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ESA is building its first space telescope to investigate how dark energy and dark matter control our universe. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Countdown to Launch: http://bit.ly/CTLplaylist Thumbnail Credit: Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space The universe is filled with planets, meteors, black holes, and galaxies—each with their own set of mysteries. But one of the best concealed aspects of deep space exists in what scientists describe as “the dark universe.” The dark universe is where dark energy and dark matter are hidden, interacting with the matter we can actually see. And because we can’t see this dark side directly, scientists know very little about dark energy and dark matter. It has taken decades to attempt to understand the dark side, but ESA’s space telescope mission, named Euclid, might just give us some answers. The Euclid mission could piece together the puzzle that surrounds dark energy and dark matter, essentially helping us understand how the universe works. ESA’s Euclid space telescope will not only map the geometry of the dark universe and provide it’s cosmic history, Euclid will also observe and analyze the shape and redshift of thousands of millions of galaxies spanning back 10 billion years. Ultimately, this will provide a large-scale 3D map that allows scientists to see how dark energy has played a significant role in the universe's expansion. Euclid will also be on the hunt for Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations or what ESA describes as “wiggle patterns” within galaxy clusters. These patterns provide a standard ruler method for measuring dark energy with the expansion rate of the universe. Find out more about dark matter, dark energy, and the Euclid mission on this episode of Countdown to Launch. #Euclid #Launch #ESA #Universe #Seeker #Elements #Science Countdown To Launch Season 1 Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uC-XGZC7X7unk5w-u8J4RR2EdCck0wV Read More: Euclid Mission: Science Goals http://sci.esa.int/euclid/42267-science/ "Until about thirty years ago astronomers thought that the Universe was composed almost entirely of ordinary matter: protons, neutrons, electrons and atoms. In the intervening years the emerging picture of the composition of the Universe has changed dramatically." What is Dark Energy? http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Dark+Energy "In the early part of the 20th century Albert Einstein had invoked a ‘cosmological constant’, (usually symbolized by the Greek letter lambda, Λ). It was a vacuum energy of empty space, which kept the universe (predicted by his field equations of the General Theory of Relativity) static, rather than contracting or expanding. It provided a way of balancing the gravitational contraction caused by matter. Once the universe was observed to be expanding Einstein hastily removed his cosmological constant." Euclid Consortium: A space mission to map the Dark Universe https://www.euclid-ec.org/ "Euclid is an ESA medium class astronomy and astrophysics space mission. Euclid was selected by ESA in October 2011 (see the Euclid ESA page). Its launch is planned for 2022. In June 2012 ESA officially selected the “Euclid Consortium” as the single team having the scientific responsibility of the mission, the data production and of the scientific instruments." ____________________ Countdown to Launch takes a deep dive into upcoming space missions from around the world. We interview the people involved and explore the science, innovation and technology that makes them possible. Seeker empowers the curious to understand the science shaping our world. We tell award-winning stories about the natural forces and groundbreaking innovations that impact our lives, our planet, and our universe. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Elements on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerElements/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

NASA rover driver and robotics technologist Dr. Vandi Verma explains the behind-the-scenes of operating Mars spacecraft from Earth, as well as three big changes to expect with the Mars 2020 rover. How NASA Built the Fastest Spacecraft Ever -https://youtu.be/vcTQeqszsuw Read More The Space Roboticist: Dr. Vandi Verma https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2015/07/space-roboticist She loves her day-to-day responsibility for the machine. “You definitely don’t want to be the one who drove the rover off a cliff! But I find it energizing rather than stressful. You’re completely focused.” Although human spacefaring has stalled, Verma says the spirit of exploration is alive and well in space robots. “I am happy to be working in robotics, pushing the envelope on space exploration,” Verma says. “We have reached Mars, our neighboring planet. We’ve have only just begun.” NASA Announces Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-announces-landing-site-for-mars-2020-rover "The rover mission is scheduled to launch in July 2020 as NASA’s next step in exploration of the Red Planet. It will not only seek signs of ancient habitable conditions – and past microbial life -- but the rover also will collect rock and soil samples and store them in a cache on the planet's surface. NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) are studying future mission concepts to retrieve the samples and return them to Earth, so this landing site sets the stage for the next decade of Mars exploration." Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA’s Next Red Planet Rover Mission https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/mars-helicopter-to-fly-on-nasa-s-next-red-planet-rover-mission "The helicopter also contains built-in capabilities needed for operation at Mars, including solar cells to charge its lithium-ion batteries, and a heating mechanism to keep it warm through the cold Martian nights. But before the helicopter can fly at Mars it has to get there. It will do so attached to the belly pan of the Mars 2020 rover." ____________________ Science In The Extremes ventures to the ends of the earth to bring you pioneering research and innovations that are advancing our civilization and broadening our understanding of the universe. Follow intrepid researchers as they plunge into the deepest parts of the ocean, trek across the arctic tundra, and explore the cosmos, because being a scientist isn’t just about being in the lab. Seeker explains every aspect of our world through a lens of science, inspiring a new generation of curious minds who want to know how today’s discoveries in science, math, engineering and technology are impacting our lives and shaping our future. Our stories parse meaning from the noise in a world of rapidly changing information. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Science in the Extremes on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/ScienceintheExtremes Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

Scientists may have found a way to make traversable wormholes a reality. How? Two black holes and some quantum entanglement. Quantum Teleportation Is Real, Here's How It Works - https://youtu.be/yb38jozeDOs Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Read More: New Wormhole Could Resolve the Black Hole Information Paradox http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/physics/new-wormhole-could-resolve-the-black-hole-information-paradox/ “What would happen if you fell into a black hole? For a long time, the only acceptable answer was that you would die. That is, unless a theoretical wormhole—a portal in spacetime between two black holes—were to save you.” Wormholes Might Burrow Through Black Hole Cores https://www.seeker.com/wormholes-might-burrow-through-black-hole-cores-1845995019.html “The weird physics of a black hole's singularity could turn our "classical" idea about black holes on its head. What if general relativity breaks down and the singularity isn't a singularity at all? What if we replace the singularity with a wormhole? Suddenly, instead of being the ultimate trash compactors of the universe, black holes become the ultimate sci-fi dream: they could be space-time transportation hubs.” The Oldest Black Hole Ever Found Is Almost as Old as the Universe Itself https://www.seeker.com/astrophysics/the-oldest-black-hole-ever-found-is-almost-as-old-as-the-universe-itself “A huge black hole has just been discovered that is about 13 billion light-years old – almost as old as the universe itself. The find of this supermassive black hole is puzzling astronomers because they can't figure out how this black hole was formed so early in the universe's history.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Athena Brensberger for writing and co-hosting this episode of Seeker! Check Athena out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astroathens This episode of Seeker was co-hosted by Trace Dominguez

Rarely-seen stellar streams show us that many stars in our galaxy actually came from smaller, neighboring galaxies. Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Black Holes And Gravitational Waves Might Help Us Find Dark Matter - https://youtu.be/C68b9EGksuI Read More: New stellar streams confirm 'melting pot' history of the galaxy https://phys.org/news/2018-01-stellar-streams-pot-history-galaxy.html “Eleven new stellar streams, discovered in data from the Dark Energy Survey (DES), were reported today in a special session held at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC. Prior to the discovery, only two dozen or so stellar streams were known, many of which were discovered in data from a precursor survey, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).” Dark Energy Survey Finds New Stellar Streams Destroyed by the Milky Way https://www.seeker.com/astronomy/dark-energy-survey-finds-new-stellar-streams-destroyed-by-the-milky-way “A project designed to help uncover the nature of dark energy and dark matter in our universe has found that alien stars from other galaxies have been infiltrating the Milky Way. The Dark Energy Survey has found 11 new streams of stars that do not originate from our own galaxy.” Astronomers Found Two Massive Galaxies Amid an Ocean of Dark Matter https://www.seeker.com/astronomy/astronomers-found-two-massive-galaxies-amid-an-ocean-of-dark-matter “Astronomers have found a pair of surprisingly gigantic galaxies from the early universe, and one is the most massive galaxy ever seen from when the universe was young. Observations show the pair of big galaxies existed less than 800 million years after the Big Bang, and their size doesn’t conform to current cosmological models, which say early galaxies were much smaller than today’s galaxies.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

Check out: To Boldly Go Where No Dog Has Gone Before https://youtu.be/Edx7TZZVi5I Scientists have taken a closer look at the source of those mysterious fast radio bursts you’ve heard about, and they have some new theories. An Interstellar Asteroid Just Flew Past Earth, Here’s What You Need to Know - https://youtu.be/2tA3w-aiNt8 Read More: Astronomers Find a Spectacular Source For Those Mysterious Repeating Space Signals http://www.sciencealert.com/frb-121102-fast-radio-burst-massive-black-hole-nebula-icrar “Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of our Universe's most confounding mysteries - but astronomers may have just figured out the incredible environment where one of the most famous and well-studied FRBs is coming from.” Not So Fast: Mystery Radio Bursts Far From Solved https://www.seeker.com/not-so-fast-mystery-radio-bursts-far-from-solved-1770977246.html “Evan Keane, a project scientist at the Square Kilometer Array Organization, and colleagues authored the original paper that claims to narrow down the source location of an FRB by tracing what they interpreted as the afterglow of whatever caused the FRB. But another group, led by Peter Williams, a postdoctoral astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, claims it could just be the belches of a monster black hole.” Mystery Fast Radio Burst Caused By Flashing Black Hole https://www.seeker.com/mystery-fast-radio-burst-caused-by-flashing-black-hole-1771172809.html “These energetic eruptions seem to pop up in random locations in the cosmos and they appear and disappear in a matter of milliseconds, making them exceedingly hard to pinpoint. Until February, only a handful of definitive FRB signals had been uncovered in archival radio data.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Julian Huguet for writing this episode of Seeker! Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00 This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez

