- How cold is space? Physics behind the temperature of the universe https://www.space.com/how-cold-is-space 9 comments space
- Vertasium's explanation of cold welding in space https://youtu.be/Y2nQ8isf55s 6 comments space
- Cold War Between America and China — The New Space Race. https://ssaurel.medium.com/cold-war-between-america-and-china-the-new-space-race-6284af3e1b46 15 comments truereddit
- Any Idea Why Steam Would Remove Cold Space? http://steamcommunity.com/games/595120/announcements/detail/1666769865950489333 3 comments linux_gaming
- Cold Nitrogen Gas in Space? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/79c1u5/cold_nitrogen_gas_in_space/ 16 comments space
- Space Shuttle during a Hot Cold War https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/6nadsr/space_shuttle_during_a_hot_cold_war/ 8 comments space
- The first joint space mission during the Cold War https://youtu.be/vFfJZ9k76KM 5 comments space
- How Cold War Politics Shaped the International Space Station https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-cold-war-politics-shaped-international-space-station-180975743/ 3 comments space
- Space Is Cold, Vast, and Deadly. Humans Will Explore It Anyway. http://www.wired.com/2016/02/space-is-cold-vast-and-deadly-humans-will-explore-it-anyway/ 7 comments space
- The largest thing in the universe - What a massive cold spot in space tells us about the nature of the universe http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150723-the-largest-thing-in-the-universe 3 comments space
- Cold War Space Race Focus of US TV Project http://us-russia.org/1372-cold-war-space-race-focus-of-us-tv-project.html 3 comments russia
- Generating Power on Earth From the Coldness of Deep Space https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy-from-cold 3 comments technology
- Japan in the Cold War Space Race: Osaka Expo ‘70 https://youtu.be/wtQ6VUglnDA 2 comments space
- Scientists are using the cold of outer space to rethink air conditioning https://qz.com/1681465/scientists-invented-air-conditioners-for-the-climate-change-age/ 5 comments technology
- Why the most powerful space telescope ever needs to be kept really, really cold https://www.npr.org/2021/12/21/1064183308/james-webb-space-telescope-sunshield-launch 19 comments space
- Reddit astronauts, is the space station warm, cold, drafty, stinky, noisy?? What’s living in it like? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/ac6no2/reddit_astronauts_is_the_space_station_warm_cold/ 14 comments space
- Astronauts Will Soon be Getting a Space Fridge, Keeping Everything Cold in Zero-G https://www.universetoday.com/150912/astronauts-will-soon-be-getting-a-space-fridge-keeping-everything-cold-in-zero-g/ 19 comments space
- Russia names new COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' in reference to Cold War space race https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/russia-names-new-covid-19-vaccine-sputnik-v-in-reference-to-cold-war-space-race/articleshow/77483431.cms 6 comments worldnews
- NASA’s next big space telescope is about to get extremely cold to prep for launch https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/8/15578412/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-cryogenic-testing 5 comments space
- Physicists propose devices that generate power based on the difference in temperature between the earth and cold space. http://phys.org/news/2014-03-physicists-device-capture-energy-earth.html 3 comments science
- The Water Bear can survive the vacuum of space, cold to 1 degree K, heat to 151 C, a decade without water, and ionising radiation! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tardigrada 5 comments reddit.com
- Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space (2009) - Takes us to the Cold War and beyond, where an arms race of weapons technology plays out by the world’s superpowers in space. Satellites, nuclear weapons, tracking technologies, rockets, and operation Paperclip. [01:21:45] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LUPcdM2boM 2 comments documentaries
- Anti-solar cells: Photovoltaic that works at night. A conventional solar or photovoltaic cell absorbs photons from sunlight and generates an electric current. A heat-reactive cell generates electric current by radiating infrared light (heat) towards the cold of space. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337406309_nighttime_photovoltaic_cells_electrical_power_generation_by_optically_coupling_with_deep_space 12 comments science
- In temperatures millions of times colder than interstellar space, scientists performed the coldest reaction in the known universe.In such intense cold, their molecules slowed to such glacial speeds, they observed the moment when two molecules meet to form two new molecules. https://chemistry.harvard.edu/news/coldest-reaction 521 comments science
- This device harnesses the cold night sky to generate electricity in the dark - A new device is an anti-solar panel, harvesting energy from the cold night sky. By harnessing the temperature difference between Earth and outer space. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/device-harnesses-cold-night-sky-generate-electricity-dark 19 comments worldnews
