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Construction Tips from a Type 2 Engineer: Collaboration with Isaac Arthur

9 Jun , 2017 by

Fraser Cain and Isaac Arthur team up again to bring you another epic collaboration. This time, it’s construction tips from an engineer from a Type 2 Civilization.

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Space for Sale!

Can We Own Space? Buying Your Own Piece of the High Frontier

1 Jun , 2017 by

Owning land here on Earth is nice and legal. But what about a plot of land on the Moon or Mars? When can I buy some ice on Europa?

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Artist's impression of a Mars-sized object crashing into the Earth, starting the process that eventually created our Moon. Credit: Joe Tucciarone

Scientists Propose a New Kind of Planet: A Smashed Up Torus of Hot Vaporized Rock

24 May , 2017 by

Under the right conditions, two colliding rocky bodies might form a temporary structure called a ‘synestia’. This rotating mass of partially vaporized rock would might only last a hundred years or so.

Weekly Space Hangout – May 19, 2017: Eric Fisher of Labfundr

19 May , 2017 by

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Eric Fisher is the head of Labfundr, a Canadian crowdsourcing platform for science research and outreach. Eric is an entrepreneur, recovering biochemist, and son of a glaciologist. He completed a PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. At Dalhousie, Eric investigated how […]

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When an asteroid struck the Yucatan region about 66 million years ago, it wiped out the dinosaurs, and most of life on Earth. If it had hit elsewhere, the dinosaurs might well have survived. Credit: NASA/Don Davis

Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Hit in Exactly the Wrong Place

18 May , 2017 by

A new BBC documentary called “The Day The Dinosaurs Died” explains how things might have been different for the dinosaurs if the asteroid that caused their extinction had hit deeper ocean.
Sun glints off atmospheric ice crystals (circled in red) in this view captured by NASA's EPIC instrument on NOAA's DISCOVR satellite. Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Mysterious Flashes Coming From Earth That Puzzled Carl Sagan Finally Have An Explanation

16 May , 2017 by

NASA’s EPIC camera aboard NOAA’s DSCOVR spacecraft solves decades old mystery that stymied Carl Sagan. Mysterious flashes are mysterious no more.
Composite Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra image of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. A new study shows that a supernova as far away as 50 light years could have devastating effects on life on Earth. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC/SAO)

New Estimate Puts the Supernova Killzone Within 50 Light-Years of Earth

15 May , 2017 by

A new paper on supernovae and the effects on Earth increases the so-called “Supernova Kill-Zone” to 50 light years.

Earth's Hadean Eon is a bit of a mystery to us, because geologic evidence from that time is scarce. Researchers at the Australian National University have used tiny zircon grains to get a better picture of early Earth. Credit: NASA

Early Earth Was Almost Entirely Underwater, With Just A Few Islands

12 May , 2017 by

Ancient grains of the mineral zircon help researchers paint a picture of Earth in the Hadean Eon, and that picture is mostly water.

NASA Releases Spellbinding Images Of Earth At Night

15 Apr , 2017 by

New night-time images of Earth are more than just eye-candy. They can be a vital tool for scientists and governments.
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What is an Astronomical Unit?

28 Mar , 2017 by

The average distance between the Sun and the Earth – 149,597,870.7 km (or 92,955,807 mi) – is known as an Astronomical Unit (AU).

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