Weird Science: The maths of time travel
Weird Science: The maths of time travel
After some serious number crunching, a Canadian researcher has come up with a mathematical model for a viable time machine.Ben Tippett, a mathematics and physics instructor at University of British Columbia, recently published a...
The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald
Bittersweet feeling as Cassini mission embarks on its 'grand finale' ahead of death plunge
Bittersweet feeling as Cassini mission embarks on its 'grand finale' ahead of death plunge
It’s the slow beginning of what will be a violent end for the Cassini mission. At 10.00 BST on April 26, the spacecraft became the first ever to dive between Saturn and its spectacular innermost ring. This marks the start of its “grand finale” consisting of 22 daring orbits –…
The Conversation
The Conversation
Trump has grand plan for mission to Mars but Nasa advises: cool your jets
Trump has grand plan for mission to Mars but Nasa advises: cool your jets
The president is determined to see Americans walk on Mars during his presidency, but the reality of space travel is a little more complicated
The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Cassini Spacecraft: Nasa probe's groundbreaking dive through Saturn's planetary rings
Today's Google Doodle shows the unmanned orbiter at work snapping pictures of our solar system's second-largest planet
The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Trump tells Nasa to 'speed up' Mars landing in call to congratulate astronaut
Peggy Whitson, who broke the US record for most time spent in space, received praise from president, who plans to cut Nasa’s budget and certain programs
The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Donald Trump congratulates record-breaking astronaut Peggy Whitson and jokes about drinking filtered urine
Trump calls astronaut Peggy Whitson to congratulate her for breaking a US record for time spent in space.
The Independent UK
The Independent UK