Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects exist and events occur and have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. In mathematics, "spaces" are examined with different numbers of dimensions and with different underlying structures.
All stories in Space
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Elon Musk's plans for Mars may be more moral catastrophe than bold space exploration
Elon Musk, founder of private space-faring company SpaceX, recently unveiled his new Starship craft. Amazingly, it is designed to carry up to 100 crew members on interplanetary journeys throughout the solar system, starting with Mars in 2024. The announcement is exciting, invoking deep emotions of hope and adventure. But I can’t help having a number of moral reservations about it. Musk has declared a fascinatingly short time line to achieve ...
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How Earth’s changing climate can benefit aspiring Mars colonizers
In a rare instance of environmental success, the United Nations has just announced it believes the damage to the Earth’s ...
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The Mars Rover's SoundCloud is lit
Straight outta' Mars, NASA released a mixtape on SoundCloud earlier this week featuring tracks recorded on the red planet ...
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CHEAP: Forget about the cloud, get this 2TB Hitachi drive for $30
Is your phone and laptop storage filled to the brim? Well, you're in luck: eBay's got a killer discount on the Hitachi Ultrastar ...
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Elon Musk's plan for sending people to Mars is probably a suicide mission
Elon Musk is a Cancer. If he'd been born a week earlier, on June 21st instead of June 28th, he'd be a Gemini. And that ...
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New physics research boldly indicates 'warp drives' may be possible
Humans are within years of sending the first crewed mission to Mars. And then what? Maybe another 100 years from now we'll ...
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Elon Musk wants SpaceX's crewed Starship to reach orbit in 6 months
Last Saturday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company’s ambitious Starship spacecraft - designed to (eventually) take humans ...
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Yes, there will be macaroni and cheese on Mars
A team of scientists at Washington State University have developed a unique packaging method that effectively triples the ...
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Scientists came up with a reasonable plan to build an elevator to the Moon
It's not quite a “Stairway to Heaven,” but scientists have come up with what appears to be a perfectly feasible plan ...
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This thought experiment explains how quantum computers can time travel
You know how sometimes you find yourself facing off against an enemy spaceship in a Wild West-inspired laser duel where whoever ...
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Study: Either the Hubble Constant is wrong or the universe is ripping itself apart
The science community has a crisis on its hands. Some anarchist physicists recently started kicking the tires on the Standard ...
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NASA astronaut accused of first-ever space crime denies allegations
NASA is looking into a claim that astronaut Anne McClain improperly accessessed the bank account of her estranged spouse ...
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Meet Alyssa Carson, the 18-year-old training to become the first human on Mars
At three years old, Alyssa Carson knew she wanted to be an astronaut. She’s worked tirelessly and could soon become the ...
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CHEAP: A 1TB SanDisk portable SSD for $166 (47% off)? Bag that shit up
What a juicy deal: store your troubles away with this massive 47-percent discount on SanDisk's 1TB Extreme Portable SSD for ...
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Scientists think light and noise from Earth could attract aliens
Since the first use of electric lamps in the 19th century, society hasn’t looked back. Homes and streets are lit at all ...
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Scientists ask NASA to reconsider Mars mission after studying effects of space radiation
A team of scientists recently conducted a first-of-its-kind experiment to study the effects of space radiation on a living ...
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Here's what we need to build our first moon base
Half a century after humans first walked on the moon, a number of private companies and nations are planning to build permanent ...
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Five reasons future space travel should explore asteroids
Asteroids provide a direct connection between the Earth and interplanetary space. Craters such as the Barringer Crater in ...
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40 years later, astronomers revisit the pulsar from ‘Unknown Pleasures'
The English rock band Joy Division released their debut studio album “Unknown Pleasures” 40 years ago. The front cover ...
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This thread about peeing in space is the best thing on Twitter today
It’s not often I’m glued to my screen while someone talks about the intricacies of urination. Twitter, for all its ...
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We've surrounded the Earth with surveillance satellites, but who is that good for?
It was only on the fourth orbit, when the spacecraft’s orientation had changed, that they ...
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This women-led space program is crowdfunding Kyrgyzstan’s first satellite launch
The female-led Kyrgyz Space Program is crowdfunding for their country's first satellite launch through Patreon. The team ...
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Warframe wants to send a player to space (rocket not included)
Warframe dev Digital Extremes is running a contest to send someone to space -- except it won't be arranging the trip for ...
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The first AI capable of simulating the universe works so well it's scary
A team of researchers recently pioneered the world's first AI universe simulator. It's fast; it's accurate; and its creators ...
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India will build its own space station in the next decade
(ISRO) announced its ambitious plan to put up a space station in the next decade. The space agency’s chief said launch ...
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Space is being branded as a luxury product for the ultra-rich
What does it mean to be nostalgic for outer space? Outer space supposedly summons images of the future and the beyond, hence ...
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Nuking asteroids could save the Earth — but we need to make it legal first
The schlocky 1998 Bruce Willis movie Armageddon was the highest grossing film of that year. The blockbuster saw a master ...
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How nano satellites can help make businesses sustainable
Speaking at TNW 2019 conference in Amsterdam today, Juha-Matti (Jussi) Liukkonen, Director of Space & New Technologies ...
