by Warp Institute | Dec 27, 2021 | 🛰 Space
On December 14, NASA announced that the Parker Solar Probe had flown through the sun's upper atmosphere, thus becoming the first ever to do so. As the sun lacks a solid surface, this has been referred to as "touching" the sun.The event happened on April...
by Warp Institute | Dec 26, 2021 | ♻️ Green Tech, 🛰 Space
To achieve the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree target, the countries of the world must reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. One of the many challenges here is knowing exactly how big a country's emissions are.Today, countries use activity data such as energy...
by Warp Institute | Dec 25, 2021 | 🛰 Space
On November 19, the European Space Agency Council released a resolution about "accelerating the Use of Space in Europe". Agreed upon by representatives from several European countries during a conference, it's referred to as the Matosinhos Manifesto,...
by Warp Institute | Dec 17, 2021 | 🛰 Space
After serving valiantly for 30 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is going to formally pass the torch as NASA's premier space telescope to its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. On December 7th, it arrived in Guiana, France, where it's currently...
by Warp Institute | Dec 15, 2021 | 💡 Innovation, 🛰 Space
In A Trip to the Moon (George Melies, 1902), a genre-defining science-fiction movie, people travel to the moon in a capsule launched from a canon. Of course, the method is unrealistic for various reasons, and the comedic nature of the depiction reflects that.Since...
