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Pillars of Creation; From Hubble to James Webb
If you point your telescope or binocular toward the central bulge of the Milky Way in Sagittarius constellation, you will see several fuzzy objects. Some of them are actually vast clouds of hot ionized gas and dust called emission nebulae. Also knows as "stellar nurseries", these are where new stars born.
By Amirreza Kamkar3 years ago in Futurism
Félicette is the first and only cat in space — what was her fate?
The history of sending animals into space began on the day when the V2 rocket constructed by Wernher von Braun carried fruit flies to an altitude of 109 km. This happened on February 20, 1947, at the rocket range in White Sands, USA.
By Call me V3 years ago in Futurism
Fire in the Mist
Rain pelted the sea of smokey slated landscape of parts from a bygone era. Heaths of appliances to what once held actual sustenance; scavenged quantum cyborgs discarded by their more evolved successors; a city populated by garbage and the air annexed by the pungent lithium sulfur. By this time though, Max was already used to it. Your lungs become accustomed to the burning sensation in your chest that the sparse P22 masks can barely filter. Your skin varies depending on your exposure from hard and scaly to gaping worn pores from irritation. Very rarely one will come across a pristine human. Max met a human only once and they were from another colony on the neighbouring planet visiting to tour salvage sites across the planet. Making adverts for their colony stating that this planet was to be used as a recycling facility and that the people that worked here are patrons of planet Aurea. Their colony left ours over three centuries ago, promised to come back for them only never to be seen again… Until they came back to use their planet as a dumpster. Max’s late husband had only been to the Aurean colony once to make a delivery under the dull overseer, Ram Ake, whom was only appointed after a coup by a betraying opposition. Max’s husband, Nojah returned back from his trip, ‘It’s polished shit.’ he told Max matter-of-factly.
By Set Zek3 years ago in Futurism
ARTEMIS I ON ITS WAY BACK HOME
Growing up during the Space Race, there was a final ritual to which we all looked forward. After an American space capsule carrying astronauts re-entered the atmosphere, it deployed its parachutes and landed in the Pacific Ocean.
By David Morton Rintoul3 years ago in Futurism
On duality.
Here and there. Nowhere and everywhere. Yin & yang. Good and bad. Light and dark. Virtuous and evil. Sadness and happiness. Lack and abundance. Fun and boredom. One mind. Different wirings within. A void. Abyss. As if you vanished into the ether. But there you live again. Astral projection into the cosmos. Creation. Destruction. Imagination. A whole new world. One made of infinite possibilities. Shapes. Colours. Rainbows and unicorns. Worries fading away. Transcendence. Yin. Finding yourself without ever being within yourself. Silence. Stillness. Inner peace. Breaking through all thoughts and illusions. Satori. Enlightenment.
By Maya 3 years ago in Futurism
Project Hail Mary is a fucking masterpiece
Ok, listen. If you have not read this book by Andy Weir, notable author of the stellar novel The Martian, stop reading right now. The Martian was incredible in its own right, absolutely, and it brought me to this novel which I will forever be grateful, but I'd rather trek over hot coals than ruin the magic of Project Hail Mary.
By Rachael MacDonald3 years ago in Futurism
TIME TRAVEL: The RACE IS ON WITH ELON!
As you can imagine, I was rather surprised to learn that one of the Elon Musk fanboy groups, in this case, Elon Musk Evolution, issued a veiled challenge to me on Youtube. Now, I already have a challenge in the works - that I'll get time travel to the past to work in order to evacuate people from here to the distant past in an operation we call Earth:12KB4 before Elon can get people to the planet Mars. I expect that we'll be able to achieve the required breakthrough next year. Recently, Musk announced he was delaying a SpaceX launch to Mars back to 2029. I have Elon in a strategic "check" because as long as I have a breakthrough before 2029, he loses and he can't deny our competition because that would mean he's not going try to get Mars. This proves that he is not focused on the threats to the future that he claimed to be.
By Marshall Barnes3 years ago in Futurism
The Universe Through A Child’s Eyes
There is something about parenthood that gives us a sense of history and a deeply rooted desire to send on into the next generation the great things we have discovered about life. And part of that is the desire to instill in our children the love of science, of learning and particularly the love of nature.
By Thayrile3 years ago in Futurism
ARTEMIS I ON ITS WAY TO THE MOON
Like every kid my age, I built a scale model of the Saturn V rocket back in the early 70s. We were all glued to our television sets as NASA sent nine crewed missions to the moon in those years.
By David Morton Rintoul3 years ago in Futurism
The Magnificent seven Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds are going on the offensive
As already witnessed after the 2008 financial crisis, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) became more assertive during times of financial and economic difficulties. Their role has become more critical in stabilizing the international financial system during and after the recent financial crisis. Gulf SWF invested over 50 billion dollars to support banks and financial institutions in 2008, reducing the impact of the crisis, while propping up the US dollar value. A few of the companies the Gulf countries invested in during the crisis were global lenders Citigroup, Barclay, and sports assets Manchester City football team.
By Andrea Zanon3 years ago in Futurism
DARK ENERGY MEASURED MORE PRECISELY THAN EVER
Attending the University of Toronto doesn’t make you an academic superstar. I’m living proof of that. Even so, as Canada’s top-ranked university, spending time at U of T does give you the privilege of hanging out with a few of them. I had several eminent professors there.
By David Morton Rintoul3 years ago in Futurism
New Moon in Scorpio (October 2022)
The moon will find itself at the start of it’s new rotation in fixed, watery Scorpio on the 25th of this month. This moon is fixed, which means this is the new moon that lands in the middle of the fall season. In addition to lending it’s energy to the Scorpio lunar cycle, any intentions and energies that are prominent during this lunar transit will probably turn out to be reoccurring throughout the season of change.
By Aujha Aye3 years ago in Futurism