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Posted on August 18, 2016

How to Succeed in the Asteroid Business Without Really Mining

How to Succeed in the Asteroid Business Without Really Mining
Asteroid miners need a short-term financial plan that will keep them in business until they can get rich extracting resources from space-rocks. The post How to Succeed in the Asteroid Business Without Really Mining appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on August 15, 2016

The brightest stellar wildfire hosts impossibly huge stars

The 30 Doradus nebula is forming stars in a flat-out sprint, outpacing the local Milky Way by four orders of magnitude. Bring sunblock
Posted on August 13, 2016

Watch as SpaceX Fires (and Hopefully Lands) Another Rocket

Watch as SpaceX Fires (and Hopefully Lands) Another Rocket
Right now, people care about launches and landings. In many ways, if SpaceX does everything right for long enough, very few people will care. The post Watch as SpaceX Fires (and Hopefully Lands) Another Rocket appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on August 13, 2016

Space Photos of the Week: Don’t Tell This Irregular Galaxy What to Do

Space Photos of the Week: Don’t Tell This Irregular Galaxy What to Do
Space photos of the week, August 7–13, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: Don’t Tell This Irregular Galaxy What to Do appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on August 11, 2016

The Perseid Meteor Shower Will Really Outdo Itself Tonight

The Perseid Meteor Shower Will Really Outdo Itself Tonight
This year's abnormally heavy shower is all thanks to the outsized gravitational pull of the gas giant Jupiter. The post The Perseid Meteor Shower Will Really Outdo Itself Tonight appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on August 8, 2016

Triple signal of ‘alien megastructure’ star baffles astronomers

A new dimming signal makes the famous star even more challenging to explain, but astronomers aren’t claiming that it’s aliens… yet
Posted on August 7, 2016

Why We Shouldn’t Go to Mars: We Might Decimate the Martians

Why We Shouldn’t Go to Mars: We Might Decimate the Martians
Inside NASA's Office of Planetary Protection, where they don't worry about what Martians could do to us, but what our extremophiles could do to them. The post Why We Shouldn't Go to Mars: We Might Decimate the Martians appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on August 6, 2016

Space Photos of the Week: This Globular Cluster’s Over the Hill

Space Photos of the Week: This Globular Cluster’s Over the Hill
Space photos of the week, July 31—August 6, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: This Globular Cluster's Over the Hill appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on August 3, 2016

The US Wants Space Business to Stay Laissez-Faire

The US Wants Space Business to Stay Laissez-Faire
Moon Express announced it has gotten permission to be the first private company to land on the moon. The post The US Wants Space Business to Stay Laissez-Faire appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on July 29, 2016

Space Photos of the Week: This Starburst Galaxy’s a Real Gas Bag

Space Photos of the Week: This Starburst Galaxy’s a Real Gas Bag
Space photos of the week, July 24—30, 2016. The post Space Photos of the Week: This Starburst Galaxy's a Real Gas Bag appeared first on WIRED.

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