Sheila Marikar writes about private space travel for The New York Times. The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/style/axiom-space-travel.html Why does that make me think of the movie Elysium?
Category: Outer Space
Über Exoplaneten
Sibylle Anderl schreibt in der F.A.Z. über Exoplaneten. Der Schlüssel zum Verständnis der Exoplaneten http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/weltraum/ferne-welten-der-schluessel-zum-verstaendnis-der-exoplaneten-15579292.html Wau. Schon 4000 Exoplaneten. Und immer noch nix für uns Menschen dabei. Schade.
Mathematics of Black Holes
Kevin Hartnett writes for Quanta Magazine about black holes. Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-disprove-conjecture-made-to-save-black-holes-20180517/ Whoa. I didn’t know about the Cauchy horizon.
NASA-Sonde schickt unglaubliche Bilder vom Jupiter
http://www.businessinsider.de/nasa-sonde-schickt-unglaubliche-bilder-vom-jupiter-2018-3 Wirklich sehr beeindruckende Bilder!
Firefly book series announced: Joss Whedon to serve as consulting editor | EW.com
http://ew.com/books/2018/02/08/firefly-book-series/ This is great news. I would really like to see the crew of the Serenity again.
Wettrennen ins All: 65 Firmen wollen Raketen für kleine Satelliten bauen | heise online
https://m.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Wettrennen-ins-All-65-Firmen-wollen-Raketen-fuer-kleine-Satelliten-bauen-393z7589.html Noch mehr Weltraumschrott. Wann kümmert sich Mal jemand um das Aufräumen?
Newfound Wormhole Allows Information to Escape Black Holes | Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/newfound-wormhole-allows-information-to-escape-black-holes-20171023/ Not an easy read. But worth it. German version: http://www.spektrum.de/news/wurmloecher-spricht-die-physik-doch-nicht-gegen-zeitreisen/1526907
Deep Space Gateway to Open Opportunities for Distant Destinations | NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/deep-space-gateway-to-open-opportunities-for-distant-destinations A permanent space station at the moon? Why not build up the international space station?
Astrophysik – Ist die Dunkle Materie eine Supraflüssigkeit?
http://www.spektrum.de/news/ist-die-dunkle-materie-eine-suprafluessigkeit/1516463 English version: https://www.quantamagazine.org/dark-matter-recipe-calls-for-one-part-superfluid-20170613
After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/after-37-years-voyager-has-fired-up-its-trajectory-thrusters/ Whoa! This is pretty amazing.
Bacteria found on International Space Station may be alien in origin, says cosmonaut | The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/alien-life-bacteria-space-international-station-bacteria-cosmonaut-astronaut-russia-a8080036.html I bet it’s a cold.
That Interstellar Asteroid is Pretty Strange. Could It Be…? – Out There
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/2017/11/23/interstellar-asteroid-mystery/#.WhiC4HMxnqA