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Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog To celebrate the 100-year Edwin Hubble discovery that Andromeda was a galaxy outside our own, astronomers release the most detailed Andromeda Galaxy image ever. Astronomers released a photo mosaic to commemorate 100 years since Hubble discovered a galaxy outside our own Bob McDonald · CBCContinue Reading

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Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope back up previous findings from the Hubble telescope that contradict theoretical predictions, suggesting the standard model theorists work from needs a revisit. Discrepancy between observations and theory suggest our understanding of the universe is incomplete Bob McDonald ·Continue Reading

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Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog NASA’s sending an octocopter-lander to Saturn’s cloud-covered moon, Titan, with SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket with a launch scheduled for 2028. The Dragonfly’s rotorcraft-lander design will allow it to travel between and sample various sites on Titan Bob McDonald · CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 29,Continue Reading

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Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog A voyage in this kind of spacecraft — while still conceptual — would take multiple lifetimes, crossing unimaginable gulfs of interstellar space. The theoretical exercise puts aside technical problems, including the propulsion system, and focusses on the design of the habitat and society. Theoretical exercise putsContinue Reading

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Quirks and Quarks·Analysis: Bob’s blog The U.K. based aerospace company, Space Solar, plans to launch its space-based solar power plant by 2030 to deliver clean energy to Iceland, which is already a renewable-energy powerhouse. Harnessing sun’s energy from space could capture over 100 times more solar energy than from theContinue Reading