NASA/JPL-Caltech On July 29, 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment set a new standard for space communication by successfully sending a laser signal from Earth to NASA's Psyche spacecraft, a breezy 290 million miles away — the same distance between Earth and Mars wh...
According to Seymour Benzer (1921 − 2007) who had had postdoctoral experience at Caltech with Max Delbrück [9], “Delbrück was captivated by Bohr’s idea of complementarity and the uncertainty principle, which Bohr had tried to apply to everything: history, economics, etc. I don’t...
NASA/JPL-Caltech Aerogel's versatility has made it very important both on Earth and in space. It has fulfilled a variety of roles on several NASA missions, from insulating the Mars rovers' electrical equipment (as aerogel blankets) to capturing space dust from a speeding comet. On the lat...
How long it takes to get to Mars depends on the planetary position and available technology. Here we explore how long a trip to the Red Planet would take.
In theory, a spacecraft like Dawn, seen in this artist's concept orbiting the asteroid Vesta, could alter an asteroid's orbit enough for us all to breathe a huge sigh of relief. Image courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech Every object in the universe, even something as small as a pebble, has ...
NASA/JPL-Caltech On July 29, 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment set a new standard for space communication by successfully sending a laser signal from Earth to NASA's Psyche spacecraft, a breezy 290 million miles away — the same distance between Earth and Mars wh...
Richard Feynman was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who made significant contributions in quantum mechanics and particle physics. He pioneered quantum computing, introduced the concept of nanotechnology, and was a renowned lecturer at Cornell and Caltech. ...
A tutorial on how to bypass Internet Censorship using Proxies, Shells, JAP e.t.c. Different ways to beat the filtering in schools, countries or companies. (blocked ports e.t.c)
How to Cook More at Home in 2024 Practical tips for those of us who don’t exactly like to cook Goals The Zeigarnik Effect Why it's so hard to stop thinking about everything we have to get done (and so easy to forget what we've already accomplished) ...
The simplest case when you're learning to calculate dice probability is the chance of getting a specific number with one die. The basic rule for probability is that you calculate it by looking at the number of possible outcomes in comparison to the outcome you're interested in. So for a ...