Scientists have just discovered the existence of two new black holes, and they’re changing our understanding of the universe. We’re STILL Not Saying It’s Aliens, But Tabby’s Star Is Getting Weirder - https://youtu.be/8XDS_aTVBrE Read More: A New Kind of Giant Black Hole Was Just Found Lurking Near The Heart of Our Galaxy http://www.sciencealert.com/a-new-kind-of-giant-black-hole-has-been-found-hiding-near-the-heart-of-our-galaxy “A giant black hole some 100,000 times the mass of the Sun has been detected near the heart of the Milky Way, making it our galaxy's second largest known black hole – coming after the supermassive void at its very centre, Sagittarius A.” The Oldest Black Hole Ever Found Is Almost as Old as the Universe Itself https://www.seeker.com/astrophysics/the-oldest-black-hole-ever-found-is-almost-as-old-as-the-universe-itself “A huge black hole has just been discovered that is about 13 billion light-years old – almost as old as the universe itself. The find of this supermassive black hole is puzzling astronomers because they can't figure out how this black hole was formed so early in the universe's history.” How Black Holes Shoot Out Lethal Plasma Jets Is Becoming Clearer https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophysics/how-lethal-plasma-jets-shoot-out-from-black-holes-is-becoming-clearer “Did you know that black holes will occasionally shoot spectacular dual jets of hot gas out into intergalactic space? It's one of the ways we know that black holes really do exist. But because astronomers can’t see the inner workings of black holes, they haven’t yet figured out how these plasma jets form.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

Pluto’s haze is incredibly effective at cooling the planet and scientists think we can apply its principles on Earth to fight climate change. Do you think it could work? Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies - https://youtu.be/76hv6KOB-AI Thumbnail image courtesy of: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Read More: Why Pluto is even colder than it should be https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/11/16/why-pluto-is-even-colder-than-it-should-be/?utm_term=.ef691931c404 “When New Horizons took Pluto's temperature, the dwarf planet was cold — colder, even, than anyone had predicted. Researchers were puzzled. Earthbound instruments gauged Pluto to be minus-280 degrees Fahrenheit. New Horizons showed that Pluto's thermostat was dialed to 330 degrees below.” Geoengineering to Cool the Planet Risks Doing More Harm Than Good https://www.seeker.com/earth/climate/geoengineering-to-cool-the-planet-risks-doing-more-harm-than-good “With the world facing increased warming, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, intense weather events and other global disasters, scientists are exploring ways to re-engineer the planet to counter the effects of global warming.” Behind the Push to Get Pluto Its Planetary Groove Back https://www.seeker.com/behind-the-push-to-get-pluto-its-planetary-groove-back-2290287200.html “Pluto's "demotion" to a dwarf planet back in 2006 is still a touchy subject, even among scientists. When you account for the fact that astronomers, who study stars and black holes, were the ones who decided on the definition of a planet that resulted in Pluto's declassification, it's understandable that various planetary scientists don't even want to talk about it.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

The pits on the moon might lead to caves big enough to fit cities, but how were they formed? Could We Create A Livable Atmosphere On The Moon? - https://youtu.be/ksvlHp--TgA Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Thumbnail image courtesy of NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University Read More: The Perfect Location For a Future Moon Base Has Finally Been Confirmed https://www.sciencealert.com/the-perfect-real-estate-for-a-moon-base-has-just-been-confirmed “Forget the romance of camping on the Moon – an unimpeded rain of radiation would make even short stays an express trip to Cancer City. One way to protect potential lunar residents from high doses of cosmic rays would be to stick their base underground.” Vice President Mike Pence Says NASA's Going Back to the Moon https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/vice-president-pence-pledges-renewed-lunar-focus-for-us-space-agency “The Trump administration is committed to sending astronauts to the moon as part of a broader push to prioritize human spaceflight and firm up US dominance in the final frontier, Vice President Mike Pence said.” First-Ever Map of Water on Moon Could Help Support Lunar Missions https://www.seeker.com/space/first-ever-map-of-water-on-moon-could-help-support-lunar-missions For the first time, scientists have mapped the distribution of water trapped in the moon's soil, which could come in handy for planning future missions to the lunar surface. In 2009, NASA's LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) probe discovered traces of water and a related molecule called hydroxyl, which consists of hydrogen and oxygen, in soil on the moon. ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for writing and hosting this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

Half of the universe’s baryonic matter has been missing, but astronomers just found it. Where exactly was it and what took us so long? Black Holes And Gravitational Waves Might Help Us Find Dark Matter - https://youtu.be/C68b9EGksuI Read More: The Mystery of the Universe's Missing ‘Normal’ Matter Has Begun to Unravel https://www.seeker.com/space/astronomy/the-mystery-of-the-universes-missing-normal-matter-has-begun-to-unravel “There are the longstanding challenges with pinpointing dark energy and dark matter, two invisible components that together make up more than 95 percent of the cosmos. But there is also the lesser-known problem of missing baryon particles.” Half the universe’s missing matter has just been finally found https://www.newscientist.com/article/2149742-half-the-universes-missing-matter-has-just-been-finally-found/ “You have probably heard about the hunt for dark matter, a mysterious substance thought to permeate the universe, the effects of which we can see through its gravitational pull. But our models of the universe also say there should be about twice as much ordinary matter out there, compared with what we have observed so far.” Astronomers Found Two Massive Galaxies Amid an Ocean of Dark Matter https://www.seeker.com/astronomy/astronomers-found-two-massive-galaxies-amid-an-ocean-of-dark-matter “The discovery provides new details on the role that dark matter played in assembling large structures in the universe. Astronomers say the amount of dark matter that “clumped” in one area in order to create galaxies this large would have been quite rare.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Julian Huguet for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00

In October, astronomers observed an interstellar asteroid for the first time. We talked to one of the first to study it, and here’s everything they’ve learned in the months since. What’s Happening in Space? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XDS_aTVBrE&list=PL6uC-XGZC7X5q7Mibs4VifsPO6kt8XZ0V Thumbnail image courtesy: ESO/M. Kornmesser Read More: A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25020 “Here we report observations and subsequent analysis of 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) that demonstrate the extrasolar trajectory of ‘Oumuamua. Our observations reveal the object to be asteroidal, with no hint of cometary activity despite an approach within 0.25 au of the Sun.” The First Interstellar Object to Be Seen May Have Just Visited Our Solar System https://www.seeker.com/space/astronomy/the-first-interstellar-object-to-be-seen-may-have-just-visited-our-solar-system “Astronomers may have spotted the first comet or asteroid to visit from beyond the solar system. They’re now scurrying to aim telescopes at the object, provisionally called A/2017 U1, to learn more about its mysterious origins.” Massive Asteroid ‘Florence' Flies Past Earth at Record-Breaking Nearness https://www.seeker.com/space/astronomy/massive-asteroid-florence-flies-past-earth-at-record-breaking-nearness “A mountain-size space rock cruised past Earth this morning (Sept. 1) in a record-breaking encounter that has long had scientists drooling. At 8:06 a.m. EDT (1206 GMT) today, the roughly 2.7-mile-wide (4.4 kilometers) asteroid 3122 Florence came within a mere 4.4 million miles (7 million km) of Earth — just 18 times the distance from our planet to the moon.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

Space is an extreme environment. With the severe temperatures, endless debris, and harsh radiation, how do spacecraft survive? Is There Space for 12,000 More Satellites Up There? - https://youtu.be/BMoH_zr2y8A For more epic stories of innovation that shaped our future, check out https://www.theageofaerospace.com Read More: Surviving Extreme Conditions In Space http://m.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Extreme_space/Surviving_extreme_conditions_in_space “Space is one of the most extreme environments imaginable. Above the insulating atmosphere of the Earth, spacecraft are subjected to extremes of temperature, both hot and cold, and a significantly increased threat of radiation damage.” Ted Cruz: US Satellites Are Vulnerable to ‘Truly Chilling’ Enemy Attack https://www.seeker.com/space/ted-cruz-us-satellites-are-vulnerable-to-truly-chilling-enemy-attack “The comments by Cruz — who didn't elaborate on the type or extent of the investment required — mirror those made recently by several high-ranking American military officials, who have stressed that the nation needs to prepare for a war that extends into space.” Spying from Space: How the CIA Recovered Film From Secret Satellites https://www.seeker.com/videos/spying-from-space-how-the-cia-recovered-film-from-secret-satellites “So, the US needed a satellite that could take pictures! The thing is, a U-2 flight eventually lands-- the film in the cameras could be taken out and developed. If we launch a satellite, we needed a way to get the film from space to intelligence officers. This had never been done before.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Julian Huguet for writing this Seeker episode! Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00 This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez

