artforadults:

shaunspence submitted and me gusta…

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the Excuse by Shaun Spence

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crysse submitted again, thanks man…

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physicsphysics:

NASA Starts Work on Real Life Star Trek Warp Drive

“Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility.” These are the words of Dr. Harold “Sonny” White, the Advanced Propulsion Theme Lead for the NASA Engineering Directorate. Dr. White and his colleagues don’t just believe a real life warp drive is theoretically possible; they’ve already started the work to create one.

Yes. A real warp drive, Scotty.

When it comes to space exploration, we are still cavemen. We got to the Moon and sent some badass robot to Mars. We also have those automatic doors that swoosh wide open when you get near them, but that’s about it. It’s cool, but we are far from being the space civilization we’ll need to become to survive for millennia.

With our current propulsion technologies, interstellar flight is impossible. Even with experimental technology, like ion thrusters or a spaceship’s aft pooping freaking nuclear explosions, it would require staggering amounts of fuel and mass to get to any nearby star. And worse: it will require decades—centuries, even—to get there. The trip will be meaningless for those left behind. Only the ones going forward in search for a new star system would enjoy the result of the colossal effort. It’s just not practical.

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Gravitational lensing is so much fun! (it really is :P)

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Shuttle Endeavour returns after final mission
The space shuttle Endeavour touched down at its Florida home base early on Wednesday, capping a 16-day mission to deliver a premier science experiment to the International Space Station on NASA’s next-to-last shuttle flight.

“Your landing ends a vibrant legacy for this amazing vehicle that will long be remembered. Welcome home, Endeavour,” astronaut Barry Wilmore radioed to Kelly from NASA’s Mission Control in Houston.

“It really is an incredible ship,” Commander Scott Kelly replied. “It’s sad to see her land for the last time but she really has a great legacy.”

Photo: Space Shuttle Endeavour is escorted back to a storage building following it’s last mission before being retired, at Kennedy Space Center, on June 1, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Roberto Gonzalez/Getty Images)

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Scientists About to Find The Force

If confirmed next week, this will be the biggest news in the history of physics since the birth of the Theory of Relativity: CERN scientists may have already found evidence of the existence of the elusive Higgs boson. THE FORCE, dudes.

A respected scientist from the Cern particle physics laboratory has told the BBC he expects to see “the first glimpse” of the Higgs boson next week.

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Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS (by Michael König)

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Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISS (by Michael König)