BY: SAMANTHA TAPP In about 1,000 years, we’re all screwed, unless we can get the hell off planet Earth and colonize other planets. This is what renowned theoretical physicist and astronomer Stephen Hawking said in a speech at Oxford University…
Everything you need to know to sound well-educated about Mars
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Mars has received quite a bit of positive press recently, between The Martian and a handful of upcoming NASA initiatives that will ultimately see our generation as the first to reach and possibly inhabit the red planet.…
Astronomers just discovered a mysterious new planet on the edge of our solar system
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Somewhere past infinity and beyond, an object is lurking in the depths of the solar system, just waiting to be discovered. This object is none other than the possibility of Planet X, an orb much larger than…
The first ever man-made biological leaf could enable us to replicate Earth in space
BY: ANGELICA LITSIOU Julian Melchiorri, a Royal College of Art graduate working with Dezeen and MINI Frontiers, has designed a synthetic biological leaf that would absorb water and carbon dioxide and produce oxygen the way a plant does. “Plants don’t…
The budget for space exploration eclipses ocean exploration 150 To 1
BY: PILGRIM When it comes to the knowledge we have of our planet, we’ve barely even scratched the surface. The ocean makes up about 70% of the Earth’s surface and 99% of its living space. In fact, 94% of life…
Can we justify space exploration when the Earth is in distress?
BY: ATLAS Bill Nye keeps a Canadian fiver in his wallet. Yes, that Bill Nye. The science guy. The one you—and anyone else who’s spent any time inside a North American classroom since the early ’90s—watched in science class. These…