Space and Astronomy News Ep 5
Welcome to episode 5 of "Space" news, selected for you by Carious Adventure Channel. Get information about everything interesting that recently happen in the field of astronomical research and space exploration. Keep following us!
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Elon Musk's : The Artemis Project Return to The Moon
NASA officially announced it selected SpaceX’s Starship to land humans on the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program.
Under the terms of the award, SpaceX will fly Starship to the lunar surface without a crew at least once before transporting astronauts. NASA says there is still a chance that mission could happen in 2024, although the agency is currently conducting a review of the entire Artemis program.
What prompted NASA to make this choice? And how will the structure and timing of the Artemis project now change?
Return to the Moon: What changes in the Artemis project?
Let us answer these and other question. Remember to subscribe and follows us to keep up with latest space news.
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Space News Episode 4
Space News Episode 3
Welcome to another episode of "Space and Astronomy" news, selected for you by Carious Adventure Channel. The news, which will be weekly, will try to provide a quick overview of everything interesting happened in recent days in the field of astronomical research and space exploration. Keep following us!
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Space News Episode 3
Welcome to another episode of "Space and Astronomy" news, selected for you by Carious Adventure Channel. The news, which will be weekly, will try to provide a quick overview of everything interesting happened in recent days in the field of astronomical research and space exploration. Keep following us!
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Space News Episode 2
Welcome to the second review of "Space and Astronomy" news, selected for you by Carious Adventure Channel.
The news, which will be weekly, will try to provide a quick overview of everything interesting happened in recent days in the field of astronomical research and space exploration.
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Is There Water Trapped Inside Mars!
Is there water on Mars?
How can we explain the absence of liquid state water on its surface?
Is there any chance to extract water from the inner of Mars?
How much water was present billions of years ago on the red planet?
Scientists are trying to figure all of these things out.
As years pass by, we start to get new answers, which lead to new important questions.
But, why do we care about water on Mars?
follow me on this video to get to know more about the secrets of the Red Planet.
Are you thirsty? Good news: we got water. And maybe it is much more than you think.
The first spacecraft from Earth to visit Mars was Mariner 4 in 1965. Since then, several robotic spacecraft have flown by, orbited, or landed on Mars and sent back lots of information about this world so different from our own.
Mars is a cold, bleak wasteland, with very thin air that we Earthlings could never breathe. However, many of the pictures our telescopes, orbiters, and rovers have sent back show signs that liquid water might have been on the surface of Mars long ago. Also, we can see ice caps at the north and south poles.
All these signs of water are very exciting. Why? Because on Earth, almost everywhere there is water, there is life. Whether the water is boiling hot or frozen, some sort of creature seems to thrive in it.
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Space News Episode 1
Welcome to our first News Review of "Space and Astronomy", brought to you by Curious Adventures.
The news, which will be weekly, will try to provide a quick overview of everything interesting happened in recent days in the field of astronomical research and space exploration. Keep watching !!
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Jupiter Saves Our Planet From Catastrophic Destruction!
At a certain point in the life of an astronomy fan, there comes a time to answer the question:
Is it true that Jupiter could be considered our friendliest planet because – without Jupiter – comets would be more likely to hit us?
Some astronomers believe that one reason Earth is habitable is that the gravity of Jupiter does help protect us from some comets.
Long-period comets, in particular, enter the solar system from its outer reaches. Jupiter’s gravity is thought to sling most of these fast-moving – potential destroyers - ice balls out of the solar system before they can get close to Earth.
So long-period comets are thought to strike Earth only on very long time scales of millions or tens of millions of years.
One may ask: what would happen if there was no Jupiter in the Solar System?
Without Jupiter nearby, long-period comets would collide with our planet much more frequently.
In addition, in recent decades, astronomers have been able to see signs of comets that have crashed into Jupiter. One of the most famous comets that crashed into Jupiter was Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hitting Jupiter in 1994, or the one hitting Jupiter on July 19, 2009, about which NASA said:
"We believe it was a comet or asteroid measuring perhaps a few hundred meters wide. If something of similar size hit Earth—we're talking about 2000 megatons of energy- there would be serious regional devastation or a tsunami if it hit the ocean."
But we will talk later in this video about the story of these impacts and how Jupiter literally saved us.
In order to understand how it can save Earth, it's better to describe a little this colourful and huge planet.
First, everyone knows that Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system.
