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New Satellite “Mayak” Might Light Up the Sky 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 19, 2017
Russia’s first crowd-funded satellite, named Mayak (Russian for “beacon of light”), promises to be the “brightest object in the night sky next to the Moon.”

By David Aragorn
NASA’s sun-kissing probe gets a hot new name 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2017
Everything you need to know about NASA’s plans to touch the sun.

By David Aragorn
NOAA’s New Satellite Sent Back Its First Amazing Images 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 25, 2017
The GOES-R satellite was one of the most eagerly anticipated satellites in recent memory. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched it in November 2016 with the promise to revolutionize weather forecasting in the U.S.

By David Aragorn
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just exploded at Cape Canaveral, destroying Facebook’s Internet.org satellite 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 2, 2016
According to numerous eyewitness reports, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just exploded during a test on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral.

By David Aragorn
A Solar Powered “Forever Drone” May Be Replacing Our Satellites 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 10, 2016
Airbus is developing a solar-powered drone that could spend years roaming the stratosphere—and may replace expensive satellites.

By David Aragorn
Peering at Great Pyramid: How high-tech scanners change archaeology 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 8, 2016
New technology can help archaeologists uncover new finds at old sites such as the pyramids at Giza, but it also can shift their perspective to look across civilizations.

By David Aragorn
Prototype gravitational wave spacecraft sets new free fall record 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- June 7, 2016
Test masses carved from blocks of high purity gold-platinum alloy, and weighing nearly 2 kilograms, are flying aboard the LISA Pathfinder spacecraft in the development of systems that will detect gravitational waves as part of the forthcoming LISA space-based gravitational wave observatory.

By David Aragorn
Green light for space-based gravitational wave detector 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- June 7, 2016
Job done. LISA Pathfinder, the European mission launched to see whether it would be possible to build a gravitational wave detector in space, has reported back that the answer is a resounding yes.

By David Aragorn
Why Humanity Might Be Monitored By an Advanced Species of Extraterrestrials 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- June 3, 2016
The words “Black Knight” may not ring many bells in the field of science to a simple person with little access to forbidden knowledge. In our case, it is no literature reference, nor Monty Python’s famous Holy Grail quest.

By David Aragorn
Unravelling a geological mystery using lasers from space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 14, 2016
Lasers from space gives us a better view on earth’s Ice age movements.

By David Aragorn