The Space Economy by Planetary Resources
As we are all aware, the resources upon planet earth are finite and as a consequence, they're dangerously desirable. The rarity of all these precious metals and valuable elements is something that has caused countless »
New Breeds of Cities - Fictional Solutions to Future Problems
This post was originally posted on URBNFUTR, our peephole into the cities and society of tomorrow Urbanization: The Rise Seasteading, as it is called, is the »
Fly Me To The Moon
Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space rockets, SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo are certainly worthy of excitement. One could go so far as to say that there is a real buzz around it. Checking out Virgingalactic.com is an absolute thrill. I couldn't »
Five Awesome Images of the Solar Eclipse, 2012
If you've never been lucky - or determined - enough to have seen a solar eclipse, here are a selection of five stunning images sourced from across the web that depict unique vantage points of the annual solar eclipse »
Stargazing: The May Sky
[/caption] We rarely have time to set aside, and gaze upwards at the infinite multitude around us. But if you have the opportunity to do so this month, we recommend the following stargazing highlights. There are lots of sights to see in the night sky this month. »
Five Awesome Images of the Solar Eclipse, 2012
If you’ve never been lucky – or determined – enough to have seen a solar eclipse, here are a selection of five stunning images sourced from across the web that depict unique vantage points of the »
Get Ready for a Rare Solar Eclipse
The moon is endlessly creative in finding ways to amuse us. Just two weeks ago, the Earth’s only natural satellite was unusually close to us, and looked bigger and brighter than normal. The result was a Supermoon, »
New Breeds of Cities – Fictional Solutions to Future Problems
With the rise of Urbanization, cities will soon face the issue of accommodating an influx of citizens. This will result in increased housing developments, and for »
Stargazing: The May Sky
We rarely have time to set aside, and gaze upwards at the infinite multitude around us. But if you have the opportunity to do so this month, we recommend the following stargazing highlights. There are lots of sights to see in the night sky this month. Starwatchers will »
The Space Economy by Planetary Resources
As we are all aware, the resources upon planet earth are finite and as a consequence, they’re dangerously desirable. The rarity of all these precious metals and valuable elements is something that has caused »
Fly Me To The Moon
Okay, we all just celebrated Earth Day, but what lies beyond this planet? Last week space enthusiasts everywhere shed a tear as the Space Shuttle Discovery took its last flight. But let’s not despair, more lunar opportunities are on the horizon. NASA has put its »
Back to the Futurist: Anab Jain
The fourth post of the Back to the Futurist series is dedicated to Anab Jain. Previous in Series: Liam Young Who is Anab Jain? Anab is a designer, entrepreneur, TED Fellow and the founder of Superflux, a multidisciplinary design company based in London, UK and »
Planetary Resources; Astronomical Wealth—The Poor Need Not Apply
A new company has appeared, named Planetary Resources, with speculated intentions that the corporation shall be especially involved in asteroid mining, attempting to »
End of the Line for Envisat?
The image above of Portugal and Spain is the last data transmitted before a communication anomaly affected the Envisat satellite. The European Space Agency (ESA) lost communication with the Earth observation satellite on April 8th, and have not been able to »
When You Throw Up Your Guts, Part 2
When You Throw Up Your Guts, Part 1 Supernovae, and their consequent remnants, are named with the prefix SN, followed by the year of their discovery, followed by a suffix of either one or two letters—one capital »