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a collection of articles about European Science and Space Exploration
Space Travel - Satellites, Moon missions and Science, Technology in India
Japan - space exploration, moon
Telescopes, Stars and Astronomy
a collection of articles and videos looking at the rise of (non-government) independent space travel
Space Exploration and Genetic Engineering, DNA, Ethics, Science
Robots for Outer Space, and Deep-Sea Mining
Mining Asteroids in outer space
a collection of articles and videos about Stephen Hawking - Physics, Science, and Big Ideas
a collection of articles and videos looking at NASA, Nuclear Fission Reactor (research) and Space Travel
Photograph of a Black Hole
a look at unique and surprising uses of machine learning / artificial intelligence
a collection of articles and resources looking at Tesla, Elon Musk
a collection of articles and resources looking at Tesla, Elon Musk
Mars - about the planet, and exploration, Space Travel
a collection of articles and videos looking at SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and the rise of (non-government) independent space travel
Independent private space companies
Rocket Lab - independent space travel, competing with SpaceX
NASA’s partnership with private space companies
Moon base - Water and resources on the Moon
A collection of articles about Space elevator
Protecting the Earth from Asteroids, Comets in outer space
SpaceX - engineering, computer science
a collection of articles and videos looking at SpaceX and the rise of (non-government) independent space travel
Asteroids in outer space
a collection of articles and videos about private companies and Space Stations
Supernovae - Telescopes, Stars and Astronomy
a collection of articles and videos looking at the rise of (non-government) independent space travel companies in New Zealand
a collection of great resources for teaching about stars and science
a collection of great resources for teaching about the sun, galaxies and the milky way

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Article

Why China fears Starlink. China in space

And why it wants to build its own satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit | China (2023)


Article

What Happened During Ispace’s Moon Landing Attempt - The New York Times

The Japanese company aimed to complete the first moon landing by a private company, but its M1 lander joined numerous spacecraft that have crashed ... (2023)


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Private space stations will soon be in orbit - The Economist

And with them, industry | Science & technology (2021)


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Opinion | Even if You Think Discussing Aliens Is Ridiculous, Just Hear Me Out - The New York Times

How would contact with U.F.O.s and other civilizations change ours? (2021)


Article

Who owns our orbit: How many satellites are operating in space?

Satellites are a vital part of our infrastructure, helping us to use GPS, access the internet and support studies of the Earth. There were 2,666 op... (2020)


Article

Coming to Our Senses - By Neil deGrasse Tyson, Natural History Magazine

Our eyes are special detectors. They allow us to register information not only from across the room but from across the universe. Without vision, t... (2020)


Article

Why Didn’t Saturn Eat Titan, Its Biggest Moon? - The New York Times

New simulations explain how the ringed planet ended up with one giant moon that domineers its tinier siblings. (2020)



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Largest Explosion Seen Since Big Bang Rocked Distant Cluster of Galaxies

Astronomers find evidence of the most powerful explosion ever seen in the history of the Universe. What do we know about this mammoth eruption? The... (2020)


Article

The Camera That Went To The Moon And Changed How We See It - NPR

Astronaut Walter Schirra's decision to bring a Swedish-made Hasselblad on his Mercury spaceflight set the course for NASA's choice of the camera fo... (2019)


Article

India’s Going to the Moon, and the Country Is Pumped - The New York Times

India will launch an unmanned rover into space on Monday. If successful, India will join a select group of nations capable of reaching the moon. (2019)


Article

The problems of flying to Mars - The Economist

Exploring the cosmos - SENDING PEOPLE to Mars is a daunting prospect. It would take astronauts at least nine months to get there, they might sp... (2019)


Article

Standing at Ground Zero for UFO Believers | Literary Hub

A Scientist Studies Our Need to Believe in Aliens "You need to wear the blindfold." Tyler's voice was calm but firm. His southern accent took a ... (2019)


Article

Rocket Launch in New Zealand Brings Quick, Cheap Space Access — Bloomberg

By Ashlee Vance November 11, 2018, 1:38 AM EST Launch sends Rocket Lab to lead in global space competition. Six satellites carried into low orbit... (2018)


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How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole? With a Telescope as Big as the Earth - The New York Times

A planet-spanning virtual observatory, years in the making, could change how we think about space, time and the nature of reality. Will it work? (2018)


