Columbus, OH

LiveScience

"If it's taken us 18 years just to get ready to do the first people in orbit, we've got to improve our rate of innovation."

Elon Musk said he's 'definitely going to be dead' before humans go to Mars — and you probably will be too

New York Post

Someone alert Elon Musk.

NASA’s Curiosity rover made a “mind-blowing” discovery on Mars — yellowish-green crystals of pure sulfur, never before seen on Earth’s mysterious red neighbor, according to scientists.

The literal ground-breaking find was made after the one-ton Curiosity drove over a pile of rocks and cracked one open while probing the deep and winding Gediz Vallis channel, believed to have been formed by water 3 billion years ago.

“I think it’s the strangest find of the whole mission and the most unexpected,” Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory [JPL] in Pasadena, California, told CNN. “I have to...

NASA’s Curiosity rover makes ‘mind-blowing’ discovery on Mars

E! News

Watch: NASA Shares Update On Two Astronauts Stranded In Space. might be down to earth, but they’re still stuck in space. NASA shared an update on their two crew members who have been stranded on the International Space Station since early June due to malfunctions on their spacecraft, Boeing’s Starliner.

NASA Shares Update on Astronauts Stuck Indefinitely in Space

24/7 Wall St.

What would you do if you were a billionaire? So far, 11 billionaires have decided to leave the Earth, literally. Their flights point to the potentially lucrative space tourism industry that will become accessible to mere millionaires in the near future, and perhaps ordinary folk in a few more decades. We’ve scanned public media sources […]
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These Billionaires Have Decided to Leave the Earth, Literally

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

WTAJ

A two week journey to the International Space Station could become an eight month stay for two astronauts. What toll could it take on their bodies?

Astronauts may be stuck in space until 2025: What it could mean for their bodies

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WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Virginia State

Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

Total Apex Sports & Entertainment

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition

BuzzFeed

"Nothing is left to chance; all food is tested for safety and taste-tested by astronauts themselves."

Here Are The Specific Things Astronauts Avoid Eating And Drinking In Space, And Why

SlashGear

If you've ever seen the movie "Gravity," you have an idea of how existentially terrifying the mere notion of an emergency in space is. It's not like an emergency aboard a plane, where the forces of gravity and a parachute can still guide you safely back down to solid ground. If there were a true life-or-death emergency in the dark depths of space, there wouldn't be anywhere truly safe for you to go. Of course, the brave men and women of the world's space programs are well aware of this, which is why emergency protocols are included in an astronaut's extensive training and education.

ISS Emergency: How Would Astronauts Escape?

The US Sun

STRANDED in the International Space Station, over 200 miles from Earth, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been told they may not be rescued until February 2025. The American duo – who were initially due to spend just eight days in space – will now have to sit it out for eight months due […]

Recycled urine, dodging poo & sunsets every 90 mins –  astronaut reveals reality of being stranded on the Space Station

SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Sunday that the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission will be “epic.”. The highly anticipated mission is targeting Monday, August 26, for liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida> It will power four non-professional astronauts to orbit. Rather than docking with the International Space...

Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will be ‘epic.’ Here’s why

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

The Independent

 What should have been a quick trip to the International Space Station may turn into an eight-month stay for two NASA astronauts if they have to switch from Boeing to SpaceX for a ride home. There's lingering uncertainty over the safety of Boeing's new Starliner capsule, NASA officials said Wednesday, and the space agency is split over the risk. As a result, chances are increasing that test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams may have to watch from the space station as their Starliner is cut loose to return to Earth empty.If that happens, NASA would leave behind two...

NASA says chances are growing that astronauts may switch from Boeing to a SpaceX ride back to Earth

The final point of many space missions is an extremely isolated spot in the South Pacific Ocean, where spacecraft are splashed down and never seen again. Much of the focus on the upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission has been on a potential delay and whether or not two seats will be left empty for Boeing (BA) Starliner’s stranded crew. When SpaceX’s Dragon returns to Earth in 2025, its unoccupied trunk will be jettisoned into this spacecraft cemetery.

There's a spaceship graveyard deep under the Pacific Ocean

South Carolina State

Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

Houston, TX

TIME

Altemus talked with TIME about the Odysseus landing and the otherworldly future of his company.

Steve Altemus on Making Moon Landing History

SCIENTISTS have discovered a unique trait on the metal-rich asteroid Psyche by using the James Webb Space Telescope. Researchers identified a water component on the mysterious – and priceless – asteroid 16 Psyche, suggesting that hydration exists in the form of rust. In 2017, researchers discovered traces of water on Psyche’s surface. “Spectra from the […]

Precious ‘golden asteroid’ worth $100,000 quadrillion might be rusting as scientists probe rock before 2029 Nasa visit

The Hill

Left alone, the clouds of flying space junk will make low Earth orbit space increasingly hazardous to navigate.

Opinion: Everybody’s talking about space debris, but who will take action?

NewsBreak

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

The image most of us probably think of when we imagine Earth from outer space is that classic photo, The Blue Marble, taken from the Apollo...

Elon Musk is Sending His Garbage Into Space (with All the Other Trash)

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