NASA responds to existential threat of huge asteroids by opening Planetary Defense Coordination Office
Earth is overdue for an asteroid impact on par with the one that killed the dinosaurs. In an effort to keep this existential threat at bay, NASA founded a new asteroid detection program dubbed the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO). The PDCO is an organization designated to coordinate all of NASA’s efforts to identify and Read More
Is star KIC 8462852 a Dyson Sphere?
Astronomers detected a star entombed by a blizzard of objects in October, which some claim might be the development of a huge alien structure known as a Dyson Sphere. The Kepler Space Telescope discovered unusual flickers emitted by star KIC 8462852, and the dips in light are not what one would expect from planets blocking Read More
What to do with human waste in space? Convert it into rocket fuel!
The dynamic of converting agricultural and human waste into energy has been popping up in different locations here in the USA, in the UK, and in parts of Europe. Now, initial research into the feasibility of creating biogas, a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, for transport back to the earth from a planned moon Read More
