On July 14th, 1965, the Mariner 4 probe transmitted a photo of Mars back to Earth. The grainy image of 500,000 square miles of the Martian surface was humanity’s first photo of another planet. Although it was taken from an altitude of over 9800 km, it yielded enough detail to significantly overhaul our understanding of…
Panorama
24th March 2020How Can You Prepare for Space?
19th February 2020The rise of both human population and global temperatures has led many to believe that the future of humanity lies in making us a multi-planet species. As we have previously reported, however, the nearest habitable planets are simply too far for us to colonize in the near future. Some believe we should be focusing on…
Looking for a New Home
22nd January 2020Recent studies found that 2019 was the second hottest year since record keeping began in the 1880s. It is closing out the hottest decade on record (and yes, we are aware that the decade doesn’t really end on a 9, it is just a way of referring to the period from 2010 to 2019…). This…