Elon Musk has established himself as a game changer for space travel, but has he actually succeeded in making it affordable? Where Does Space Actually Start? - https://youtu.be/gLf0dT3To4M Read More: Why Did NASA End The Space Shuttle Program? https://gizmodo.com/why-did-nasa-end-the-space-shuttle-program-1721140493 “There is an inherent risk in space travel, and with each failure the reliability of subsequent flights improved. So it is a fair question to ask why the program did not continue. The bottom line answer is that it was too expensive. Way too expensive. The shuttle never met its promise for low cost access to space by virtue of the system’s reusability.” SpaceX Focusing on Big F***ing Rocket, Phasing Out Other Systems https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/spacex-focusing-on-big-fing-rocket-phasing-out-other-systems “SpaceX plans to eventually phase out the big rocket, which has yet to fly, as well as the Falcon 9 booster and Dragon capsule to concentrate on the Mars-colonizing BFR system, company founder and CEO Elon Musk announced Friday (Sept. 29).” Elon Musk Reveals SpaceX Spacesuit Design After Years of Promises https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/elon-musk-reveals-spacex-spacesuit-design-after-years-of-promises “CEO Elon Musk posted a picture on Instagram today showing an artist's impression of a white-suited astronaut seatbelted into a spacecraft, next to a window showing stars. Musk promised more information in the days to come, adding that the suit "actually works" and has been tested to double pressure.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special Thanks to Julian Huguet for hosting this episode of Seeker! Check Julian out on Twitter: @jug00

Current drug therapies mean it’s possible to live a normal life span with HIV, but that’s expensive and not a long term solution. What we really need is an HIV vaccine and a cure. So, how close are we? Why Can’t All Gay Men Donate Blood? - https://youtu.be/xMoYFkjxFD8 Read More: HIV's 'Patient Zero' Wrongly Blamed for AIDS Epidemic https://www.seeker.com/hivs-patient-zero-wrongly-blamed-for-aids-epidemic-2066088202.html “A labeling error and reckless media hype in the 1980s led to unjustly branding a gay airline employee as "Patient Zero" in the US AIDS epidemic, scientific and historical sleuthing detailed Wednesday.” America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/magazine/americas-hidden-hiv-epidemic.html “Thanks to the success of lifesaving antiretroviral medication pioneered 20 years ago and years of research and education, most H.I.V.-positive people today can lead long, healthy lives..” How Cow Antibodies Are Helping Scientists Develop an HIV Vaccine https://www.seeker.com/health/medicine/how-the-immune-response-of-cows-is-helping-scientists-develop-an-hiv-vaccine “Researchers have long sought to develop an effective HIV vaccine. Several treatments have undergone clinical trials, but the only one that’s been even slightly successful, a 2009 study in Thailand, lowered HIV infection rates by only 30 percent.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

The Milky Way is on a crash course with the Andromeda galaxy, but what would a galactic collision actually look like? What Happens When Galaxies Die? - https://youtu.be/wWvJVE5nio4 Read More: Astronomers Predict Titanic Collision: Milky Way vs. Andromeda https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/31may_andromeda “The Milky Way is destined to get a major makeover during the encounter, which is predicted to happen four billion years from now. It is likely the sun will be flung into a new region of our galaxy, but our Earth and solar system are in no danger of being destroyed.” As Much as Half of the Milky Way Likely Came From Distant Galaxies https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophysics/as-much-as-half-of-the-milky-way-likely-came-from-distant-galaxies “We’re made of star stuff, as Carl Sagan famously put it in his TV series Cosmos. All of the elements that joined together to form our planet and everything on it were set in motion within the hearts of ancient stars. But not only are we star stuff, it appears that we’re actually made of alien star stuff.” Jellyfish Galaxies Are Feeding Supermassive Black Holes https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophysics/jellyfish-galaxies-are-feeding-supermassive-black-holes “There are all sorts of strange “creatures” in outer space. Astronomers study objects called blitzars and magnetars, while citizen scientists with the Galaxy Zoo project have found objects that they’ve affectionately dubbed “green peas” and “voorwerps.” Some of these objects are well understood while others are more mysterious.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

What does a black hole look like? No one knows for sure. Artists make their images based on what physicists think they look like. But that could be about to change. This Is Not What Space Looks Like - https://youtu.be/N5rZ9E72zbI Read More: Scientists Wonder If the Collision of Two Neutron Stars Created a Black Hole https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophysics/scientists-wonder-if-the-collision-of-two-neutron-stars-created-a-black-hole “For the first time, scientists have seen the source of gravitational waves from two colliding neutron stars, and the space oddity doesn't stop there. Those neutron stars might have collapsed into a black hole after they merged, scientists say.” Gravitational Wave Kicks Monster Black Hole Out of Galactic Core https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/gravitational-wave-kicks-monster-black-hole-out-of-galactic-core “Astronomers have uncovered a supermassive black hole that has been propelled out of the center of a distant galaxy by what could be the awesome power of gravitational waves.” New Class of Black Hole 100,000 Times Larger Than the Sun Detected in Milky Way https://www.seeker.com/space/astronomy/new-class-of-black-hole-100000-times-larger-than-the-sun-detected-in-milky-way “Black holes are notoriously hard to find, since they don’t emit any light. But there’s one particular size of black hole that has been especially evasive, even though astronomers have theorized that they should be plentiful..” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

The ViaSat-2 satellite could provide a continuous internet connection from North America to Europe. Here's how this massive satellite works. How Big Do You Think This Spacecraft Is? Guess Again… - https://youtu.be/CRe7G7WMj0Q For more epic stories of innovation that shaped our future, check out https://www.theageofaerospace.com Read More: ViaSat-2’s ‘First of its Kind’ Design Will Enable Broad Geographic Reach http://spacenews.com/35369viasat-2s-first-of-its-kind-design-will-enable-broad-geographic-reach/ “Satellite broadband services and hardware provider ViaSat Inc. on May 16 announced that its $625 million ViaSat-2 Ka-band satellite system will use a Boeing-built satellite employing a design that has never been seen before.” Ted Cruz: US Satellites Are Vulnerable to ‘Truly Chilling’ Enemy Attack https://www.seeker.com/space/ted-cruz-us-satellites-are-vulnerable-to-truly-chilling-enemy-attack “The United States' national security and economy depend heavily on the country's many advanced satellites, Cruz said, from military reconnaissance and communications spacecraft to the commercial birds that enable ATM withdrawals and credit-card purchases.” Spying from Space: How the CIA Recovered Film From Secret Satellites https://www.seeker.com/videos/spying-from-space-how-the-cia-recovered-film-from-secret-satellites “In May 1960, the Soviets shot down a U-2 spy plane over Soviet airspace. U-2s could fly at 70,000 feet (21.3km) but apparently, that wasn't high enough. We needed to go higher. To space!” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez Written by: Victoria Barrios

Saturn’s rings are iconic and instantly recognizable, but what exactly are they and how did they form in the first place? NASA Just Revealed There Could Be Life On Saturn's Moon, Enceladus - https://youtu.be/YIVh53TBonM Get 20% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Read More: What Are Saturn's Rings? https://www.livescience.com/60412-what-are-saturn-rings.html “The rings are mostly ice with a little bit of rock mixed in. Scientists have a better grasp of their dynamics than ever before, thanks to the Cassini spacecraft, which ends its mission on Friday (Sept. 15) with a plunge into Saturn's atmosphere, after 13 years of orbiting the planet.” Cassini Prepares to Crash Into Saturn as NASA Reflects on Mission's Discoveries https://www.seeker.com/space/planets/cassini-prepares-to-crash-into-saturn-as-nasa-reflects-on-missions-discoveries “The probe has spent more than a decade observing Saturn, studying storms in its cloud tops, learning about its strange, striped atmosphere, probing its cloaked interior and zipping through its more than 60 moons and a ring system stretching more than eight times the planet's radius.” Peculiar Waves in Saturn's Rings Spotted by NASA's Cassini Probe https://www.seeker.com/space/planets/peculiar-waves-in-saturns-rings-spotted-by-nasas-cassini-probe “The rings of Saturn are embedded with billions of water-ice particles ranging in size from grains of sand to monstrous chunks. Saturn's rings also feature waves that propagate outward in spiral patterns. The new image from Cassini captures an up-close view of a spiral density wave visible in Saturn's B ring.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website https://www.seeker.com/videos Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

There are millions of giant rocks hurtling around the the solar system. Some of them stay in the cosmos and others penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere. So how do you tell the difference between different types of space rocks? The universe is kind of complicated, but Seeker has you covered. Each week, we’ll break down complex space terminology and phenomena using a very high tech medium… papier-mâché. You can get all kind of crafty in the cosmos with new episodes of Galactic Glossary every Wednesday. An Asteroid Didn’t Kill the Dinosaurs, Here’s a New Theory About What Did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrbqkeB4UqE Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzWQYUVCpZqtN93H8RR44Qw ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/

