space
When it’s hell on the surface, it’s time to go deep
The perspective is out there.
Look up or don’t look up: We probably won’t see the one that gets us
Tick tick, y'all.
How much should we worry about asteroids?
Astronomers have found an estimated 40% of the near-Earth asteroids that are 140 m and larger. You do the math.
The saved and the damned of Proxima Centauri B
How might Christianity work intelligent alien life into their worldview? Did everyone get a Jesus?
Nuclear panic and the satellite wars
Reading Time: 6 minutes In 1962, the US detonated a high-altitude warhead, with a yield of 1.4 megatons of TNT equivalent, some 250 miles above the Earth. The blast expelled the planet’s magnetic field for nearly half a minute, created a brief cavity in the ionosphere, and damaged
A dry run to save the planet: NASA DART probe closing in on asteroid impact
Reading Time: 6 minutes NASA’s DART spacecraft will crash into an asteroid on September 26, the first real-life test of planetary defense techniques.