Tag Archives: distance
Tesla celebrates one billion Autopilot-assisted miles
Vehicle companies are big fans of marking achievements by mileage. Google's self-driving vehicles clocked up 1.2 million miles without getting a ticket back in 2015, earlier this year Waymo announced its self-driving cars had hit 10 million miles. No...
Hubble Telescope Makes First Precise Distance Measurement to a Globular Star Cluster
For the first time, astronomers have precisely measured the distance to one of oldest objects in the universe. The object was a globular star cluster that emerged shortly after the Big Bang and the...
Hubble Telescope Makes First Precise Distance Measurement to a Globular Star Cluster
For the first time, astronomers have precisely measured the distance to one of oldest objects in the universe. The object was a globular star cluster that emerged shortly after the Big Bang and the...
Pi can Wirelessly Charge Multiple Phones from a Short Distance
Although Apple has recently introduced wirelessly charging technology, it is not a new concept. In fact, it has been in the high tech game since several years.Charging your smartphone via a pad is...
Tagged Mako Shark Breaks Travel Distance Record
A mako shark has broken the record for longest distance by travelling more than 13,000 miles within just two years. This is equivalent to covering halfway around the globe in 600 days. Nicknamed...
Cardboard Airplane Drone Doubles Traditional Drone Distance
Drones are becoming more and more reliable to deliver things in an emergency, including medicines and other life-saving supplies. Many believe that this could save people who are stuck when road...
Pokemon Go Plus Review: Go Plus Records Egg and Buddy Distance
The Pokemon Go Plus ships on Friday, September 16. A Pokemon Go trainer in Finland has gotten his Pokemon Go Plus several days early from his store he pre-ordered it at. The Pokemon Go Plus is...
Galaxy Cluster Discovered at Record-Breaking Distance of 11.1 Billion Light-Years
NASA astronomers have discovered a galaxy cluster that breaks all records for most distant object ever seen. Termed CL J1001+0220 it lies a mindboggling 11.1 billion light years away from the earth....
The Distance to Mars: Measured in Pixels
I’m pretty sure that many people have trouble understanding stellar distances. Even Mars, one of the closest planets, is really far away by Earthly measurement standards. Check out this great and simple web animation on how far away Mars actually is from Earth.
The Distance to Mars website was made by David Paliwoda and Jesse Williams, and it shows you just how far away Mars really is. Just click the down arrow on the website, and start your accelerated ride to the red planet, as measured in pixels.
There are plenty of different proposals for manned missions to Mars, but they face a lot of challenges, due to the vast distances involved. At the current level of technology, it would take astronauts about 150 days to travel to Mars one way. The date for a manned expedition hasn’t been confirmed, but there are a couple of windows when Mars would be at its closest to Earth. The nearest one is in the 2030s followed by one in the 2050s.
[via SwissMiss]