Jupiter has the most powerful auroras in our solar system. However, when scientists looked closer, they didn't find what they expected. These Satellite Dishes Can See Electrons 100 km Away - https://youtu.be/OnlYZdRZ_pw For a 30-day, unrestricted trial, go to https://www.freshbooks.com/seeker, and enter "Seeker" in the "How'd You Hear About Us" section. Read More: Jupiter's Auroras Present a Powerful Mystery https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2017-236 "Scientists on NASA's Juno mission have observed massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter's polar regions that contribute to the giant planet's powerful auroras - only not in ways the researchers expected." Wild Stratospheric Balloon Ride Shows No Link Between Auroras and Radiation Flux https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/wild-stratospheric-balloon-ride-shows-no-link-between-auroras-and-radiation-flux "An incredible flight in March 2017 set out to see if there is any correlation between auroras over Fairbanks, Alaska, and radiation flux in the stratosphere. While the team behind the autonomous stratospheric balloon ride couldn't establish a link, they came away from the experience with plenty of stories to tell - a lost balloon, an airplane search, and a six-mile, one-way hike to rescue their data." NASA Captures 'Spectacular' Views of Auroras on Uranus https://www.seeker.com/space/planets/nasa-captures-spectacular-views-of-auroras-on-uranus "Bright auroras light up the planet's atmosphere in two newly released photos, which combine observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the agency's Voyager 2 probe. (Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986 as part of a "grand tour" of the solar system's outer planets that the spacecraft performed with its twin, Voyager 1.)" ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

Humans have launched hundreds of spy satellites, but the first ones required a little more creativity. How Close Are We? - https://www.facebook.com/HowCloseAreWe/videos/203889730150168/ Can Your Boss Spy On Your Internet Use? - https://youtu.be/st2qjZXspTk For more epic stories of innovation that shaped our future, check out https://www.theageofaerospace.com Read More: The First Spy Satellites Had to Drop Gigantic Buckets of Film Back to Earth https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/jpzpkg/the-first-spy-satellites-had-to-drop-gigantic-buckets-of-film-back-to-earth "For better or worse, we've grown accustomed to idea that we're under constant photo surveillance: there's a CCTV camera on every corner, a webcam on every computer, and a network of satellites capable of taking high resolution photos of the entire earth every day. But just 50 years ago, figuring out how to make high altitude photo surveillance happen was no small order." US Intel Chief Warns That Russia and China May Target American Satellites https://www.seeker.com/space/us-intel-chief-warns-that-russia-and-china-may-target-american-satellites "China and Russia are advancing directed-energy (laser) weapons technologies for the purpose of fielding ASAT systems 'that could blind or damage sensitive space-based optical sensors,' Coats said. 'Russia is developing an airborne laser weapon for use against US satellites.'" These Satellites Help Scientists Monitor Antarctica's Collapsing Ice Shelf https://www.seeker.com/earth/climate/these-satellites-help-scientists-monitor-antarcticas-collapsing-ice-shelf "The iceberg-to-be is hanging on by a thread, with just eight miles of solid ice standing in the way of a rift that's spent years carving through the ice. Scientists can track the growth of the crack with precision during the summer season by flying over it, but even during the dead of Antarctic night, they're still able to see it clearly thanks to eyes in the sky." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

The U.S. and Russia have announced plans to put a new structure in the orbit of the moon. What will it look like? What Could NASA Do With Double The Budget? - https://youtu.be/mhTXkcLfj_g Read More: Russia and US will cooperate to build moon's first space station https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/27/russia-and-us-will-cooperate-to-build-moon-first-space-station "Russia and the United States have agreed to cooperate on a Nasa-led programme to build the first lunar space station, part of a long-term project to send humans to Mars. The US space agency said earlier this year that it was exploring a programme called the Deep Space Gateway, a multi-stage project to push further into the solar system." Vice President Mike Pence Says NASA's Going Back to the Moon https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/vice-president-pence-pledges-renewed-lunar-focus-for-us-space-agency "The Trump administration is committed to sending astronauts to the moon as part of a broader push to prioritize human spaceflight and firm up US dominance in the final frontier, Vice President Mike Pence said." Elon Musk Plans to Send Crewed Missions to Mars in 2024 https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/elon-musk-plans-to-send-crewed-missions-to-mars-in-2024 "SpaceX aims to launch its first cargo mission to Mars in 2022 and send people toward the Red Planet just two years after that. Those are just two of the highlights of the company's current Mars-colonization plan, which SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled early Friday morning EDT (Sept. 29) at the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

If we don't clean up space debris, it could become impossible to leave Earth's atmosphere. Luckily, scientists have a plan. Well, lots of plans. NASA's Plan To Use A Giant Magnet To Make Mars Habitable - https://youtu.be/5XnpU9ZMFEg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Robotic Gecko-Like Pincers Could Help Clean Up Space Junk https://www.seeker.com/tech/gadgets/robotic-gecko-like-pincers-could-help-clean-up-space-junk "Robotic pincers inspired by geckos could help collect garbage in space, a new study finds. In experiments, the device was able to glom on to objects in the lab and even floating items within the International Space Station." Earth, Clean Up Your Trash! http://www.airspacemag.com/space/34_aug2017-cleaning-up-space-junk-180963932/ "Even if we stopped launching satellites today, it would continue, says Benjamin Bastida, an ESA space debris expert in Darmstadt, Germany. And if space users do nothing to clean up what's already there, he says, the 29,000 or so large bits of space junk orbiting Earth today 'would become more than 200,000 in 200 years.'" Japan Ready to Test Space Junk-Grabbing Tech https://www.seeker.com/space-junk-jaxa-debris-problem-international-space-station-2156194264.html "The proposed technology would include a spacecraft that would deploy a 700-meter-long (2,296 feet) electrodynamic tether (EDT) and guide it toward a piece of space junk. The tether would latch onto the orbiting hunk of trash, and the operating spacecraft would then drag the debris down into the incinerator of Earth's atmosphere (causing the operating spacecraft to burn up as well)." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

Researchers say our galaxy is located within an enormous cosmic void, and it's changing the way we understand the universe. What Is Beyond The Universe? - https://youtu.be/ghaZf1ODia0 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Are We Living in a Giant Cosmic Void? https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/home-sweet-void/529623/ "A team of researchers says the Milky Way resides in one of the observable universe's darkest regions, but some experts aren't so sure." As Much as Half of the Milky Way Likely Came From Distant Galaxies https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophysics/as-much-as-half-of-the-milky-way-likely-came-from-distant-galaxies "Astronomers looking at how intergalactic gas and dust moves across great distances found that up to half of the matter surrounding us comes from galaxies far, far away." Researchers Spot a 'Renegade' Supermassive Black Hole https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophysics/researchers-spot-a-renegade-supermassive-black-hole "When a pair of black holes collide, they typically merge, but sometimes one of them may be kicked in the opposite direction at great speed." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez Written by: Sophie Bakoledis

The light from KIC 8462852 faded again, and scientists have some new theories about what's behind astronomy's most mysterious star. We're Not Saying The Kepler Discovery Is Aliens, But... - https://youtu.be/8V-TxYyyLI4 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Get 15% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Read More: Astronomers Have a New Explanation For The 'Alien Megastructure' Star https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-have-a-new-explanation-for-the-alien-megastructure-star "Strange dips in the light from Tabby's Star have been puzzling scientists since 2015, with some hopefuls refusing to rule out the chance that some kind of "alien megastructure" could be blocking the way." Astronomers Identify the Origin of Peculiar Signals From Nearby Red Dwarf Star https://www.seeker.com/space/astronomy/astronomers-identify-the-origin-of-peculiar-signals-from-nearby-red-dwarf-star "Astronomers have finally solved the mystery of peculiar signals coming from a nearby star, a story that sparked intense public speculation this week that perhaps, finally, alien life had been found." Do Stars Vanish Into a Black Hole or Crash Against a Surface? A New Test Answers https://www.seeker.com/space/astronomy/do-stars-vanish-into-a-black-hole-or-crash-against-a-surface-a-new-test-answers "Einstein's theory of general relativity says that all black holes have an event horizon where nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull of these extremely dense objects. But some have cast doubt about the existence of these event horizons." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Julian Huguet for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00

Space is an incredibly dangerous place. Between the explosions during launches, reentries and transit, how many people have died in space? It's probably less than you think. How Quickly Did the Crew of Apollo 13 Know They'd Lost the Moon? - https://youtu.be/BuN0SXJ0Tj8 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: 'Gravity' and Reality: History's Worst Space Disasters https://www.space.com/23182-gravity-film-worst-space-disasters.html "The gripping depiction of a space disaster in 'Gravity' may be fictional, but the potential for death and destruction has long haunted the final frontier, said Allan J. McDonald, a NASA engineer who wrote about the Challenger disaster. " Apollo 11 Anniversary: Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit's 'Reboot' Effort Kicks Into Gear https://www.seeker.com/space/apollo-11-anniversary-neil-armstrong-spacesuits-reboot-effort-kicks-into-gear "In two short years, Neil Armstrong's spacesuit will once again stand up straight and inspire us toward new space frontiers. The multi-layered garment that protected the first man on the moon when he stepped onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 is being fixed up to be put back on display at the National Air and Space Museum." NASA Announces New Class of Astronaut Trainees https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/nasa-announces-new-class-of-astronaut-trainees "Anyone who has seen a dusty moonwalkers' suit in a museum can appreciate just how challenging an environment it was to walk on the moon. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, 12 people made the journey and worked on the lunar surface for as long as 27 hours, across three spacewalks." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

