Category: Blinded by Science

Stephen Hawking, Yuri Milner Team Up on $100M Search for Alien Life

Posted by SCIFI.radio | Apr 12, 2016 | Blinded by Science, Space Exploration |

It’s finally happening. We’re going to send a probe mission to another star system.

SpaceX Sticks Its Landing And Does Not Explode

Posted by SCIFI.radio | Apr 8, 2016 | Science Fiction / Fantasy, Space Exploration |

It’s possibly portentous that the name of the robot barge Falcon 9 landed on is “Of Course I Still Love You”.

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

Posted by SCIFI.radio | 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 | 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 | 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.