Article

Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice

Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found eight sites where thick deposits of ice beneath Mars' surface are exposed in ... (2018)


Article

Observable Universe contains ten times more galaxies than previously thought | ESA/Hubble

Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes and other telescopes have performed an accurate census of the number of galaxies i... (2018)


Article

How Elon Musk’s SpaceX disrupted Boeing, leapfrog NASA, and became a serious space company

The Space Exploration Technology rocket factory is a large, white hangar-like building near Los Angeles international airport, with a parking lot f... (2017)


Article

Space Startup Raises $90 Million to Start Moon Ads by 2020 - Bloomberg

Japanese companies are planning to kick-start the lunar economy by backing a local startup’s mission to land on the moon by 2020. (2017)


Article

NASA to test prototype Kilopower reactor

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will this month start testing uranium-fuelled Stirling engines for use in possible future ... (2017)


Article

Massive Black Hole Reveals When The First Stars Blinked On : The Two-Way : NPR

Scientists have detected a black hole thought to be about 800 million times as massive as our sun that is helping to reveal when the universe fille... (2017)


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Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus

Silicon carbide transistors could let landers survive for months rather than hours (2017)


Article

A newly discovered moon tunnel could be the perfect place for a colony, scientists say

A NASA researcher proposed the idea back in 1971. The lava tunnels of the moon, like the mythical canals of Mars, have proved elusive — until now. (2017)


Article

Astronomers warn of ‘worrisome’ light pollution from satellite constellations

The International Astronomical Union has issued the preliminary results from a study on the potential effects of multi-thousand satellite constella... (2020)


Article

As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industry vows to resist

After 50 years of success, Europe's main spaceport reaches a crossroads. (2018)


Article

How Were Atoms Created?

Another great kid question, that has a simple answer but also leads to a bunch of subtle points when you dig a little deeper. (2020)


Article

Space Is Full Of Planets, And Most Of Them Don't Even Have Stars - Forbes

For every planet that orbits a star like our own, there are likely thousands of 'orphan planets' wandering the galaxy alone... (2018)


Article

Here's (almost) everything you need to know about Israel's Moon lander | The Planetary Society

SpaceIL, a privately funded Israeli non-profit, will attempt to land a small spacecraft on the Moon in early 2019. (2018)


Article

MIT system predicts the best way to deflect an Earth-bound asteroid

We’re not in immediate danger of any asteroids colliding with Earth — at least not as far as anyone’s aware. But it’s not like it hasn’t happened b... (2020)


Article

Showing Off to the Universe: Beacons for the Afterlife of Our Civilization—Stephen Wolfram Blog

What sign of existence shows the specialness of humans? Stephen Wolfram examines possible beacons to send on a spacecraft to communicate meaning ou... (2018)


Video

Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon

During the Cold War, competition between the the United States and the former USSR was fierce, as the two countries rallied for the chance to make ... (2024)


Video

The Unanswered Questions of Space: Quantum Entanglement, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy

Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist John Mather illuminates the universe's deepest mysteries. In this episode, we delve into the search for extrater... (2023)


Video

Why India and Russia Were Racing to the Moon’s South Pole | WSJ

India became the first country to successfully land on the moon's south pole with its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, just days after Russia’s Luna-25 cr... (2023)


Video

How Space Factories Are Becoming A Reality

Space offers a unique environment for research and development because its higher levels of radiation, microgravity and near vacuum-less state allo... (2023)


Video

To win the race to Mars, NASA is prepared to go nuclear

Tom Costello reports from the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where NASA is developing nuclear rockets to take humans to the M... (2023)


Video

Michio Kaku Breaks Silence On JWST James Webb Telescope’s Shocking New Image!

James Webb Telescope's New Image Proves Time Existed Before The Big Bang! Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku just shared a shocking discove... (2023)


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NASA’s Next-Generation Spacesuits — A Behind-The-Scenes Look

NASA has been using the current spacesuits on the International Space Station for decades and they are showing their age. The agency has had issues... (2023)


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How the James Webb Space Telescope Will Unfold the Universe | John C. Mather | TED

The James Webb Space Telescope is a miracle of modern science and engineering. With a 21-foot, gold-coated mirror protected by a sunshield that's t... (2022)


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10 Things You have Heard and Re-told but are Completely False - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains 10 things that we have heard all our life and re-told but are completely false. Other Neil deGrasse Tyson Videos-What ... (2022)


