• NASA to Start Using Voyager Thrusters That Have Been Dormant for 37 Years

    NASA to Start Using Voyager Thrusters That Have Been Dormant for 37 Years

    Over the last 40 years, NASA’s Voyager 1 has been drifting farther and farther away from the Earth.  NASA is now saying they can maintain contact with Voyager for at least two or three more years by waking up a set of backup thrusters that it hasn’t used since 1980.  This is important as Voyager…

  • Stellar Winds May Be Preventing Life From Existing on Other Planets

    Stellar Winds May Be Preventing Life From Existing on Other Planets

    We have long debated whether or not there is or could be life on another planet.  In fact, we’ve been debating that here lately.  The signs point to yes, but like I’ve said before – not in the way that you think it might.  We seem to have this picture in our head where all…

  • Russian Cosmonauts May Have Discovered Bacterial Life in Space

    Russian Cosmonauts May Have Discovered Bacterial Life in Space

    I read an article online yesterday and while it is certainly newsworthy, I had different reasons for wanting to share it.  My reason for wanting to share this is two-fold.  The first is because I’m extremely skeptical of this finding.  But my second reason is because I’m also really interested in what has been discovered. …