The Cold Spot in the cosmic microwave background radiation has led astronomers to speculate the possibility of parallel universes. What Is Beyond The Universe? - https://youtu.be/ghaZf1ODia0 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read more: Universe Older Than Thought, New Map Reveals https://www.seeker.com/universe-older-than-thought-new-map-reveals-1767334276.html "Astronomers first discovered the CMB by accident in 1964, and have been studying it ever since because of the precious clues about the universe's beginnings embedded in it." Our Universe Has 10-20 Times More Galaxies Than Thought https://www.seeker.com/galaxy-population-hubble-discovery-astronomy-universe-2044032670.html "A new headcount of galaxies in the observable universe turned up 10- to 20 times more galaxies than previous estimates, bringing the tally up to as many as 2 trillion, a new study shows." Multiverse: have astronomers found evidence of parallel universes? https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2017/may/17/multiverse-have-astronomers-found-evidence-of-parallel-universes "Each alternate universe carries its own different version of reality. There will be one where you wrote this column and I read it; one where the Guardian is an alt-right propaganda rag; even a really weird one in which Donald Trump uses twitter to spread nothing but amusing cat videos." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez

NASA recently announced its new class of astronauts and their skill set is pretty diverse. So, what exactly does it take to be a NASA astronaut? Yes, Apollo Flew Through the Van Allen Belts Going to the Moon - https://youtu.be/bLtgS2_qxJk NASA Is Going to the Sun! But How...and Why? - https://youtu.be/r4HEeaZIgZQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Get 15% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Read More: NASA Announces New Class of Astronaut Trainees https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/nasa-announces-new-class-of-astronaut-trainees "NASA introduced 12 new astronauts on Wednesday (June 7), who will train for missions into Earth orbit and to deep space. The seven men and five women comprise the 22nd class of American spaceflight trainees since 1959. The group is the largest NASA has selected in almost two decades." Here's What Emergency Medicine Will Look Like for Astronauts in Space https://www.seeker.com/space/heres-what-emergency-medicine-will-look-like-for-astronauts-in-space "If an emergency medical situation arises during a crewed trip to Mars, odds are that the astronauts helping out will have little medical training. Making things even more challenging, the astronauts will be far from home working only with the limited supplies on board - a task that would be difficult for even experienced doctors." NASA: Astronaut Selection https://astronauts.nasa.gov/default.htm "NASA selects astronauts from a diverse pool of applicants with a wide variety of backgrounds. From the thousands of applications received, only a few are chosen for the intensive Astronaut Candidate training program. Including the "Original Seven", only 338 astronauts have been selected to date." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Visit the Seeker website http://www.seeker.com/shows/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=seeker Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

In 2018, NASA will launch a solar probe that will travel closer to the sun than any spacecraft before. But why? What are they looking for? NASA Just Revealed There Could Be Life On Saturn's Moon, Enceladus - https://youtu.be/YIVh53TBonM Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: NASA's Mission to the Sun Gets a New Official Name https://www.seeker.com/space/astrophysics/nasa-gives-an-official-name-to-its-mission-to-the-sun "NASA's upcoming sun-studying mission, which will come much closer to Earth's star than any spacecraft in history, has been renamed the Parker Solar Probe, agency officials announced today (May 31). The new moniker honors pioneering University of Chicago astrophysicist Eugene Parker, who predicted the existence of the solar wind - the stream of charged particles flowing constantly from the sun - back in 1958." Solar Probe Plus: We're Going to Dive Into the Sun https://www.seeker.com/solar-probe-plus-were-going-to-dive-into-the-sun-1938428374.html "After 60 years of dreaming of a close-up solar mission, it's quickly approaching time for NASA to realize that goal. Last week, the agency announced that the Solar Probe Plus mission has moved into "advanced development" ahead of a launch in 2018." NASA: Parker Solar Probe http://solarprobe.jhuapl.edu/ "Why Parker Solar Probe? We live in the sun's atmosphere! This mission will provide insight on a critical link in the Sun-Earth connection. Data will be key to understanding and, perhaps, forecasting space weather." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Julian Huguet for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00

Where does the atmosphere end and space begin? The answer's not so simple. This Is Not What Space Looks Like - https://youtu.be/N5rZ9E72zbI Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Squarespace for supporting Seeker. Start your free trial today at https://www.squarespace.com, and use coupon code "seeker" to get 10% off your first purchase! Read More: Harvard Researchers Are Preparing to Geoengineer the Atmosphere https://www.seeker.com/earth/climate/harvard-researchers-are-preparing-to-geoengineer-the-atmosphere "A team of Harvard researchers is preparing a first-of-its-kind field experiment in the hotly-debated area of solar geoengineering, the controversial idea to combat climate change by pumping aerosols into the sky to reflect the sun's rays back into space." Here's How Human Activity Affects Space Weather Around Planet Earth https://www.seeker.com/space/heres-how-human-activity-affects-space-weather-around-planet-earth "While we know that human activity is affecting Earth's climate, can the influence of our actions also reach beyond our planet? The answer is yes, according to a new wide-ranging research paper that looks at the history of 'human-induced space weather.'" Spacewatch: Where Does Space Begin? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/jun/15/spacewatch-astronauts-planets-atmosphere "How high must we climb before we can claim to be 'in space'? To answer 'above the atmosphere' will not suffice, for although the Earth's atmosphere grows progressively thin with altitude, traces of it extend beyond 800km and slowly merge with the swarms of particles trapped within our planet's magnetic field or billowing outwards from the Sun in the solar wind." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI This episode of Seeker was written and hosted by Trace Dominguez.

SpaceX wants to launch nearly 12,000 satellites into orbit, nearly ten times the number of active satellites currently up there. But is there room? Discovering The Hidden Treasures of Mauritania's Deadly Sahara Desert - https://youtu.be/3NMKYRcaaYs How the Stage was Set for the Satellite Race - https://youtu.be/v4YG6IrIasQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Elon Musk's SpaceX Sends Secret US Spy Satellite Into Orbit, Then Lands Rocket https://www.seeker.com/space/elon-musks-spacex-sends-secret-us-spy-satellite-into-orbit-then-lands-rocket "It was the 34th mission for SpaceX, but its first flight for the Department of Defense, a customer long-pursued by company founder Elon Musk. The privately owned SpaceX once sued the Air Force over its exclusive launch services contract with United Launch Alliance (ULA), a partnership of Lockheed-Martin and Boeing. Monday's 7:15 a.m. EDT (1115 GMT) liftoff of a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) officially broke ULA's 10-year monopoly on launching U.S. military and national security satellites." The Plan to Recycle Space Junk for Missions to Mars https://www.seeker.com/space-junk-debris-recycle-mars-exploration-satellites-2085063955.html "One of our sadder legacies from nearly six decades of space exploration is a chain of orbital debris surrounding Earth. Some pieces are as small as flecks of paint, while others are the corpses of dead satellites long out of fuel. NASA estimates that more than a half-million fragments are out there, occasionally posing threats to the International Space Station (ISS) or satellites. Collisions have happened before and will very likely happen again." SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latency, gigabit speed https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/spacex-plans-worldwide-satellite-internet-with-low-latency-gigabit-speed/ "SpaceX has detailed ambitious plans to bring fast Internet access to the entire world with a new satellite system that offers greater speeds and lower latency than existing satellite networks. The private spacecraft company founded by CEO Elon Musk filed an application Tuesday for satellite space station authorizations with the US Federal Communications Commission. SpaceX recently said that its satellite service's commercial availability date has not yet been determined, but the application's technical description mentioned 2019 as a possible time for launching satellites into orbit." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

From so far away, stars look like peaceful dots of light, but starquakes prove otherwise. So what causes these violent celestial phenomena? Astronomers Made A Family Tree For The Stars In Our Galaxy - https://youtu.be/HZq1dLuhjMg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Gravitational Waves to Crack Neutron Star Mystery https://www.seeker.com/gravitational-waves-to-crack-neutron-star-mysteries-1957834190.html "We are now in an incredible new era of astronomy where the faint ripples in spacetime caused by distant black hole collisions are being detected and studied. These are the most energetic events in the cosmos and, by "listening in" to their gravitational wave signals, these black hole mergers have finally been directly observed. Although the first detections of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) have, so far, been exclusive to the collisions of black holes, astrophysicists have far loftier goals." The Biggest Starquake Ever http://www.space.com/1321-biggest-starquake.html "The biggest starquake ever recorded resulted in oscillations in the X-ray emission from the shaking neutron star. Astronomers hope these oscillations will crack the mystery of what neutron stars are made of. On December 27, 2004, several satellites and telescopes from around the world detected an explosion on the surface of SGR 1806-20, a neutron star 50,000 light years away. The resulting flash of energy -- which lasted only a tenth of a second -- released more energy than the Sun emits in 150,000 years." Magnetars are the most powerful magnets in the universe http://earthsky.org/space/magnetars-most-powerful-magnets-in-the-universe "When a massive star collapses under its own gravity during a supernova explosion it forms either a neutron star or black hole. Magnetars are an unusual and very exotic form of neutron star. Like all of these strange objects they are tiny and extraordinarily dense - a teaspoon of neutron star material would have a mass of about a billion tonnes - but they also have extremely powerful magnetic fields. Magnetar surfaces release vast quantities of gamma rays when they undergo a sudden adjustment known as a starquake as a result of the huge stresses in their crusts." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI This episode of Seeker was hosted by Trace Dominguez. Written By: Lauren Ellis

