Category: Blinded by Science

Tony Dyson, Creator of R2-D2, Gone at 68

Posted by SCIFI Radio Staff | Mar 4, 2016 | Blinded by Science, Conventions, Fandom, Movies / Video / Theater, Science Fiction / Fantasy |

Professor Tony Dyson, the man who brought R2-D2 to life, passed away in his home in Malta, of natural causes.

Einstein Confirmed: Gravity Waves Exist

Posted by SCIFI Radio Staff | Feb 12, 2016 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

A massive pair of laser interferometers detects a phase shift that could only be caused by two black holes colliding far away, in the galaxy’s distant past.

Flight Over Dwarf Planet Ceres

Posted by SCIFI Radio Staff | Feb 2, 2016 | Blinded by Science, Movies / Video / Theater, Space Exploration |

Jet Propulsion Laboratory releases this amazing animated flyover of the major features of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest single object in our star system’s Asteroid Belt.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Sticks Its Landing

Posted by SCIFI Radio Staff | Dec 22, 2015 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

The Falcon 9 comes back to Earth and makes a perfect three point landing in a historic first.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Sticks Its Landing

Posted by SCIFI Radio Staff | Nov 24, 2015 | Blinded by Science, Science Fiction / Fantasy, Space Exploration |

Blue Origin’s New Shepard may be ready to begin accepting passengers soon. If they have mission commanders, you could be one – if you have the right mass effect. See what we did there?