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Lawyers are trying to figure out who to sue in the event of an asteroid impact
If you or a family member were struck by an asteroid, you may be entitled to compensation. Call the law offices of Jones, ...
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Here's why privately-owned cities are a terrible idea
Over the last five years, something strange has happened at the eastern edge of Karachi, the crowded megalopolis in southern ...
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Here's why the crashed Israeli moon mission was still a tremendous contribution to science
It came so close. It even took a selfie. But with only a few kilometers left to descend, something went wrong and the spacecraft ...
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First black hole photo confirms Einstein's theory of relativity
Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange given that no-one has ...
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Game developers help NASA imagine what life in space will look like
NASA spent much of the 20th century commissioning painters and illustrators to imagine the future of space exploration. When ...
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Here's why Israel's first moon landing ended in an awesome crash
Israel's first attempt at landing an unmanned spacecraft on the Moon today ended in a hard landing after an engine failure ...
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Scientists discover evidence of giant planet 13 times more massive than Jupiter
A team of Brazilian astronomers recently determined a giant exoplanet, over thirteen times more massive than Jupiter, is ...
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Why the world is unhappy with India's anti-satellite missile test
India successfully launched an anti-satellite missile last month. What does this spell for its reputation as a major space ...
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Gravity influences decision-making more than we can understand
Returning to Earth from the International Space Station, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield remarked how making the right ...
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NASA doesn’t have enough spacesuits for the first all-women spacewalk — so they canceled it
Yesterday, NASA announced that it doesn't have enough spacesuits for the first all-women spacewalk which was scheduled to ...
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Why Japan’s mission to bring space rocks to Earth is so incredible
A spacecraft launched by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2014 successfully touched down on a speeding ...
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Project A119: Inside the United States' secret plan to blow up the Moon
It was the height of the Cold War. At odds were the United States and the former Soviet Union, both attempting to posture ...
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India gears up for crewed space missions with its new Human Space Flight Center
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said last Thursday that it has launched a Human Space Flight Centre in the ...
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The Oros Orion Parka uses NASA-inspired aerogel to keep you warm without the bulk
I do not like the cold. I grew up on a tropical island, and though I appreciate the beauty of the first snow and winter festivities ...
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In space, this is the age of reusability
Big plans are being made in space. Investment banks want to mine asteroids for rare, valuable metals, Japan wants to build ...
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India's space agency is aiming to create world's first rocket with two reusable stages
ISRO – India's space agency is aiming to develop world's first two-stage reusable rocket before SpaceX to set a historical ...
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A cotton seed sprouted - and died - on China's Lunar Lander
On Tuesday, Chinese media reported that one of the cotton seeds aboard the Chang’e 4 lunar lander sprouted, marking the ...
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China's moon landing could launch a new space race
China became the third country to land a probe on the Moon on January 2. But, more importantly, it became the first to do ...
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How a group of students discovered the sounds of solar storms
The students discovered a loud crunching noise followed by a series of whistling sounds whose pitch decreased. This event ...
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Study: Bizarre 'dark fluid' with negative mass could dominate the universe
Negative masses are a hypothetical form of matter that would have a type of negative gravity – repelling all other material ...
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Here's why NASA is sending worms to space
We are hoping the worms can help us uncover more about muscle loss in astronauts during spaceflight since they can lose up ...
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NASA sends spacecraft to meet asteroid on collision-course with Earth
NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the ...
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Don't believe the hype: There's nothing wrong with the space station robot
Reports of belligerent AI with a mind of its own terrorizing astronauts aboard the International Space Station aren't exactly ...
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5 crucial lessons learned from 2 years of building TNW’s tech hub
Two years ago, we opened the doors to TQ — TNW’s first tech hub in the center of Amsterdam. At the time, I was organizing ...
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The new space race is all about satellites: Pros and cons of each orbit
For most people, satellites probably bring to mind things like weather forecasts, GPS, or satellite TV broadcasting. Other ...
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Open floor plans should be killed with fire — or sound
Research shows that because noise pollution is so bad in open floor plans, it causes productivity to drop by 20 percent.
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This Day In Deals: A pet tracker to stop the French firing your cat into space
This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. ...
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Trick people into thinking you're smart with this guide to gravitational waves
Scientists working at the LIGO experiment in the US have for the first time detected elusive ripples in the space and time ...
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New study shows World War II bombings in Europe reached space
The bombing campaigns of World War Two left an indelible mark on the world’s towns and cities and in the memories of the ...
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NASA is developing AI to give directions in space
Before we all join Space Force and go invade Mars we're going to have to figure out how to build bases and navigate in space. ...
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Researchers believe Earth constantly attracts mini-moons
Goodnight Moon, goodnight other moon, goodnight other moon, goodnight other moon. It turns out we may have a lot of moons ...
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VP Mike Pence unveils detailed plans for Space Force
VP Mike Pence today revealed more info about the Space Force, including what steps we'll need to take even if Congress approves ...
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A Japanese startup has ambitious plans for on-demand meteor showers
A Tokyo-based startup is hard at work developing a system that would deliver "shooting stars on demand." According to a report ...
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Jeff Bezos plans to charge upwards of $300,000 for a ticket to space
Jeff Bezos really wants to make space tourism a thing. According to a report by Reuters, the Amazon CEO's rocket company, ...
