Fraser Cain Archive
Jul 9th: It Came From Deep Space!
Some comets orbit the Sun on a regular basis, but others come in from deep space, a region known as the Oort Cloud. What causes them to make this journey, and will we ever be able to explore the Oort Cloud?
Jul 5th: First Ever Picture of a Baby Planet!
Let’s time-travel to the moment astronomers captured the first direct image of a planet being born — orbiting a young star still in the making. A glimpse into planetary formation in action!
May 22nd: What Has The Curiosity Rover Discovered?
Consider the fact that right now, there’s an SUV-sized rover crawling around the surface of Mars and giving us the best view of its surface
May 14th: What If We Do Find Aliens? How Prepared Is Earth For Meeting Extraterrestrials?
We’ve been so busy wondering how we’ll find aliens that we never stopped to consider what we’ll do if we actually encounter them. How does an alien discovery get communicated to the media?
Apr 30th: What Does It Take To Be An Astronaut?
Apr 15th: Venus Could Have Supported Life For Billions Of Years
Venus sucks. Seriously, that place is the worst, with its boiling temperature, intense pressure, sulfuric acid rain. But was it always this bad?
Mar 26th: Should We Fly to Another Star Soon? Or Wait for Better Technology to Come Along?
It seems reasonable to ask, should we invest in an interstellar mission now, or wait a few decades or even centuries for better technology to come along which could make the trip much shorter?
Nov 16th: The Mars Project! Von Braun’s Ideas for a Mars Mission
Today’s we have story about what spaceflight advances could have happened e.g the lost Apollo Missions & Werhner Von Braun’s “Mars Project”.
Nov 7th: How Do Ion Engines Work?
People ask why we’re stuck with chemical rockets. Good news, there are other, exotic science fiction-sounding propulsion systems out there.