October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
... and celestial environmental impact require careful examination and international cooperation. While the visionaries of California’s Silicon Valley imagine a future among the stars, other voices remind us of our responsibilities to Earth. These are...
22 March 2016
Astronomers catch a supernova shock wave in visible light for the first time
...," said Steve Howell, project scientist for NASA's Kepler and K2 missions at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. "Life exists because of supernovae."
28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
...drama and a remarkable vision of the future to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) being held in the Mexican ‘Silicon Valley’ city of Guadalaraja this week. Musk took centre stage on Tuesday to outline his plans to establish a human colony...
14 December 2017
AI detects eighth planet orbiting distant sun
... value of Kepler’s mission,” said Jessie Dotson, Kepler’s project scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. “New ways of looking at the data – such as this early-stage research to apply machine learning algorithms...
19 November 2018
Kepler officially retires after receiving final "goodnight" commands
...'t the end of Kepler's discoveries," said Jessie Dotson, Kepler's project scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. "I'm excited about the diverse discoveries that are yet to come from our data and how future...
10 July 2019
Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company
... recently announced. The deal, worth $1.5 billion sees New York-listed investment company SCH, run by the Silicon Valley billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya owning a 49 percent stake of the combined company whereas Sir Richard and other shareholders...
