Category: From the Web

“Later today, July 27, German scientists will present new experimental results on the controversial, “impossible” EM Drive, at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Propulsion and Energy Forum in Orlando…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  hacked.com/scientists-confirm-impossible-em-drive-propulsion/
 

“When the twin Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, they carried with them two Golden Records encoded with the sounds of Earth…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.popsci.com/now-you-can-listen-voyager-golden-records-soundcloud
 

“Russian high-tech billionaire Yuri Milner teamed up with the world’s most famous scientist, British physicist Stephen Hawking, to announce a new $100 million effort to detect signals from alien civilizations…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.geekwire.com/2015/stephen-hawking-and-russian-tycoon-yuri-milner-kick-off-new-search-for-e-t/
 

“Astronomers have spotted the closest thing yet to the first true ‘Earth twin’ — a small planet orbiting the bright star Kepler 452, at a distance where liquid water could exist1…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.nature.com/news/nasa-spies-earth-sized-exoplanet-orbiting-sun-like-star-1.18048
 

“A small piece of an old Russian weather satellite forced the crew of the International Space Station to take cover in an escape vehicle for a short time Thursday.Officials at NASA Mission Control in Houston calculated that the fragment of space junk would pass close to the space station at 7:01 a.m…. ” (go to link)
 
Link:  www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-iss-space-station-space-junk-20150716-story.html