by National Space Society | Jan 15, 2012 | Astronomy, European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, Space Science
There is an average of more than one planet per star in the Milky Way Image Credit: NASA / ESA / ESO With the forthcoming publication in the journal Nature on 12 January, it is estimated that there are more than 100 billion planets in our Milky Way galaxy. That means...
by National Space Society | Jul 27, 2011 | Asteroids, Astronauts, Astronomy, Event, NASA, Space, Space Settlement
Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green. Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA Scientists using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the first Trojan Asteroid in Earth orbit. Trojans orbit at a location in front of or behind a planet known as...
by National Space Society | Dec 27, 2010 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space, Space Science, Technology
The most recent issue of Science News (18 December 2010) has the following notes from 17 December 1960: HEAVY SHIELD UNNECESSARY — Heavy shielding as protection for an astronaut against space radiations may not be necessary, at least for trips of less than 50 hours...