The Space Race and the Cold War
A short historical analysis of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union and its propagandistic effect on the Cold War in general.
Best Outer Space Videos Blog
When Aliens Attack – National Geographic
It is part of the job of governments to plan for disasters, wars and other events of this type. But did you know there are high level plans in place to deal with an...
Expedition 37/38 Crew Docks to the Space Station
After launching earlier in the day in their Soyuz TMA-10M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 37/38 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency...
The Illusion of Time – Einstein’s Spacetime
The illusion of time : past, present and future all exist together.
Lunar Space Lift
Last year US firm, Liftport, announced an ambitious project to build a lunar space elevator that could transport both robots and humans using an existing technology, in less than a decade.
Future Technology – Michio Kaku
We are making the transition from scientific discovery to scientific mastery. A world where will be able to manipulate and mould nature.
The Cosmic Web
An amazing computer simulation of the Universe using the physical laws and the initial distribution of matter, that resembled the conditions present when the cosmic microwave background radiation was emitted (about 379,000 years after...
The Illusion of Time
The deep sense we have of time passing from present to past may be nothing more than an illusion. Brian Greene takes us on the ultimate time-traveling adventure,
How Albert Einstein’s Brain Worked
Can examining Einstein’s brain lead us to the source of his genius? The brain was removed during the autopsy. But it remains a mystery why an autopsy was performed and why the brain was...
When Space Changed History
It is thought that large comets and meteorite collisions have changed the course of human history. More collisions may have occurred than previously thought leading to catastrophic incidents.
Asteroids – The Good the Bad And The Ugly
Asteroids are fossils from the birth of the solar system. Each asteroid has a different story to tell and those stories are important to understanding the story of the solar system.
The Ingredients for Life in Space
The latest developments in space research and the search for life, including the discovery that amino acids may be more common than we thought throughout the solar system, and the latest findings from the...
Who’s Out There?
This 1975 NASA film explores the view of extraterrestrial life emerging from the results of probes to the planets and interstellar discoveries and findings about the nature of life itself.
What Happened Before The Beginning?
Every cosmologist and astronomer agrees: our Universe is 13.7 billion years old. Using cutting-edge technology, scientists are now able to take a snapshot of the Universe a mere heartbeat after its birth.
Comparison Of Sizes
Comparing the sizes of the planets and galaxies. It just shows how really insignificant we are!
Curiosity Finds No Methane On Mars
A by product of life, methane, has not been found in large quantities in the Martian atmosphere by Curiosity. This means that the chances of finding living ‘life’ on Mars has greatly diminished.
100,000 Apply For Mars One
More than 100,000 people are eager to make themselves at home on another planet. They’ve applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on...