It’s 318 times as massive as Earth and 2.5 times bigger than all the other planets combined.
It's a gas giant, and for a long time scientists haven’t exactly known what lies beyond the swirling clouds in the atmosphere but now we know.
It began with a furrowed brow, a moment of puzzlement, quickly dismissed.
The date was July 19, 2009. Amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley was photographing Jupiter from his backyard observatory in Murrumbateman, Australia, when something odd caught his eye.
"My attention was fixed on the Great Red Spot, which was setting beautifully over Jupiter's horizon," recalls Wesley. "I almost didn't notice the dark blemish near Jupiter's south pole, and when I did, I put it out of my mind."
It's just another dark storm on Jupiter.
"That's what I thought at first, but something about the dark mark puzzled me, it didn't look right, and I couldn't stop stealing glances at it."
Slowly, Jupiter's rotation turned the blemish toward Earth, Wesley got a better look at it, and the truth struck him like a thunderbolt.
It was an impact mark. Something hit the giant planet!
"We believe it was a comet or asteroid measuring perhaps a few hundred meters wide," says Don Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at JPL. "If something of similar size hit Earth—we're talking about 2000 megatons of energy--there would be serious regional devastation or a tsunami if it hit the ocean."
Another famously observed comet impact that occurred on Jupiter was the one of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9.
The comet was captured by the gravity of Jupiter, torn apart and then crashed into the giant planet in July 1994.
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Future City, Elon Musk's Dream City
According to Forbes Elon Musk, the CEO and founder of Tesla and SpaceX is the most innovative person in the world for the consecutive second time this year. And that is very clear of the unbelievable success he has achieved in business. Ten years ago, people considered him a reckless man with extravagant ideas. In 2008, his company Tesla collapsed during the financial crisis. Now Tesla is one of the most successful niche car companies in producing electric cars, all due to the fact that Elon Musk persevered and was determined. He has done what was thought to be impossible 10 years ago. But he has no plans of stopping soon. He has many innovative and wild plans for the future of mankind which would improve the quality of our lives.
Elon Musk believes that day by day the technology is only getting better and better. Things are developing so fast that the future might be filled with Exponential tech advances that would change the world. In the future, we will have video games so realistic that it would be difficult for us to tell the difference between games and reality. From self driving tunnel networks to brain controlled computers, we’re going to look at how Elon Musk and his technology will take us forward and creating the city of the future. Elon says that we always want the future to be better than the past. A future that is exciting and one that the people would want to live in. A few decades ago a lot of technological advances seemed unimaginable but today they are our new normal, life without them is unimaginable. So let’s look at what would Elon Musk’s city of future look like.
So how will we get from one city to another in Elon’s future city? It’s hard to imagine being able to fly from New York City to Shanghai in 39 minutes or from Sydney to London in an hour. But this is something that Elon and SpaceX are working on. Elon compares Space Rockets to airplanes saying that if you do not reuse a plane, it would cost up to 250 million dollars to fly one way but because we can reuse them tens of thousand of times, it becomes affordable. The same is true for Space Rockets. A SpaceX rocket costs about 57 million dollars and if the rocket is reused a thousand times it nearly costs 57 thousand dollars per flight and by carrying people, we can get the price of a rocket flight down to the price of an economy flight ticket. The starship rocket is being developed to take people to mars, it can also transport people from city to city. In a 2017 interview Elon said that he is working for this to become a reality in the next 10 years and if you can carry people, you can also carry cargo which means a super fast delivery for people. Another way of getting packages fast from one part of the country to another will be by Electric semi trucks being developed by Tesla. These semi trucks require a driver but in the future we will see entirely driverless version of these and making deliveries and making the transportation cheaper. Also these trucks will be good for environment because 25% of greenhouse gases come from the trucking industry. Though these ideas seem far fetched and Elon has planned to make them possible in the next 10 to 12 years. There is yet another way that Elon plans to develop, and that is transportation via hyper loop. Elon Musk asks that when you think about a new transportation system, what would you want ideally? You will want something that would cost half the price to travel, would be twice as fast, cannot crash and immune to weather. To make this possible Elon is working on the idea of Hyperloop, which will take about 12 minutes to travel from Dubai to Abu Dhabi and will also be powered by solar panels. There will be Hyperloop stations inside cities, making it easier and faster to travel. There are several Hyperloop routes being planned and in the Elon’s future they will be a major subject of attraction.
