Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
This year I’ve decided, for once, not to do any New Year Resolutions. After all, I’ve started 2018 in bed with strong flu and the energy level of a (sick) kitten, and it’s not something that puts you in a…
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A few interesting articles about space I have come across in the last days. Definitively worth a reading, people. Everybody who follows astrophysics and space news knows about Tabby’s Star, that so many controversies has caused since its detection. But…
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Newsclipping from recent space and tech articles from around the web, some of them really interesting. Nearby neutron star collision could cause calamity on Earth. But if it doesn’t, the event itself could be very important for the detection of the…
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Here’s the usual summary of interesting space news of the week – with some stunning images from our Solar Systems. Have you ever wondered how stargazing from Jupiter would possibly be? Here’s the answer. This photo is a first from…
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It’s again the moment for a summary of the space news worth discussing this week (and in the past few). This time there are a few interesting subjects picked up here and there. As usual, links and a couple of comments…
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I have recently seen a lot of articles discussing the so-called ocean worlds – that is, all planets and celestial objects that are not the Earth – and the interest in them is obvious: water is one of the essential…
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There’s nothing better for space lovers that seeking (and finding) beautiful images of near and far space objects, some of them in amazing resolutions. I have already mentioned, in another post, Hubble Telescope’s online repository (waiting for James Webb new Space…
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A lot of interesting things in the news this week. Even though some are not per se “new”, I found them quite captivating both in terms of implications and for the questions they raised. Answers will follow – in due…
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We have been somehow spoiled in the last years by a few amazing achievements, but let’s not forget that space remains as extreme a challenge as ever. These last days news are here to prove it (as if it were…
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According to some recent news, it seems that pretty much everybody is on its way to Mars. You doubt? Have a look at the list below. In addition to the probes (and mission) that are already there (this is a good…
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