What’s Up In Space?Feature: NGC 2244: A STAR CLUSTER IN THE ROSETTE NEBULADoes a Rosette Nebula by any other name smell as sweet?Mar 7, 2021Mar 7, 2021
What’s Up In Space?IG: Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin — the 1st Man in SpaceYuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, (9 March 1934–27 March 1968) was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey…Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
What’s Up In Space?Q&A: Could Space Travel Ever be as Cheap as Air Travel?It certainly could be, since they use different methods of propulsion.Oct 10, 2018Oct 10, 2018
What’s Up In Space?News: NASA’s Voyager 2 is Nearing Interstellar SpaceOn October 5, 2018, NASA announced that the Voyager 2 spacecraft, launched in 1997, has detected an increase in cosmic rays originating…Oct 6, 2018Oct 6, 2018
What’s Up In Space?Q&A: Do We Have any Pictures Taken of The Moon in Front of Earth?We Do! :) They’re rare, though, because most satellites orbiting the Earth, orbit from between low Earth-orbit (LEO), which is about 300…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018
What’s Up In Space?What is the Mass of a Proton that is Travelling at 99.9% the Speed of Light?Well… these terms are often used imprecisely. The mass of a proton or a rocket, or anything else, does not actually increase as it…Sep 30, 2018Sep 30, 2018
What’s Up In Space?Could we Shoot our Trash Into Space, or Would Losing all that Mass affect the Earth’s orbit?Nah — for a couple of reasons. One, we wouldn’t possibly find enough fuel. Let’s take a look at how much energy it takes to send things…Sep 29, 2018Sep 29, 2018
What’s Up In Space?What If: The Sun shot an Earth-sized fireball in a random direction once every 10 years?I wouldn’t worry a whole lot about it.Sep 28, 2018Sep 28, 2018
What’s Up In Space?Does the Evidence Suggest we’re Alone in the Universe?There’s currently no evidence that we aren’t alone in the Universe… but the numbers certainly suggest that we have neighbours out there…Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2018
What’s Up In Space?NASA Announces National Space Exploration Campaign, Complete With Brand New Orbiting Moon-Base!In response to the US Congress’s passing of the NASA Transitional Authorization Act of 2017, which called upon the agency to develop a…Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2018
