Sun, May 31, 2020
Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about life in the universe, dark matter and field goals. Should the search for like be limited to the Goldilocks zone around a star? What is dark matter and how do we know it exists if we can't detect it? Could the spin of the earth decide the winner of a football game.
Sat, Jun 19, 2021
In 2009 an Iridium satellite and a defunct Cosmos satellite collided in space creating a debris field that would likely destroy any satellite or space craft passing through it. From this event and other objects launched into space the orbital paths around the Earth are cluttered with junk putting at risk the space technologies our civilization relies on. To mitigate this problem ESA is sponsoring the ClearSpace-1 mission to capture and dispose of a derelict piece of space junk.