Telling stories that survive ten thousand years
Stargazing and ancient cosmic trackers
Reaching into the deep cosmos
Preserving knowledge for the end of the world
The digital duet of human and machine
007skaty Supermassive Black Hole Photography
We turned the whole planet into one telescope, to photograph the glowing ring of a cosmic giant.
007skaty Decode the Apollo flight software to discover how Margaret Hamilton's code landed on the moon.
007skaty ISRO's $74 million Mangalyaan probe saved fuel by orbiting Earth multiple times to slingshot toward the Red Planet.
Which space agency successfully sent the Mangalyaan probe to Mars on its very first attempt in 2014?
What clever maneuver did Indian engineers use to save fuel and launch the Mangalyaan probe toward Mars?
007skaty A gold-plated copper record onboard carries messages from Earth to the stars.
What is the name of the golden phonograph record carried by Voyager 1 to introduce Earth to potential alien life?
In what year did the Voyager 1 spacecraft officially cross the boundary into interstellar space?
Black hole camera: To photograph the black hole in 2019, scientists had to physically fly hard drives containing petabytes of data because the internet was too slow.
What vital software feature did Margaret Hamilton design to prevent the Apollo 11 computer from crashing during landing?
In what year did Margaret Hamilton's software successfully guide the Apollo 11 mission to the lunar surface?
A traveler who undertakes a long journey, especially by ship or spacecraft. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012.
In which galaxy did the Event Horizon Telescope capture the first-ever direct image of a supermassive black hole?
How did scientists create a telescope powerful enough to photograph a black hole in 2019?