Tag Archives: Out of This World

Out of This World – Quantum Mechanics

Posted on November 5, 2019

What is quantum mechanics? I have no idea. No matter how much I read about the subject, I’m lost after the first few paragraphs. What I do know, is that quantum mechanics is our future. From security to computing, quantum … Read more

Out of this World – Water on an Alien Planet

Posted on October 1, 2019

110 light-years from our home, a planet with mass eight times greater than Earth orbits in the habitable zone of its star. K2-18b lies in the constellation Leo and is the first discovery of its kind: a planet with water … Read more

Out of this World – Space Junk and Just Junk

Posted on September 3, 2019

Where humans lead, trash follows. Space is no exception. Orbiting our planet is an unknown amount of space junk. There is a very real risk of this junk colliding and creating small pieces of debris that go on to damage … Read more

Out of This World – Dark Side of the Moon

Posted on September 3, 2019

Sorry, this is not about a Pink Floyd concert. Put your glow sticks away. To be more accurate, I should say, the permanently shadowed regions (PSR) of the Moon. The far side of the Moon sees its fair share of … Read more

Out of This World – Futurology

Posted on August 6, 2019

No, I didn’t just make up a word. It’s a real field of study that is a hairs breath away from fortune telling. The major difference is Futurists aim to predict the future of humanity versus the near-future of an … Read more

Out of this World – Exoplanets Aplenty

Posted on July 9, 2019

Potentially habitable planets are popping up everywhere. Our perception of how many of these planets exist has changed drastically with the increasing number comparable in size with Earth and in the habitable zone of their stars. The most recent discovery … Read more

Out of This World – The New Space Race?

Posted on June 4, 2019

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience?” – George Bernard Shaw Read The Cold War took humans on a perilous journey to the Moon. Looking back, the events of … Read more

Out of This World – Space Tours and Bon Anniversaire

Posted on May 7, 2019

Trek across Olympus Mons, as wide as Arizona and 2.5 times taller than Everest. It’s a long trip, but you can keep a jaunty pace. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Interplanetary Parks Service Imagine a future were hikers can pack up their provisions, … Read more

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