After years of trial and error, NASA figured out how to successfully grow salad in space. So what does this breakthrough mean? Are we one step closer to colonizing other planets? NASA's Plan To Use A Giant Magnet To Make Mars Habitable https://youtu.be/5XnpU9ZMFEg?list=UUzWQYUVCpZqtN93H8RR44Qw Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: New Plant Habitat Will Increase Harvest on International Space Station https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/meals_ready_to_eat "The large, enclosed chamber measures 18 inches square, with two inches for the root system and 16 inches available for growth height. It is designed to support commercial and fundamental plant research or other bioscience research aboard the space station for up to a 135-day science investigation, and for at least one year of continuous operation without maintenance." Colonizing Mars Will Rely on These Next-Gen Technologies https://www.seeker.com/space/exploration/colonizing-mars-will-rely-on-these-next-gen-technologies "A spacecraft would excavate the rocky material on an asteroid and then extract the water molecules that are chemically bound to the rock's clay minerals. Next, the craft would deliver the collected water to an orbiting depot, where the water would be split into its constituent hydrogen and oxygen, which can be used as rocket fuel. A space tug would then collect the fuel and rendezvous with a recently launched satellite, where the tug would inject the fuel and boost the satellite into its final orbit. " Here's How Extraterrestrial Farming Will Work on Mars https://www.seeker.com/making-mars-habitable-farming-astronauts-food-nasa-spacex-colonization-2098820191.html "The researchers suggest that before a human even sets foot on Mars, a robotic mission could land months in advance with the sole purpose of preparing the Martian regolith for agriculture. Farm bots could extract the regolith and perform perchlorate remediation tasks while introducing the necessary biology to set up the cycles necessary for plant life to thrive. The idea is to establish a viable Mars farm ahead of a human mission that's ready for the astronauts to take over as soon as they land." Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism, and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Written by Aneeta Akhurst and Paige Hansen

Satellites are just computer-controlled machines in space, and they can be hacked, but is that always a bad thing? When A Satellite Goes Missing, What Can We Do? - https://youtu.be/oczMnjeRBHA Edge Of Space: Seeker VR - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCve1w1GFOs Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated for a People's Choice Webby! That means, you can help us win. Please, take a minute and vote for us here (thanks!): https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/film-video/general-film/vr-cinematic-or-pre-rendered Read More: Could Hackers Hijack the Space Station? http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2108215,00.html "In detailed testimony delivered on Thursday to a House subcommittee on investigations and oversight, NASA Inspector General Paul Martin painted a disturbing picture of an agency under electronic siege, with hackers from China, Italy, the U.K., Nigeria, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Estonia and the U.S. itself attempting increasingly brazen attacks on operations both on the ground and in space." China key suspect in U.S. satellite hacks http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-satellite-idUSTRE79R4O320111028 "The commission said its account was based largely on a May 12 U.S. Air Force briefing for the 12-member commission, which was set up by Congress in 2000 to report on U.S.-China trade's national security implications. Its final 2011 report is due to be sent to lawmakers on November 16. The satellites cited in the report are used for climate and terrain monitoring by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey. A Landsat-7 earth observation satellite, built by NASA for the USGS, experienced 12 or more minutes of interference in October 2007 and July 2008, the report said." Bid to 'reboot' aging NASA satellite is scuttled as fuel system fails http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-satellite-reboot-20140709-story.html "Unable to budge the probe from its current orbit around the sun, project engineers say they have switched the spacecraft to 'science mode' and will collect data from it for as long as they can -- perhaps a couple of months. After ISEE-3 makes a near Earth flyby on Aug. 10, the spacecraft will continue to orbit the sun and will pass by the Earth again in roughly 17 years." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

Going to space on vacation might be a reality sooner than you think. But the question is, can you afford it? This Is Not What Space Looks Like - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5rZ9E72zbI Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated for a People's Choice Webby! That means, you can help us win. Please, take a minute and vote for us here (thanks!): https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/film-video/general-film/vr-cinematic-or-pre-rendered Read More: Will We Ever Be Able to Vacation In Space? https://www.seeker.com/will-we-ever-be-able-to-vacation-in-space-1920476599.html “How long will it be before vacation packages include a quick trip to the orbital spa? Maybe not so long, as Laura Ling explains in today’s Seeker Daily report. The concept of genuine space tourism is no longer science fiction -- in fact, several space tourists have already been up in orbit. But it’s an expensive proposition. The private space flight company Space Adventures, in collaboration with the Russian Space Agency, has flown seven tourists to the International Space Station since 2001. Tourists were taken along on regularly scheduled missions via the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Each trip cost the customer between $20 million and $40 million and lasted around 10 days.” Jeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s crew capsule that could soon take tourists to space http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-blue-origin-20170406-story.html “In a year or more — Bezos said the timing hasn’t yet been decided — his space company Blue Origin plans to begin flying tourists past the edge of space, 62 miles high, where for about four minutes they’ll experience the thrill of weightlessness and view the curvature of Earth. ‘Everybody says that when you go to space, it changes you,’ said Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com and the owner of the Washington Post. ‘All the astronauts come back with stories like that. It’s very emotional to see this Earth, to see the thin layer of the atmosphere.’” Elon Musk Hails SpaceX Launch of Recycled Rocket as a Revolution in Spaceflight https://www.seeker.com/space/elon-musk-hails-spacex-launch-of-recycled-rocket-as-revolution-in-spaceflight “SpaceX chief Elon Musk hailed a ‘revolution in spaceflight’ on Thursday after blasting off a recycled rocket for the first time, a feat that could dramatically lower the cost of space travel. Experts cheered the launch and landing of the previously used booster as a ‘historic’ moment for spaceflight, particularly private industry, as companies like SpaceX and its competitors scramble to make space exploration cheaper and more efficient.” ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Written by: Andra Cernavskis

Amazing images of the far reaches of the universe are everywhere, but are they accurate? What does space really look like? Yes, Apollo Flew Through the Van Allen Belts Going to the Moon - https://youtu.be/bLtgS2_qxJk Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated for a People's Choice Webby! That means, you can help us win. Please, take a minute and vote for us here (thanks!): https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/film-video/general-film/vr-cinematic-or-pre-rendered Read More: 'Habitable' Exoplanets Might Not Be Very Earth-Like After All https://www.seeker.com/habitable-exoplanets-might-not-be-very-earth-like-after-all-2292844800.html "One of the most exciting moments in exoplanet science came in late February, when NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope announced the discovery of seven rocky planets orbiting in or near the habitable zone of their parent star, TRAPPIST-1, which lies 40 light years away from Earth. 'The discovery sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system,' NASA said in a statement." The Electromagnetic Spectrum https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/emspectrum1.html "The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all types of EM radiation. Radiation is energy that travels and spreads out as it goes - the visible light that comes from a lamp in your house and the radio waves that come from a radio station are two types of electromagnetic radiation. The other types of EM radiation that make up the electromagnetic spectrum are microwaves, infrared light, ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma-rays." Truth Behind the Photos: What the Hubble Space Telescope Really Sees http://www.space.com/8059-truth-photos-hubble-space-telescope-sees.html "When Hubble beams down images, astronomers have to make many adjustments, such as adding color and patching multiple photos together, to that raw data before the space observatory's images are released to the public. Hubble doesn't use color film (or any film at all) to create its images. Instead, it operates much like a digital camera, using what's called a CCD (charge-coupled device) to record incoming photons of light." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

Since NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected gaseous hydrogen spouting from Saturn's Enceladus, scientists have hypothesized that the moon may have hydrothermal vents capable of supporting life. Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life - https://youtu.be/c9m78HV7Dn0 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI We got nominated for a People's Choice Webby! That means, you can help us win. Please, take a minute and vote for us here (thanks!): https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2017/film-video/general-film/vr-cinematic-or-pre-rendered Read More: NASA: Saturn's Ice Moon Enceladus Might Be Capable of Supporting Life https://www.seeker.com/space/nasa-saturns-ice-moon-enceladus-might-be-capable-of-supporting-life "Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is looking more and more like a habitable world. The same sorts of chemical reactions that sustain life near deep-sea hydrothermal vents here on Earth could potentially be occurring within Enceladus' subsurface ocean, a new study published today (April 13) in the journal Science suggests. These reactions depend on the presence of molecular hydrogen (H2), which, the new study reports, is likely being produced continuously by reactions between hot water and rock deep down in Enceladus' sea." NASA Missions Provide New Insights into "Ocean Worlds" in Our Solar System https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/3024/nasa-missions-provide-new-insights-into-ocean-worlds-in-our-solar-system/ "Two veteran NASA missions are providing new details about icy, ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and Saturn, further heightening the scientific interest of these and other 'ocean worlds' in our solar system and beyond. The findings are presented in papers published Thursday by researchers with NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn and Hubble Space Telescope. In the papers, Cassini scientists announce that a form of chemical energy that life can feed on appears to exist on Saturn's moon Enceladus, and Hubble researchers report additional evidence of plumes erupting from Jupiter's moon Europa." NASA Finds Evidence of Hydrothermal Vents on Saturn's Moon Enceladus http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/solar-system/news/a26044/cassini-evidence-hydrothermal-vents-enceladus/ "When NASA researchers first realized in 2005 that Saturn's moon Enceladus has liquid water under its surface, they were stunned. 'Tremendously exciting,' Cassini project scientist Linda Spilker told Popular Mechanics. 'I sort of call it jaw-dropping because we were so certain that Enceladus was too small to support activity like this. We expected it to be frozen solid.' Since then, the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has sent back amazing visuals and data about this small watery moon, now considered one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Julian Huguet for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Julian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jhug00