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Future Technology in 2050
From things in the air, to new things for our bodies, join me as we explore 2050: What Would Be The Future Technology?
We are in the year 2020, and if we're being honest with ourselves, technology is incredible advanced, and we're making strides that can push things even farther. We have cars that are much safer than they've been in the past decade, and we're even making fully electric cars that can help save the planet. There are even plans for self-driving cars and even self-driving Ubers that make the future of transportation very exciting. And that's just ONE technology that we're growing at a fast rate. What about all the others that are out there? What will technology be like as we get closer and closer to 2050?
Let's start with one that well and truly could happen very soon, drones. "
Let's keep going with transportation, shall we? Right now, one of the biggest ways to get around the countries we live in are trains. Trains ferry people and all sorts of cargo around in an efficient and reliable manner, which is why they've been in use for hundreds of years. But...if we're being honest here, while trains are efficient and reliable in certain ways...they aren't exactly fast. Especially when it comes to passenger and freight trains. They can take a LONG time to get to their destinations and at times it's more logical to take other modes of transportation.
Which is why companies are making special kinds of trains that can go MUCH faster. You know of the magnetic trains of Japan no doubt, but others like the V. Hyperloop are trying to push things even farther.
"Passengers or cargo are loaded into the hyperloop vehicle and accelerate gradually via electric propulsion through a low-pressure tube. The vehicle floats above the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airline speeds for long distances due to ultra-low aerodynamic drag."
Science-fiction? Hardly, in fact, the first vehicle of the Hyperloop has already been tested and proven, and some larger tests are being scheduled for the next few years. And if this works, traveling across the country will be MUCH faster. How much faster? The hyperloop aims to send people shooting across the tubes that they make at a rate of about 600 miles per hour.
Ok, we've had some fun ones, but now let's go deeper down the rabbit hole and talk about the ones we all fear...A.I. Yep, artificial intelligence, and no matter what way you look at it, people are seriously trying to make it happen, and make it happen soon. AI's are literally everywhere, including in your cars, and in your homes via devices like Alexa (which are indeed forms of AI), and there are things like Watson that is so smart that it could beat two Jeopardy Legends.
Mars seems to be the place where many feel we can go in order to live amongst the stars. And many speculate that by 2030 at the latest (barring setbacks, accidents, and other things obviously) we could not only be colonizing Mars, but having regular shuttles go there so that people can see the red planet for themselves.
"We will see first people going off to mars, and then robots will do some basic stuff like making basic materials [on Mars,]" Pearson said. "We're going to have to do that because only so much can be brought to space."
Of course, there are numerous things that need to be worked out before such a thing could happen, but we have "Top Men" on this, including Elon Musk and the Space X program, Jeff Bezos via his Blue Origin company and more.
Alright, now let's dive into something REALLY sci-fi...prosthetics. Yeah, I know that RIGHT NOW prosthetics are very limited, and at times...a bit pointless. But IF we were able to fully utilize computer technology to its fullest and make prosthetics that are fully compatible with the human brain and body, then the sky is the limit. We could enter an age where cyborgs are not just welcome, they're commonplace.
Think about it like this, what if the clothes you were wearing right now felt the same, looked the same, but could do more? With the growth of nanotechnology, your clothes could potentially be imbued with various materials or technologies that help you improve your strength, durability, and more.
Virtual reality simulations come through as many expect them to, it could lead to all sorts of innovations in the classrooms that could help kids what's going on.
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10 Things The Color of Your Eyes Reveals About You
Here are 10 Things the Color of Your Eyes Reveals About You ! Meaning Of Every Different Eye Color. green eyes..hazel..blue..black...brown.. etc.
Genetics ? Which is the rarest eye color in humans?
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9 Major Events That Will Happen Before 2050
From building cities on Mars to the extinction of chocolate, these are 9 events that will happen before 2050. How will be the future world in 2050? What about 2050 future technology and Mars colonization?
In the 2010s, prominent public figures such as late English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking expressed concern that full artificial intelligence could result in human extinction. In March 2017 interview with The Times magazine, Hawking said that an AI apocalypse was impending and the creation of some form of world government would be necessary to control the technology. He also expressed his concern about the impact AI would have on middle-class jobs and even called for a complete ban on the development of AI agents for military use. In his book The Singularity Is Near, American futurist and director of engineering at Google Ray Kurzweil, predicts that by the year 2045..
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