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The Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope

The Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope (2021)


Video

Asteroid Mining Fast Facts

Get your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/sabinehossenfelder. It's an exclusive offer for our viewers! Start your free... (2021)


Video

Flat Earth "Science" -- Wrong, but not Stupid

In this video I explain what flat earthers believe, why they believe it, and why I think scientists should take flat earthers more seriously.The CN... (2021)


Video

Former Air Force Pilot Breaks Down UFO Footage | WIRED

Andrea Themely, current commercial pilot and former Air Force colonel, dissects some famous UFO footage released by the U.S. government. Andrea exp... (2021)


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TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)

TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K) How's it all gonna end? This experience ... (2021)


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The story of 'Oumuamua, the first visitor from another star system | Karen J. Meech

In October 2017, astrobiologist Karen J. Meech got the call every astronomer waits for: NASA had spotted the very first visitor from another star s... (2021)


Video

10 images that reveal what we've learned about Mars after decades of exploration

Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twGFind more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshourSubscribe to our Y... (2021)


Video

Mars: The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover

Get a year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 14.79 here: and using the code, "realengineering"Watch.. (2021)


Video

Why this black hole photo is such a big deal - Vox

What it took to collect these 54-million-year-old photons from a supermassive black hole... (2019)


Video

Astronaut Chris Hadfield Debunks Space Myths | WIRED

WIRED Published on Apr 23, 2018 Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about space. Is there any sound in... (2019)


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Astronaut Chris Hadfield on 13 Moments That Changed His Life | WIRED

WIRED Published on Feb 27, 2019 Astronaut Chris Hadfield reflects on 13 important moments from his life and career, from learning to fly to be... (2019)


Video

What I learned from going blind in space - TED talk - Chris Hadfield

TED Published on Mar 19, 2014 There's an astronaut saying: In space, "there is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse." So how do you dea... (2019)


Video

David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station. Composition: “SPACE... (2019)


Video

Stephen Hawking's big ideas... made simple

The Guardian Published on Sep 23, 2013 No time to read Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time? In just two and a half minutes, Alok Jha expl... (2018)


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How I fell in love with quasars, blazars and our incredible universe | TED

Jedidah Isler first fell in love with the night sky as a little girl. Now she’s an astrophysicist who studies supermassive hyperactive black holes.... (2018)


Video

Falcon Heavy Test Flight

When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit n... (2018)


Video

Flyover video of Jupiter’s Europa

NASA engineer Kevin Gill stitched together images from two 1998 observations of Europa by the Galileo spacecraft to create this (2018)


Podcast

Exploring Mars To Better Understand Earth - On Point | Podcast on Spotify

Listen to this episode from On Point on Spotify. Was Mars once like Earth? Can you imagine the red planet once a verdant green? That might be stret... (2021)


Podcast

Astronomers Worry SpaceX Starlink Program Could Alter Night Sky : NPR (2019)

The private space company run by Elon Musk launched 60 satellites into orbit this week. Science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel explains why astronome... (2019)


Podcast

Dark Side of the Earth | Radiolab | WNYC Studios

Astronauts at the International Space Station can make one request to talk to an earthling of their choice. For some ... (2018)


Podcast

SpaceX Goes Public, Claude’s Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246

In this episode, the mates dive into AI agents, Anthropic and OpenAI competition, AI economics and jobs, quantum risk to Bitcoin, energy breakthrou... (2026)


Podcast

The Evolution of the Satellite Economy | Andreessen Horowitz

The cost of launching payloads to orbit has dramatically dropped, igniting a space renaissance. In 2022, a record 186 rocket launches (41 more than... (2023)


Podcast

Thomas Zurbuchen: Adventures in Astrophysics [The Knowledge Project Ep. #108]

In this episode, Thomas and Shane discuss the origin of his passion for astrophysics, commercial spaceflight, exciting experiments going on at the ... (2021)


Podcast

UFO investigations at the Pentagon, DOD | The New York Times

NY. Times | The Daily “There was military footage of unidentified flying objects that couldn’t be explained, and a decade of hidden funding in t... (2017)


Book

The Science of Interstellar

A journey through the otherworldly science behind Christopher Nolan’s award-winning film, Interstellar, from executive producer and Nobel Prize-win... (2022)


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