NASA

  • Star Signs, Or A Waste Of Time?

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    July 19, 2020 15:37
    On the 14th July, NASA published findings that there was a 13th star sign – Ophiuchus. Anyone who has even a vague interest in astrology will know that there has always been 12 star signs. Most people are also aware of which one they belong to, and will occasionally...

  • Forgotten Feminists – Hidden Figures

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    May 16, 2020 13:43
    Isabelle discusses the real women behind the film ‘Hidden Figures’, a must-watch during lockdown for some uplifting and exceptional feminism surrounding the NASA space race.   Isabelle Raikes  Featured image courtesy of Phoebe Raine and Impact Podcasts via Canva.  Music courtesy of audionautix.com   Did you know we’re now on iTunes? Check out...

  • Is going to Mars actually worth it?

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    November 23, 2018 13:57
    In recent years there has been a huge focus on space exploration and eventual habitation, but should we focus on leaving our planet, or commit ourselves to saving it? It may sound futuristic, but colonising Mars is an idea that has been around for decades. Elon Musk isn’t the...

  • The Discovery of Gravitational Waves

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    February 18, 2016 10:00
    Friday the 11th of February marked the dawn of a new era in observational astrophysics as the collision of two black holes, about a billion light years away, created a violent storm in the fabric of space-time that was visually spectacular. The resulting gravitational waves were detected by the...

  • Water Discovered on Mars

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    October 1, 2015 11:30
    The search for life beyond Earth may have come a little closer after pictures of the Red Planet revealed evidence of water stains flowing down vast cliff edges during warmer periods of the year. “This discovery has changed our perception of Mars as a dry, desolate planet forever” The...

  • The Month in Science – July

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    July 31, 2015 17:57
    Each month Impact will review the latest news and discoveries from the world of science. The Leap Second – 1st July July kicked off with a slight glitch as Twitter and Android ‘got confused’ when the clock read 23:59:60, adding an extra second to atomic time. Although we should...

  • NASA Discovers Earth’s Big Brother

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    July 28, 2015 14:10
    NASA’s Kepler telescope has found a habitable planet within the Milky Way with striking similarities to our own home world – so much so that it has already been coined as Earth 2.0. Christened with the snappy name Kepler-425b, the newly discovered planet was described by Dr Suzanne Aigrain,...