- Scientists observe cosmic web directly for first time. Calculations predict that 60% of the hydrogen created during the big bang is distributed as long filaments strung out across space in the cosmic web. The observations of the cosmic web bolster the cold dark matter theory of galaxy formation. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/03/scientists-observe-mysterious-cosmic-web-directly-for-first-time 23 comments science
- Lift-off for China-US rivalry over space’s new frontiers. Cold war-era treaties have not kept pace with developments such as space mining and new military technologies. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2180883/lift-china-us-rivalry-over-spaces-new-frontiers 16 comments space
- Lack Of Sunspots Mean Record Cold, Warns Nasa Scientist 'It could soon set a Space Age record' https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/lack-of-sunspots-mean-record-cold-warns-nasa-scientist/ 46 comments worldnews
- Heated by the sun, cooled by space. Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that heat from the sun and coldness from outer space can be collected simultaneously with a single device. https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/heated-by-the-sun-cooled-by-space 6 comments space
- Why Trump’s Space Force can’t hurt China like Star Wars hurt the Soviets. Washington plans a dedicated military branch for its sprawling space programmes, but the cold war has taught Beijing the danger of being drawn into a reckless race for supremacy. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/2166844/why-donald-trumps-new-space-force-cant-hurt-china-star-wars-hurt 6 comments space
- The ISS is slated to become the coldest spot in space as NASA's Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) begins producing Bose-Einstein condensates, cooled to 10 millionth of one Kelvin above absolute zero, as part of microgravity experiments to study quantum mechanics and the fundamental nature of matter. https://newatlas.com/iss-absolute-zero-cal/55665/ 75 comments space
- On This Day 1957: The USSR launched the first man-made satellite, Sputnik, into orbit. This surprise success precipitated the American "Sputnik Crisis" and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. https://twitter.com/imperialcollege/status/783221435074539520 71 comments space
- Electrical Resistance changes with Temperature, so how do NASA engineers design electronic circuits to function in the extremely cold temperatures of space? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4ydkjs/electrical_resistance_changes_with_temperature_so/ 9 comments askscience
- A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle? Ars solves the mystery by going directly to a primary source—the president himself. http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/07/a-cold-war-mystery-why-did-jimmy-carter-save-the-space-shuttle/ 24 comments space
- Mirrors could replace air conditioning by beaming heat into space: Researchers have created a mirror that not only reflects 97% of light but also radiates heat into the cold depths of the universe http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/nov/26/mirrors-air-conditioning-heat-space 10 comments science
- Pushinka: A Cold War puppy the Kennedys loved "During the Cold War, Nikita & JFK wrote to each other regularly. Despite the hostility between their countries, the two men also exchanged presents. One was a dog called Pushinka, whose mother was one of the first dogs to fly into space & return alive" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24837199 3 comments history
- The Forgotten Cold War Plan That Put a Ring of Copper Around the Earth "It was called Project West Ford, and it’s a perfect, if odd, example of the Cold War paranoia and military mentality at work in America’s early space program" http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/project-west-ford/ 5 comments space
- Communist central planning put us on the moon, not capitalism: "It is no coincidence that the decline of manned space flight and a related program for interstellar exploration coincided with both the waning of the Cold War and the neoliberal retrenchment that has characterized the last forty years." http://jacobinmag.com/2012/10/soviet-space-opera/ 3 comments science
- Crowd Sourced Science: The Milky Way Project aims to sort and measure our galaxy. You can help us by drawing bubbles in beautiful IR data from the Spitzer Space Telescope. Understanding the cold, dusty material that we see helps scientists learn how stars form and how our galaxy evolves. http://www.milkywayproject.org/ 3 comments space
- "An international space treaty created at the height of the Cold War likely makes it very difficult for any party to claim rights to the lunar water . . . That 1967 treaty, ratified by the U.S., China, India and 95 other countries, in effect prevents any nation from owning the moon." http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052702303339504575566611824067000.html?keywords=ashby+jones 62 comments science