The awesome spaceship and vehicle concepts of Scott Robertson

The awesome spaceship and vehicle concepts of Scott Robertson

Scott Robertson is one of my favorite concept designers of all time, a true master (both figuratively and literally). Anyone who loves science fiction and space and cars and mechs and any kind of awesome vehicle should own at least Blast and Drive. Here’s a tiny sample of his extraordinary work.

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot Looking Like a Swirl of Cream in Your Coffee

Jupiter's Great Red Spot Looking Like a Swirl of Cream in Your Coffee

This might look like a splash of cream in your coffee—but in fact it’s Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, imaged by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft.

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Here's the simplest explanation about the Big Bang discovery in the news

Here's the simplest explanation about the Big Bang discovery in the news

If you’re still a little confused about why everyone is talking about The Big Bang and gravitational waves and cosmic inflation and space and twists of light and so forth, it’s okay. Much smarter people are taking care of answering those questions for humanity. But it’s a big effing deal so us less wrinkled brain humans should try and understand it too. How? Simple. With a towel, an apple and a ping pong ball.

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The World's Largest Telescope Is Finally Getting Underway

The World's Largest Telescope Is Finally Getting Underway

It’s been almost five years since Gizmodo first reported on the Thirty Meter Telescope , a mega-telescope with a resolution ten times that of the Hubble. Now, it seems the long-delayed project’s time has come: Hawaii has agreed to lease a parcel of land for the telescope, and officials say construction could begin as soon as April.

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New Big Bang Evidence Suggests Presence of Alternate Universes

New Big Bang Evidence Suggests Presence of Alternate Universes

According to very real and totally verifiable scientific research, we might live in a multiverse. No, really. The same research that revealed the first-ever direct evidence of Big Bang inflation earlier this week also suggests the presence of alternate universes.

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The Earth Was Almost Fried Back in 2012

The Earth Was Almost Fried Back in 2012

A massive solar storm in July 2012 was more intense than thought—and it blasted right through the Earth’s orbit. Luckily for us, we were on the other side of the sun, thus missing the chaos completely. But if that storm had hit this beautiful little blue marble in space? "The solar bursts would have enveloped Earth in magnetic fireworks matching the largest magnetic storm ever reported on Earth, the so-called Carrington event of 1859," Science Daily reports.

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Waves detected on the hydrocarbon lakes of Saturn’s moon Titan

The Earth is the only planet we are sure has liquid water on its surface. One of the other celestial bodies in our solar system that is thought to have … Continue reading

Interactive mosaic of moon’s North Pole unveiled by NASA

NASA scientists have rolled out a new interactive mosaic that has been created of the Moon’s North Pole. The mosaic was made using the cameras on the LRO spacecraft. Resolution … Continue reading

Red Bull Stratos: Mission to the Edge of Space exhibit lands at the Smithsonian

Red Bull pulled off one of the most impressive feats ever with the jump of Felix Baumgartner from the edge of space in late 2012. This was more than a … Continue reading

Sony and NASA bring Mars to Project Morpheus

Sony is working with NASA to turn Project Morpheus, its new virtual reality headset for PlayStation 4, into both a science and an entertainment tool. The collaboration, revealed at GDC … Continue reading