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If we are going to go to Mars, we’re going to need to bring a lot of things that we need to live that the red planet, so far as we can tell, just doesn’t have... and that includes bugs.
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In their new book A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements. Kelly Weinersmith joins us for the episode.
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SDL's AWE mission is scheduled to launch on Thursday evening and will be mounted on the International Space Station
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In ancient times, the temporary extinguishing of the sun caused quite a bit of fear. The Chinese thought a giant dragon was taking bites out of the sun. They beat drums to drive the dragon away. In other countries, warriors shot flaming arrows into the sky to reignite the lost fireball.
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If you visit Utah State University's Observatory, you'll be able to see the stars but their light will have to compete with lights from cars, streetlights and other buildings before it reaches your eye.
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The OSIRIS-Rex mission has picked up a piece of the asteroid Bennu projected to pass close to Earth. Precautionary? Maybe. But there's a big enough risk that we're doing something about it.
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We revisit our conversation with renowned astronomer and science communicator Philip Plait to discuss his new book Under Alien Skies.
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This year’s Small Satellite conference kicked off last weekend with talks held at USU's Logan campus. On Sunday, mission operator Michael Hauge gave an update on NASA's Lunar Flashlight mission.
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In 1916 Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, but it wasn’t until nearly one hundred years later, in 2015, that the existence of these waves was confirmed. Last month, scientists from around the globe coordinated the publishing of research that shows gravitational waves to be more ubiquitous than previously thought.
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A spacecraft carrying rock and dust from the asteroid Bennu is cruising back to earth and is expected to drop off the precious cargo at Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground in two months.