009 WTFuture Milky Way Edition

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Buckle up for a wild ride across the cosmos as we dive into the latest space shenanigans.. NASA is gearing up to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will peer deep into our galaxy’s chaotic bulge to hunt down exoplanets and isolated black holes. We take a peek into the Galactic Bulge, the center of our galaxy. We also take a virtual tour of L98-59D, a molten “hell world” covered in lava oceans that reeks of rotten eggs. We then take you on a stunning tour of world class images of our Milky Way galaxy—including a stubborn seal photo-bombing the Milky Way for an award-winning shot—and then over to the RAMSES mission, where space agencies are teaming up to intercept the Apophis asteroid when it buzzes uncomfortably close to Earth on Friday the 13th in 2029. Next we delve into the world of inventor/philosopher Arthur Young, creator of the first Bell helicopter and pioneer in exploring the nature of human consciousness. Could his thinking behind the invention of the helicopter be key in understanding the process of human awareness? “PsyCopter thinking?” Hmm… We then play with the lines between comic books and reality, exploring how vaporized copper wire from the very first atomic bomb test created a super-rare crystal called red trinitite; strangely reminiscent of Superman’s red kryptonite; but in reality, its molecular “cages” might actually help us build better lithium-ion batteries and quantum computers. Then Bobby, reminds us of the existential threat of rogue AI hackers obliterating the traditional SWIFT banking system, which could, strangely enough, lead humanity into a futuristic, abundant digital economy. To top it all off, they track NASA’s Psyche mission heading toward an asteroid made of solid gold and platinum, and wrap up with an urgent update from scientist Stefan Burns about massive solar flares and incoming earthquakes.The future this week is delightfully chaotic. Enjoy..

Future News - Sonic Tractor Beam, Ultimate Battery Research, Largest Image of Milky Way, Patch BioSensor, China's Supercollider City, Virtual Reality for Mice

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We really like the Sonic Tractor Beam, though I don’t think it’ll work in outer space, being based on sound waves traveling through air..Still, pretty amazing!  Equally amazing is the link to the largest image of the Milky Way ever, a 46 billion pixel image, compliments of Astronomers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Just keep on zooming in and around the Galaxy, get to know your back yard a bit. After all this is our local galaxy, with over a 100 Billion others out there!  That’s more galaxies than the number of humans that have ever walked the face of Earth, since the dawn of time.. Enjoy!

Milky Way Navigator - Cruise the Galaxy at hyperlight speeds