Tag: IAC2016
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Breakthrough Watch: Alien-hunting effort takes telescopic aim at Proxima Centauri b
The European Extremely Large Telescope is one of the yet-to-be-built observatories that could target the nearest exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b, for direct imaging.. (Credit: ESO) GUADALAJARA, Mexico – A multimillion-dollar campaign to look for evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations has added telescopic observations of the nearest known exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b, to its agenda. Last month’s announcement…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture sets its sights on trips to Mars and the moon
Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, inspects Blue Origin’s launch facility in West Texas before a test flight in April. (Credit: Blue Origin) GUADALAJARA, Mexico – SpaceX isn’t the only billionaire-backed company that’s planning to go to Mars: Blue Origin, the space venture created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is also taking aim at Mars, the moon and…
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SpaceX’s Elon Musk tweets sneak peeks at interplanetary transport system for Mars
SpaceX’s Raptor rocket engine undergoes its first test firing. (Credit: Elon Musk via Twitter) GUADALAJARA, Mexico – In advance of this week’s big reveal, SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, is dropping hints about the scale of his plans to send colonists to Mars. Musk is scheduled to talk about what used to be known as the…