Article by Allison Cobert | Illustration by Audrey Merkel | Owl Staff The James Webb Space Telescope will use infrared to provide a clearer view of space. Amid the light of the moon, the sky glows full of mysteries. No two areas are quite the samein the sprawling arena of space which humans, so small … Continue reading Eye in the Sky: Zooming in on the James Webb Space
Science Fiction to Reality: Space Elevator to the Stars
Article by Luis Figueroa | Digital Art by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff As you stand on an elevator after putting your luggage on the floor, you hear the bell ding and the elevator begins to move. This elevator, however, does not go to a town or a city. It doesn’t go anywhere on land, … Continue reading Science Fiction to Reality: Space Elevator to the Stars
The Gold Rush in Space
Article by John Parks | Digital Art by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff What would you do if you were so rich that you could literally buy or do anything you desired? If you’re James Cameron, Ross Perot, Jr., or Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, then the answer is simple: start an asteroid mining company. In … Continue reading The Gold Rush in Space
The Final Flight: Discovery Comes Home
Article & Photography by Joshua Eller | Owl Staff Like any other day, thousands of people could be seen around the National Mall in Washington D.C., but today was different; these people did not stare at the monuments around them. They kept looking skyward, searching. Then out of the northwest, it appeared on the horizon, … Continue reading The Final Flight: Discovery Comes Home