Robotics

No, ‘Rogue One’ isn’t anti-Trump; It’s about selfless sacrifice and ‘hope’

December 28, 2016
Let’s be clear — “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” won’t replace “The Empire Strikes Back” as… Continue reading →

NASA launches probe to return samples from Asteroid Bennu

September 11, 2016

David Dickinson, Sky and Telescope

The dusk skies lit up over Cape Canaveral on September 8th, as… Continue reading →

Cassini’s coming collision with Saturn

Aug. 1, 2016

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What’s behind Saturn? The first answer is the… Continue reading →

View from and of a robotic observatory in the Canary Islands

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Mads Fredslund Andersen, Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus Univ., Denmark]

Near first quarter, the Moon… Continue reading →

Meanwhile, on Mars it’s just another day, but where does Curiosity go for a tire change?

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Where is NASA’s rover Curiosity going on Mars? Its geographical goals… Continue reading →

Home away from home

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, STS-132 Crew, Expedition 23 Crew, NASA]

The International Space Station is the largest object… Continue reading →

After 14-year dance with Saturn, Cassini prepares for grand finale

[CLICK ON IMAGE FOR HIGH RESOLUTION, Cassini Imaging Team, SWRI, JPL, ESA, NASA]

Cassini, a robot spacecraft launched in 1997… Continue reading →

Billionaires to fund nano-tech search for alien life with tiny craft traveling at one-fifth the speed of light

Famed astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner just announced a bold new initiative to visit Alpha Centauri —… Continue reading →

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a UFO . . . it’s a drone?

[There have been few UFO sightings in recent years, with the exception of India (see one example below). But there… Continue reading →

Secret Area 6, near Area 51, uses controlled airspace to test airborne sensors

As secret airbases go, the single runway in the test site’s Area 6 is easily overshadowed by the world’s most… Continue reading →