I did a show this morning with Jim Muncy and Paul Sutter at the NPR affiliate in Columbus, OH. I thought it went pretty well.
Category Archives: Space Science
Gravitational Waves
This is a huge day for Kip Thorne (and others). Nadia Drake has a comprehensive story up already.
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Here’s another write up by Matthew Francis at The Atlantic.
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Here‘s the paper itself.
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And one from Miri Kramer.
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And from Loren Grush.
Ending Apollo To Mars
I couldn’t give a heads up, because they only want people on the approved list to call in, but I was the speaker for today’s FISO talk. The audio and PDF are up now.
Planet Nine
Is it a death threat?
I'll get more concerned if/when it turns out to actually exist. https://t.co/TEgifsZCF4
— SafeNotAnOption (@SafeNotAnOption) January 26, 2016
Planet Nine
Not to be confused with Plan Nine. Apparently the guy who killed Pluto thinks he may have found a new planet. I’m thinking his daughter must have made him do it.
Settling Venus
Some questions from Jon Goff. It’s one of the places that we don’t need a gee lab to know that we can live and procreate there.
The New Moon Race
There’s apparently not going to be one with Russia.
Gullies On Mars
No water required? Not sure how this relates to the recent stories about liquid water.
The Geminids
Looks like they should be great this year, with an almost new moon. Might drive up to the mountains or desert, if it’s clear.
Bootstrapping A Solar-System Civilization
Encouraging thoughts from David Brin on what he calls the “best year for space since the 70s.”