even muster enough willpower to count up to 104.
NASA creates computers that can survive on Venus, 30 years after the last landings
They'll have to face boiling acids and extreme pressures.
JAXA’s mission to fish for space trash thwarted by faulty tether
Cleaning up is hard.
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