Stephen Hawking just moved up humanity’s deadline for escaping Earth

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Stephen Hawking just moved up humanity’s deadline for escaping Earth

Washington Post
In November, Stephen Hawking and his bulging computer brain gave humanity what we thought was an intimidating deadline for finding a new planet to call home: 1,000 years.

Wow! Cassini’s Bird’s-Eye View of Saturn Plunge Astonishes in New Video

Space.com
An amazing new video shows just what NASA’s Cassini spacecraft saw during its first “Grand Finale” plunge between Saturn’s cloud tops and the gas giant’s rings last week.

Noise created by humans is pervasive in US protected areas

Phys.Org
Acoustic recording station at the iconic tourist attraction Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate National Park, California.

Bulgaria’s first communications satellite to ride SpaceX’s second reused rocket Falcon 9

Spaceflight Now  – ‎3 hours ago‎
The first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket descends to a landing platform in the Pacific Ocean following a Jan. 14 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Growing Antarctic crack primes Delaware-sized iceberg

Yahoo News
An oblique view of a massive rift in the Antarcitc Peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf is shown in this November 10, 2016 photo taken by scientists on NASA’s IceBridge mission in Antarctica.

David Mekeel: Humans could learn something from Humpback whales

Reading Eagle
I’ll admit it, I was struggling to come up with a topic for my column. It happens sometimes, and it can be pretty frustrating.

Biggest X-ray laser in the world generates its first laser light

Phys.Org
The first Laser Light at the European XFEL, recorded by an X-ray detector at the end of the tunnel. Credit: DESY. The European XFEL, the biggest X-ray laser in the world, has reached the last major milestone before the official opening in September

Why Uncertainty About Climate Change Is What Scares Me Most

Huffington Post
In his inaugural column for the New York Times, Bret Stephens- formerly with the Wall Street Journal- wrote a thoughtful and provocative, if controversial essay on the topic of uncertainty about climate change.

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower, Crumbs of Halley’s Comet, Peaks This Weekend: What to Expect

Space.com
The best time to see the 2017 Eta Aquarid meteor shower may be in the early morning hours on May 6. Shown here, a Perseid meteor near Bryce Canyon.

X-ray tsunami in Perseus galaxy cluster

EarthSky
Not so very long ago or far away in astronomical terms, a near-miss between titanic galaxy clusters might have set into motion an immense wave of hot gas.

Current climate change measurements mask trade-offs necessary for policy debates

Phys.Org
Derrick and platform of drilling gas wells in Marcellus Shale – Pennsylvania. Credit: Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 3.0. Scientists and policymakers use measurements like global warming potential to compare how varying greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and …

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