What if the Universe is a Computer Simulation?
What if the Universe is just a computer simulation? What is fundamental particles are really just “bits”?
Tagged: space
The Soviet Lunokhod Rovers
Although the United States roved the Moon first on manned missions, the Soviet Union was the first nation to robotically rove around the lunar surface with the twin Lunokhod rovers in the early 1970s.
Venus and the triply ultraviolet Sun
An unusual type of solar eclipse occurred last year. Usually it is the Earth’s Moon that eclipses the Sun. Last June, most unusually, the planet Venus took a turn. Like a solar eclipse by the Moon, the phase of Venus became a continually thinner crescent as Venus became increasingly better aligned with the Sun. Eventually the alignment became perfect and the phase of Venus dropped to zero.
The most astounding fact
Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer.
NASA astronaut sees ‘UFO’ near Space Station
NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy radioed Mission Control to report an ‘unidentified object’ floating outside the International Space Station on Aug. 19, 2013. Was it a UFO? No, NASA says, just an antenna cover from the station’s Russian segment.
3 awesome discoveries made by Curiosity
Happy birthday, Curiosity! Michael Aranda and SciShow News celebrate the first anniversary of the Mars Science Laboratory landing on Mars with 3 awesome discoveries that the universe’s coolest rover has made so far. Hints: they involve air, radiation and, yes, water!