Apr 19, 2016Interstellar Travel is not Science Fiction AnymoreCan we literally reach the stars? Can we do it in our lifetimes? A team of scientists and luminaries led by Russian philanthropist Yuri Milner, British cosmologist Stephen Hawking, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are confident that by employing technology available today or “just over the horizon”, humanity will be…Science4 min readScience4 min read
Feb 16, 2016Gravitational Waves Open a New Window to the UniverseA team of scientists announced they have directly observed gravitational waves — ripples in the fabric of space-time — produced as a result of the violent merging of two black holes in deep space. …Physics6 min readPhysics6 min read
Oct 28, 2015Humanity’s Next Giant LeapWhat an extraordinary era to be alive. Our species has been confined to a single planet for over one thousand centuries (yes, that’s 100,000 years!) and we are lucky to live during the one in which we will venture to another world, not only to visit, but to inhabit permanently…Space4 min readSpace4 min read
