What Are Gravitational Waves – Theoretical Concept or Physical Reality?

Gravitational Waves, an intriguing aspect of the cosmos, have become a key focus in the ongoing quest to unravel the mysteries surrounding the birth of the universe. The enigma of the universe continues to captivate physicists and laymen alike, prompting a mathematical exploration of its history and a prediction of the past. As scientists analyze…

ByyshashankFebruary 2, 20161Comment

Space

Space Age Still Too Far: Bringing Back Space Culture

Ask anyone in their mid 30s to 50s what they thought of the future while growing up - space colonies, orbital vacations and a Mars base will likely figure on most lists. These were the expectations a generation growing up in the 60s and 70s had and always imagined the future would be the space…

ByyshashankJanuary 23, 20162Comments

Space

Why We Need More Plutonium-238

Remember the New Horizons mission? Beautiful images of Pluto will remain our closest encounter with any planet for the next few centuries at least. It's a momentous achievement for humanity - and it was realised largely thanks to an element after the planet itself - Plutonium. The New Horizons spacecraft used plutonium-238 to generate electrical…

ByyshashankJanuary 6, 20166Comments

Space

Can we Colonise Titan?

Mankind has been unrelenting in its efforts to search for extra-terrestrial life. Somehow, asking 'Are we alone?' generates a unique emotion every time you bring it up. Innumerable spacecrafts have been deployed to look for life (more than 150 at last count) and research the surface and atmospheric conditions of worlds yet unexplored. The…

ByyshashankOctober 15, 20150Comments

Space

Magnetic Wormhole: Now Possible

Einstein's Theory of General Relativity allows magnetic wormholes to be a possibility. But no one has ever observed a wormhole yet. Black holes were theorised to exist as a result of General Relativity , and later observed as our tech improved. Our own Milky Way has one at the center called Sagittarius A*. Wormholes however, remain elusive…

ByyshashankAugust 31, 20150Comments

Space Technology

Human Extinction: Alarming Causes and Consequences

Thanks to multiple billion years of evolution, the human race has now become indomitable in a million ways. Homo Sapiens have stayed on the face of this planet for 200,000 years, having achieved the unique position of altering the planet as we want. We're ahead of every other species by a huge margin, and our prowess…

ByyshashankAugust 25, 20150Comments

Space

Is this life real?

Is our life real? Are we truly living? Or are we just segments of computer code? Wake up Neo. There's isn't just one answer to this. In fact, we currently do not have a perfect answer. Physicists are engaged in a deep debate on the nature of our reality, with strong arguments supporting the…

ByyshashankAugust 5, 20150Comments

Space

Time Dilation: Our Satellites Are Traveling Through Time

Relativity is more than a hundred years old. The year 2015 was the International Year of Light. The title isn't exaggerated focus - Relativity effects our daily life in fundamental ways. Einstein's Relativity theory essentially tells us that all our satellites in outer space are travelling through time. The proper term for this is…

ByyshashankJuly 31, 20150Comments

Space

Exploring the Mystery of Neutrinos: Invisible Particles in Our World

There are fifty billion neutrinos passing through your body every second. Which means about 300 billion will have gone through you by the time you finish reading this sentence. What are neutrinos? And why must they go through you in the first place? Let's delve deeper. Neutrinos are subatomic particles. They have near-zero (but…

ByyshashankJune 3, 20150Comments

Science Space

15 Interesting Facts About Mars

Mars is undeniably our most famous celestial object. The red planet is a constant center of attention for both scientists and space enthusiasts. A major reason this is so is because of the planet's striking similarities with Earth. While we've sent a lot of robots to Mars to learn more, someday, humans too will set foot…

ByyshashankMarch 29, 20150Comments

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