Relativity Space, a California-based startup, is ready to launch its almost entirely 3D-printed rocket, Terran 1, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch marks a significant step towards the broader use of 3D printing in the space industry. The company hopes to eventually use the technology to build tools, spacecraft, and infrastructure in orbit, on the […]
The Researcher Who Would Teach Machines to Be Fair
The speaker began studying fairness in machine learning after teaching a course on the topic and giving a talk about the moral questions that underlie the technical definitions of fairness. They argue that there is no single statistical criterion that can capture all the desired attributes of fairness. They also discuss the misuse of the […]
US congressman claims government is reverse-engineering alien tech
Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett has made claims about the US government reverse-engineering alien technology. During an interview with Newsweek, he stated his belief that the government had recovered an extraterrestrial craft and potentially alien beings. Burchett suggested that the government is currently trying to understand and replicate the technology, but faces difficulties due to its […]
Star survives spaghettification by black hole
A star has survived multiple close encounters with a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy, despite having material ripped away by immense gravitational tidal forces. This violent process, known as a tidal disruption event (TDE), usually results in the destruction of the star. However, a flare spotted in a distant galaxy 893 million light-years […]
A comet coming in 2024 could outshine the stars – if we’re lucky
A newly discovered comet, C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), might light up the skies in the fall of 2024. The comet was initially thought to be an asteroid when it was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in South Africa in February 2023. However, images captured later revealed a condensed coma and short tail, […]
Ning Li and Her Legacy
Introduction to Ning Li and Her Legacy Overview of Ning Li’s Life and Passing Ning Li was a name that resonated with innovation and the quest for understanding the unexplored realms of physics. Her life was dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in the field of anti-gravity research, a topic that has long fascinated scientists […]
You Can Use This Silly Game to Do Some Serious Physics
The online game promoting the book “What If? 2” by Randall Munroe, author of the xkcd comics, is a simple space simulator that can also be used to explore key concepts in physics. The game begins with a rocket on a small planet, and players can use keyboard arrows to start the rocket, rotate the […]
Some UAP Sightings Don’t Fit Current Physics, Pentagon And Harvard Experts Say – Forbes
The Pentagon and Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb have proposed a more rigorous approach to evaluating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings, formerly known as UFOs. Loeb and Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, co-authored a scientific paper aiming to use physics to rule out certain UAP sightings. They suggest that if […]
Wormholes might bend light like black holes do — and that could be the key to finding them
Wormholes, theoretical portals that could allow for rapid travel across vast distances, could potentially magnify the light of distant objects by up to 100,000 times, which could be a key to finding them. Researchers have built a model to simulate an electrically charged, spherical wormhole and its effects on the universe around it. The model […]
Exploring the Unknown: An Introductory Guide to UFOs and Anti-Gravity
Introduction to the UFO Phenomenon and Anti-Gravity Research Overview of UFO and UAP discourse The subject of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs) has long been a source of fascination and controversy. Sightings of mysterious objects in the sky, often described as exhibiting unusual flight patterns and capabilities beyond current human technology, […]