There is no sound on space, but there is on other planets. Find out what it may sound like to visit Venus. A collaboration video with the 20k Hertz Podcast. Music provided by Musicbed. Subscribe to 20k Hertz - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/twenty-thousand-hertz/id1171270672?mt=2 Listen to full Space Episode of 20k Hertz - https://www.20k.org/episodes/space Check out the 20k Hertz playlist - music.20k.org https://twitter.com/20korg https://www.facebook.com/20korg NASA's Plan To Use A Giant Magnet To Make Mars Habitable - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XnpU9ZMFEg&t=47s Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html Eavesdropping on Mars http://www.space.com/32696-microphone-on-nasa-mars-rover-2020.html Can you hear sound in space? http://www.seeker.com/can-you-hear-sound-in-space-1792477075.html What would your voice sound like on Venus? http://io9.gizmodo.com/5898514/what-would-your-voice-sound-like-on-venus

NASA might have a plan to make Mars habitable, and it would involve a giant space magnet. We Found New Planets. No, You Can't Live There - https://youtu.be/9IEteg3ms3g Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Mars' atmosphere stripped by solar winds, NASA says https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/science/space/mars-atmosphere-stripped-away-by-solar-storms-nasa-says.html?_r=0&mtrref=undefined&gwh=960DFDF31E5F9677BB724A1705737078&gwt=pay&assetType=nyt_now Maven Mission reveals speed of solar wind stripping martian atmosphere http://news.agu.org/press-release/maven-mission-reveals-speed-of-solar-wind-stripping-martian-atmosphere/ NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today. It's Official: NASA Announces Mars' Atmosphere Was Stripped Away by Solar Winds http://www.sciencealert.com/live-updates-nasa-is-announcing-what-happened-to-mars-atmosphere-right-now We finally have an understanding of how Mars transformed from a once habitable, Earth-like planet into the dry world we see today. NASA researchers have just announced that Mars' once rich atmosphere was stripped away by solar winds in the early days of the Solar System, causing the planet to dry out. A future Mars environment for science and exploration http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/V2050/pdf/8250.pdf This may sound "fanciful" but new research is starting to emerge revealing that a miniature magnetosphere can be used to protect humans and spacecraft. Writer: Alex Parkin ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

Space is big and easy to get lost in. When we lose contact with spacecraft, scientists have some complicated methods to find them again. The Bizarre Story Of The Very First Vaccine - https://youtu.be/fF5-aJ-o0Os Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Get 15% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code SEEKER at checkout! Read More: NASA just found a spacecraft that's been lost for two years https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/08/23/nasa-just-found-a-spacecraft-thats-been-lost-for-two-years/?utm_term=.c97ac4b58116 "NASA is reporting that one of the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatories, known as the STEREO-B spacecraft, has made contact after two years of silence. Along with its sister STEREO-A, the prodigal probe is tasked with observing the sun." Russian Cargo Spacecraft May Be Lost in Space https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russian-cargo-spacecraft-may-be-lost-in-space/ "Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, launched a new cargo ship to the International Space Station today (Dec. 1), but the fate of the robotic supply ship is unclear after issues cropped up during its trip into space." Zond 3: First to See Moon's Far Side on the Way to Mars http://www.seeker.com/zond-3-first-to-see-moons-far-side-on-the-way-to-mars-1767663545.html "The last communications from Zond 3 came on Sept. 16, 1966 when the spacecraft was just over 95 million miles away from the Earth. The mission never made it to Mars - as it missed a critical launch window - but Zond 3 was an important spacecraft test with the mission highlight of imaging the lunar far side." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

Large chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative? Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies - https://youtu.be/76hv6KOB-AI Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Rockoon http://www.astronautix.com/r/rockoon.html "The Rockoon (balloon-launched rocket) consisted of a small high-performance sounding rocket launched from a balloon above most of the atmosphere. The Rockoon low-cost technique was conceived during an Aerobee firing cruse of the Norton Sound in March 1949. Rockoons were first launched from icebreaker Eastwind off Greenland by an ONR group under James A. Van Allen." Bloostar - How We Do It http://www.zero2infinity.space/bloostar/how-we-do-it/ "The balloon lifts the rocket through the densest parts of the atmosphere. Instead of fighting gravity, we use it to our advantage. The rocket only ignites in almost-vacuum conditions, where there is virtually no drag and rockets work at full efficiency. We can also accommodate a larger payload than usual. This is the environmentally friendly way to put satellites into precise orbits!" Development of the First Sounding Rockets https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4401/ch4.htm "Rockoons have been mentioned several times in the preceding pages, particularly in connection with the Deacon rocket. The Deacons were used on most rockoons, but a rockoon is actually the combination of any balloon with any rocket. The rockoon concept seems to have been originated by Lt. M. L. (Lee) Lewis during a conversation with S. F. Singer and George Halvorson during the Aerobee firing cruise of the U.S.S. Norton Sound in March 1949. The basic idea is to lift a small sounding rocket high above the dense atmosphere with a large balloon in the Skyhook class." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Amy Shira Teitel for hosting and writing this episode of Seeker! Check Amy out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astVintageSpace

Everyone is freaking out about the discovery of 7 new potentially-habitable exoplanets, but is Trappist-1 really as good as it sounds? Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again, Along With 102 Other Celestial Bodies - https://youtu.be/76hv6KOB-AI Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: 'Habitable' Exoplanets Might Not Be Very Earth-Like After All http://www.seeker.com/habitable-exoplanets-might-not-be-very-earth-like-after-all-2292844800.html "One of the most exciting moments in exoplanet science came in late February, when NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope announced the discovery of seven rocky planets orbiting in or near the habitable zone of their parent star, TRAPPIST-1, which lies 40 light years away from Earth. Comparing the habitability of our own planet to the conditions on newly-discovered exoplanets, however, could be misleading, according to the authors of a commentary in the journal Nature Astronomy." Astronomers Aren't Sure if TRAPPIST-1's Planets Are Habitable After All http://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-question-if-trappist-1-s-planets-are-habitable-afterall "In what is becoming a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions, it seems that at least a couple - if not all -- of the seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 solar system could have already been stripped of their atmosphere by the star's radiation, making it unlikely that liquid water could flow on their surfaces after all." NASA Telescope Reveals Largest Batch of Earth-Size, Habitable-Zone Planets Around Single Star https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around/ "NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are firmly located in the habitable zone, the area around the parent star where a rocky planet is most likely to have liquid water. The discovery sets a new record for greatest number of habitable-zone planets found around a single star outside our solar system." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

By studying the chemical makeup of stars, researchers have made a "family tree" for our sun and other stellar bodies. Why Are Most Galaxies Spiral-Shaped? - https://youtu.be/aIUu5uMKB70 Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Mapping the family tree of stars https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/mapping-the-family-tree-of-stars "By studying chemical signatures found in the stars, they are piecing together these evolutionary trees looking at how the stars formed and how they are connected to each other. The signatures act as a proxy for DNA sequences." Family tree of stars helps reconstruct Milky Way's formation https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121747-family-tree-of-stars-helps-reconstruct-milky-ways-formation/ "The red dwarf doesn't fall far from the tree. Astronomers are borrowing a technique from biology to build a family tree of the origins of stars. A star's chemical make-up can tell you a lot about where it came from. The universe's first stars were mostly made of hydrogen and helium, and they fused those elements together into heavier ones. When massive stars explode as supernovae, they disperse the heavier elements they've built into space, where they become the building blocks of the next generation of stars. Stars born after many generations have heavier elements in greater abundance than do older ones." Cosmic phylogeny: reconstructing the chemical history of the solar neighbourhood with an evolutionary tree https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article-abstract/467/1/1140/2966869/Cosmic-phylogeny-reconstructing-the-chemical?redirectedFrom=fulltext "Using 17 chemical elements as a proxy for stellar DNA, we present a full phylogenetic study of stars in the solar neighbourhood. This entails applying a clustering technique that is widely used in molecular biology to construct an evolutionary tree from which three branches emerge." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch More Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Written By: Julian Huguet

This proposed new definition of "planets" would bring back Pluto, but would also reclassify over a hundred other celestial bodies -- including our moon! Do You Know What Color Pluto Really Is? - https://youtu.be/8beVI8wdkZg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Behind the Push to Get Pluto Its Planetary Groove Back http://www.seeker.com/behind-the-push-to-get-pluto-its-planetary-groove-back-2290287200.html "Pluto's loss of planetary status in 2006 remains controversial. Now a new definition is being proposed that would restore Pluto while increasing the number of "planets" in our solar system to over 110." NASA Scientists Have Proposed a New Definition of Planets, and Pluto Could Soon Be Back http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-scientists-have-proposed-a-new-definition-for-planets-and-it-could-change-everything "The key change the team is hoping to get approved is that cosmic bodies in our Solar System no longer need to be orbiting the Sun to be considered planets - they say we should be looking at their intrinsic physical properties, not their interactions with stars." Should Pluto Be a Planet After All? Experts Weigh In http://www.space.com/9553-pluto-planet-experts-weigh.html "Pluto was demoted to a newly created category, "dwarf planet," in 2006, partly because of the discovery a year earlier of Eris, another icy body from Pluto's neighborhood. Eris was thought to be bigger than Pluto until Nov. 6, when astronomers got a chance to recalculate Eris' size." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch more Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

