We cover the news from fanfest, updates on player events, hilarious combat losses and of course Flight of a Thousand Rifters this Sunday, your chance to help kill a very expensive ship, and maybe win epic prizes. Download from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?g21p4872k8y7772 And Here's the usual 'win a plex' link http://astronogamer.blogspot.com/2013/05/flight-of-thousand-rifters-sunday.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJvGp8NIAPo

The Theseus is desperately low on fuel, but, we're in luck, a civilian fuel transport near Aerilon has sent a distress signal. So it's up to me and my wingmen to respond and perhaps secure a fuel supply for our mothership. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdTeuYyAUuQ

2015 BZ509 is a small asteroid which is orbiting around the sun in the wrong direction in an orbit that brings it into head on close encounters with Jupiter which should doom the asteroid in short order. However due to near perfect timing the effects of Jupiter's gravity cancels out over its orbit. Based on orbital dynamics 2 astronomers have argued that this object must have come from outside the solar system. https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/477/1/L117/4996014 Orbital evolution illustrated using Universe Sandbox https://www.humblebundle.com/store/universe-sandbox-squared?partner=szyzyg&charity=61469 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMLX2W7OAX0

With a new crop of worlds available to exploit galactic domination is in my grasp. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVr3dMPnq34