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Your Run-of-the-Mill Digital Camera Can Now Detect Alien Planets

Posted in Hardware on 8th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Modern tech, it would seem, is taking homebrew astronomy to new heights.

Success with the ground-based detection of super-earth exoplanets

Posted in Science on 5th Dec, 2014
by Alex Muller

Astronomers have measured the passing of a super-Earth in front of a nearby star using a ground-based telescope for the first time.

Amazing short film imagines the future of space exploration

Posted in Science on 30th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

4 minutes. Watch it fullscreen in HD. Trust me on this one guys!

China plans Mars mission For 2020, a new space race could be heating up

Posted in Hardware on 18th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Most people assume that if and when humans do land on Mars, it will be with a NASA logo on their arm. You might want to think again.

Why Thousands Of People Are Willing To Die On Mars

Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

More than 200,000 aspiring space explorers have volunteered for a one-way trip to Mars. Are they insane?