NASA engineers have finally developed new technology to land on Venus' extremely hazardous environment! How did they do it? Thanks to our sponsor for supporting DNews! Check out Graze at https://www.graze.com/us/ and use coupon code DNEWS for a free snack box. There Could Have Been Life On Venus! - https://youtu.be/DNILir-SvfM Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Prolonged silicon carbide integrated circuit operation in Venus surface atmospheric conditions http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4973429 "The prolonged operation of semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) needed for long-duration exploration of the surface of Venus has proven insurmountably challenging to date due to the ? 460 °C, ? 9.4 MPa caustic environment. Past and planned Venus landers have been limited to a few hours of surface operation, even when IC electronics needed for basic lander operation are protected with heavily cumbersome pressure vessels and cooling measures." NASA Glenn Demonstrates Electronics for Longer Venus Surface Missions https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-glenn-demonstrates-electronics-for-longer-venus-surface-missions "A team of scientists at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland recently completed a technology demonstration that could enable new scientific missions to the surface of Venus. The team demonstrated the first prolonged operation of electronics in the harsh conditions found on Venus." Venera programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/space_missions/venera "The Soviet Union sent a series of 16 unmanned Venera probes to study Venus, starting in 1961. Venera 4, 5 and 6 surveyed the atmosphere, but were destroyed by the planet's extreme pressures and temperatures before they reached the surface." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Ian O'Neill for hosting and writing this episode of DNews! Check Ian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astroengine

This discovery means the nearby planet has the building blocks for life, and they most likely, came from within the planet itself. Everything You Need To Know About Galactic Ice Volcanoes! - https://youtu.be/12xdJSozihE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Organic Material Discovery Suggests Life Could Exist on Dwarf Planet Ceres http://www.seeker.com/organics-found-on-dwarf-planet-ceres-2266073354.html NASA's Dawn mission has detected tar-like organic compounds on the dwarf planet's surface, bolstering prospects for life on the largest body in the asteroid belt. Scientists study geology of Ceres to understand origin of organics https://phys.org/news/2017-02-scientists-geology-ceres.html "NASA's Dawn spacecraft recently detected organic-rich areas on Ceres. Scientists evaluated the geology of the regions to conclude that the organics are most likely native to the dwarf planet. Data from the spacecraft suggest that the interior of Ceres is the source of these organic materials, as opposed to arriving via impacting asteroids or comets, according to a paper published in the Feb. 17, 2017, issue of Science." Ceres hosts organic compounds, and they formed on the asteroid, not beyond https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/aaft-cho021317.php "Aliphatic organic compounds - carbon-based building blocks that may have a role in the chemistry that creates life - have been detected for the first time on Ceres, an asteroid and dwarf planet, a new study reveals." Astronomers discover complex organic matter exists throughout the universe https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026143721.htm "Researchers from Hong Kong report that organic compounds of unexpected complexity exist throughout the Universe. They indicate that an organic substance commonly found throughout the Universe contains a mixture of aromatic and aliphatic components." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Jules Suzdaltsev for hosting DNews! Check Jules out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jules_su Written by: Andrea Bloom

The extreme isolation of space travel has been known to make astronauts exhibit erratic psychological behavior. What does it take to stay sane in space? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! Does Space Travel Make You Stupid? - https://youtu.be/z0YVhEfkbIg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Mars 500: Study Overview http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Mars500/Mars500_study_overview "Making sure that our astronauts are prepared mentally and physically for the demands of long exploration missions is imperative a mission's success. In light of this, ESA undertook a cooperative project with the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, called Mars500." Personality Characteristics and Trait Clusters in Final Stage Astronaut Selection https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8617468_Personality_Characteristics_and_Trait_Clusters_in_Final_Stage_Astronaut_Selection "Questions addressed include whether personality predicted final selection into the astronaut corps, whether women and men demonstrated typical gender differences in personality, and whether three characteristic clusters found in other high performance populations replicated in this group." How Long Does It Take to Get to Mars? http://www.space.com/24701-how-long-does-it-take-to-get-to-mars.html "Mars is the fourth planet from the sun, and the second closest to Earth (Venus is the closest). But the distance between the two planets is constantly changing as they travel around the sun." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Jules Suzdaltsev for hosting and writing this episode of DNews! Check Jules out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jules_su

Cryovolcanoes are a lot like volcanoes here on Earth, except they erupt with ice and – so far – only found on frozen worlds. Why This Mysterious Dwarf Planet Is Baffling Scientists - https://youtu.be/XdZ9uvRmDHM Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: The Curious Case of Ceres' Vanishing Ice Volcanoes http://www.seeker.com/dwarf-planet-ceres-mountain-nasa-dawn-water-ice-planets-2234110966.html "NASA's Dawn spacecraft is currently orbiting Ceres, the solar system's innermost dwarf planet. Many weird and wonderful things have been discovered, but some of these findings have created new and perplexing mysteries. One such mystery is centered around Ceres' ice volcanoes - or lack thereof. Ice volcanoes, or cryovolcanoes, are features that are thought to be common on the surfaces of cold bodies in the outer solar system, creating ice analogs of the volcanoes we have on Earth." Lonely Ice Volcano On Ceres May Have Once Had Company http://www.space.com/35571-ceres-ice-volcano-ahuna-mons.html "Ahuna Mons could simply be a one-of-a-kind feature. But new research by Sori and his colleagues suggests another possible answer: Ahuna Mons may have once had company, older cryovolcanoes that flattened out and disappeared over the eons via a process called 'viscous relaxation.' Viscous relaxation means that many solids on a planetary surface will flow, given enough time. Earth's mountains don't relax in an appreciable way, because they're made of rock. But Ahuna Mons has a lot of water ice mixed in and is therefore a relaxation candidate, Sori said." Where is the Ice on Ceres? New NASA Dawn Findings https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/where-is-the-ice-on-ceres-new-nasa-dawn-findings "At first glance, Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, may not look icy. Images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed a dark, heavily cratered world whose brightest area is made of highly reflective salts -- not ice. But newly published studies from Dawn scientists show two distinct lines of evidence for ice at or near the surface of the dwarf planet." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Ian O'Neill for hosting and writing this episode of DNews! Check Ian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astroengine

We went to the moon and collected its rocks way back in the 1960s, so why are companies spending millions to be the first ones back there? Could We Create A Livable Atmosphere On The Moon? - https://youtu.be/ksvlHp--TgA Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Meet The 5 Teams That Are Launching To The Moon This Year http://lunar.xprize.org/news/blog/meet-5-teams-are-launching-moon-year "These teams are employing a variety of technology to land first and claim the fame, and they hail from Japan, India, the United States, and Israel, with launches set to happen from places as far-flung as California, USA; Sriharikota, India; and Mahia, New Zealand. Here's a look at all five teams, and their technology that's set to make big space history." An audacious plan to mine the surface of the moon https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/03/19/an-audacious-plan-to-mine-the-surface-of-the-moon/?utm_term=.2c73c3211238 "Soft-landing on the moon is a feat that has only been accomplished before by three superpowers - the United States, Russia and China. The notion that a team of approximately 40 employees at a Silicon Valley start-up that was founded only in August 2010 could pull off the same feat is audacious in and of itself." Helium-3 Mining on the Lunar Surface http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Energy/Helium-3_mining_on_the_lunar_surface "The idea of harvesting a clean and efficient form of energy from the Moon has stimulated science fiction and fact in recent decades. Unlike Earth, which is protected by its magnetic field, the Moon has been bombarded with large quantities of Helium-3 by the solar wind. It is thought that this isotope could provide safer nuclear energy in a fusion reactor, since it is not radioactive and would not produce dangerous waste products." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Emily Calandrelli for hosting and writing this episode of DNews! Check Emily out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceGal

Various companies are working to settle on other planets. How long would it take and what issues would we face along the way? Earth-Like Planet Discovered! What You Need To Know - https://youtu.be/NIz42cy0vLQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Estimation of a genetically viable population for multigenerational interstellar voyaging http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576513004669 "Designing interstellar starships for human migration to exoplanets requires establishing the starship population, which factors into many variables including closed-ecosystem design, architecture, mass and propulsion." How We Could Visit the Possibly Earth-Like Planet Proxima b http://www.space.com/33844-proxima-b-exoplanet-interstellar-mission.html "A potentially Earth-like planet has been discovered orbiting a star located right next door to the sun. Should humanity try to send a probe there as soon as possible?" Inbreeding shaped the course of human evolution https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029453-500-inbreeding-shaped-the-course-of-human-evolution/ "Talk about an inauspicious beginning. For thousands of years our ancestors lived in small, isolated populations, leaving them severely inbred, according to a new genetic analysis. The inbreeding may have caused a host of health problems, and it is likely that small populations were a barrier to the development of complex technologies." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Emily Calandrelli for hosting and writing this episode of DNews! Check Emily out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceGal