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In fortytwo’s nutshell – July Edition

Published by Ella Steiner

Image Credit: NASA/ESA EN Summer is here and while some of us might travel to the nearest beach to relax, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos are exploring a whole new tourist destination: the edge of space. But that’s not all that happened in July: an iconic telescope came back to life and new data from Marsquakes revealed secrets of the red planet’s insides. Space Tourism MIT technology Review critically reports on Richard Branson’s flight to the edge of space on July 11th on board of a spaceplane made by his company Virgin Galactic. Pointing out the criticism the “two billionaires racing to space amid a pandemic” received, the article also highlights the event’s potential to make space travel more accessible. Jeff Bezos left Earth just a few days later on July 20th. He was accompanied by his brother Mark Bezoz and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen on the inaugural flight of his company Blue Origin. The Washington Post published a dedicated article on the 4th passenger, 82-year-old Wally Funk. Aviation pioneer and member of the Mercury …

Loop Quantum Gravity: Is Spacetime Made Up of Small Tetrahedra?

Published by Eliana Berger

Physicists Richard East and Pierre Martin-Dussaud explain why life could be a succession of fixed pictures – instead of the continuous revolution we usually believe it to be.

Astronomy, a Joint Effort: The Arabic Contribution to Celestial Science

Published by Eliana Berger

Arabic scholars of the Middle Ages contributed to the shaping of many sciences – and made an important contribution to our present-day astronomy.

Douglas Adams und die Zahl 42

Published by Eliana Berger

Vor 20 Jahren starb der Schriftsteller Douglas Adams. Wir würdigen dem Briten, der der 42 einst ihre popkulturelle Bedeutung gab.

„Solar-Geoengineering ist keine Lösung für den Klimawandel“

Published by 42magazine

Solar-Geoengineering zielt darauf ab, die Atmosphäre unseres Planeten zu verändern, um das Sonnenlicht besser zu reflektieren. Anstatt den Treibhauseffekt selbst abzuschwächen, soll die Menge des Sonnenlichts verringert werden, das überhaupt in die Treibhauserde eindringt. Gernot Wagner, Geschäftsführer des Harvard-Forschungsprogramms Solar-Geoengineering, erläutert die Grundlagen, den Forschungsstand sowie die Chancen und Gefahren dieser Idee.

“Solar Geoengineering is not a solution for climate change”

Published by 42magazine

Solar Geoengineering seeks nothing less than to modify the atmosphere of our planet in order to make it more reflective to sunlight. Gernot Wagner, the executive director of Harvard’s Solar Geoengineering Research Program, explains the basic principles, the state of research as well as the opportunities and dangers of this idea.

In fortytwo’s nutshell – June Edition

Published by Eliana Berger

What do reindeer and reusable rockets have in common? Can foil in space solve the climate crisis? And are Mars rovers actually happy when they meet each other at work? The telescope of the June press review wanders from the Arctic Circle to questions of solar radiation on to the Red Planet.

Blockchain: „Ich glaube, dass es jetzt erst richtig losgeht“

Published by 42magazine

Der Bitcoin-Boom hat einen digitalen Goldrausch ausgelöst und damit auch die Blockchain-Technologie in den Fokus gerückt. Aber was ist die Blockchain eigentlich? Prof. Gilbert Fridgen erklärt in diesem Interview die Idee der Blockchain. Denn neben dem Investitions- und Finanzpotential bietet die Blockchain bislang ungedachte Chancen für eine moderne Gesellschaft.

Blockchain: „I think it is just getting started”

Published by 42magazine

The bitcoin boom has initiated a digital Gold Rush and has also put focus on blockchain technology. But what is blockchain actually? Prof. Gilbert Fridgen explains blockchain in this interview, since blockchain offers – apart from its potential for investing and financing – surprising opportunities for a modern society.

In fortytwo’s nutshell – May Edition

Published by Eliana Berger

Die Presseschau dieses Monats gestaltet sich – wie das Wetter – sehr abwechslungsreich. Von kulinarischen Köstlichkeiten aus dem All über tierisch anmutende Roboter bis hin zu möglichen Hinweisen auf die Entstehung von Leben auf der Erde – da sollte für jeden etwas Spannendes dabei sein.

Decrypting the Universe through Black Holes

Published by blog

Anna-Christina Eilers is a NASA Hubble Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, USA. For this interview, she told us about amazing insights from her current research, her fascination with Quasars, and the possibility of using black holes to understand the universe’s evolution (a little better).