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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 215 — Disclosure Day
On Episode 215 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Susan Karlin talk with bestselling sci-fi/sci-fact author Dr. David Brin.
On this day in space! June 20, 1983: Space Shuttle Challenger deploys Palapa B satellite
On June 20, 1983, the crew of the space shuttle Challenger — including America's first space woman Sally Ride — deployed an Indonesian communications satellite called Palapa-B1 into orbit.
Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new 'echo map' technique suggests
A technique called echo mapping suggests supermassive black holes, like that at the heart of the Milky Way, are surrounded by clusters of dark matter.
Do we need a lunar building code to build moon bases safely?
As NASA pushes to build a sustained human presence on the moon, one expert says what's needed is a lunar building code.
Late, great singer-songwriter Elliott Smith finds immortality as an asteroid
An asteroid has been named after Smith, who died in 2003 at the age of 34.
A private company will build and launch NASA's next Mars orbiter in 2028 — and it's not SpaceX
Schmidt has also reportedly invested significant sums in the company.
'This is not like life that we’ve experienced' 'Star City' cast on struggling to relate to the brutality of Soviet existence in Apple TV's For All Mankind' spin-off
"I don’t have a relatable thing. This is not like life that we’ve experienced."
The most unpredictable meteor shower of the year peaks next week. Here's what to expect
The June Bootids usually produce just a handful of meteors, but this notoriously unpredictable shower has a history of surprise outbursts.
