A Voyage to Jupiter Sends Back Hope, Inspiration, and a Trove of the Extraordinary
July 14, 2017
Depending on where you stand on our tiny rock in the cosmos, things may not be looking up. Whether it’s human conflict, the migration crisis, or the environmental dilemma stemming from climate change, there’s plenty of reason to think our civilization is in jeopardy. Is the bright light that was once our future dimming? Where […]
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Flies Over Great Red Spot for First Time in History
July 12, 2017
You may not be an expert astronomer, but chances are you’re aware that Jupiter is known for its great red spot (thank you grade school science class). What may be new information, however, is that NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew directly over this iconic spot – a gigantic storm, actually – on Monday night, for the […]
NASA’s Arts + Mars program is getting people excited for exploration again. It was 1944. A war weary public was searching for an escape from the drudgery of the domestic war effort. A little known architect Chesley Bonestell did some space art renderings for Life magazine. The public was astounded. Chesley Bonestell’s Saturn as seen […]
Alyssa Carson is blazing her path to the red planet “Always follow your dream and don’t let anyone take it from you.” — Alyssa Carson Alyssa Carson wants you to know she’s going to be one of the first people on Mars. Since she was 3 watching the Backyardigans make the trip it’s been her dream. Codenamed […]
How intelligence could change our scripted end I. Setting the Stage I’m no expert on AI or anything. I won’t be the one to construct the model for Biologic Intelligence that revolutionizes humanity’s ability to process information. What I am is a curious individual. I like thought experiments and I like understanding big concepts. One […]
Racked by hurricanes, tidally locked with no night or day. Could life really be found there? The TRAPPIST-1 series of exoplanets is one of the recent “habitable” range of planets that have gotten exoplanet hunters and SETI enthusiasts very excited. And for good reason. They all orbit white dwarf stars. Stars that have the same […]
I feel like I’ve become a tiny bit obsessed with Saturn ever since NASA announced that Cassini would be ending her 13-year mission. It seems almost hypocritical of me since I didn’t even know Cassini was even out there in the dark vacuum of space until I wrote this article a few months ago. However, […]
If someone ever tells you that scientists don’t have a sense of humor, tell them this story. Last summer, NASA launched the probe Juno to study the largest planet in our solar system: Jupiter. In Roman mythology, the head god is named Jupiter. Like his Greek counterpart, Zeus, he has lots of affairs with women. […]
Ever since NASA announced that they had found a whole solar system of exoplanets that they believed to be similar to Earth they called TRAPPIST-1, I have been dreaming about the day humans can travel to live there. Since the discovery of the seven planets, scientists are trying to learn as much as they can […]
This week, Star Letters announced the launch of a new program: Reaching For The Stars: Star Letters Youth Program. The goal of our program is to help inspire children to look up and consider careers in the STEM fields to further advance humanity’s progress into space. We firmly believe that children are our future and […]
