Space
Planets by the Dozen
Monday, May 12th, 2008
By Dr. Tony Phillips | You know the planets of our solar system, each a unique world with its own distinctive appearance, size, and chemistry. Mars, with its bitter-cold, rusty red sands; Venus, a fiery world shrouded in thick clouds of sulfuric acid; sideways Uranus and its strange vertical rings. The variety is breathtaking.
Now imagine the variety that must ...
tagged Science and Space
Scientists Uncover Secrets at Centre of Black Holes
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Salford Online |
Scientists say they have moved one step closer to understanding the processes occurring in supermassive black holes. Black holes are thought to be the feature at the rotational centre of most galaxies.
For the first time astronomers have observed a blazer in action – one of the most energetic objects in the universe that is fuelled by supermassive black ...
tagged Space
US warns out-of-control spy satellite is falling
Monday, January 28th, 2008Paul Harris A large American spy satellite is expected to fall to Earth some time in the next month, officials said yesterday. It is unclear where the space debris might come down, but it could hit ground in late February or March. It is also not known whether the satellite could contain potentially hazardous materials, such as a nuclear-powered reactor. Officials said they had lost control over the satellite and had ...
tagged Space
Nasa probe reveals image of mystery figure on Mars
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008Life on Mars? Amazing photos from Nasa probe reveal image of mystery figure on Red Planet The Daily Mail Does this photograph really prove that we are not alone in the universe? Images beamed back from Mars would suggest so - although to sceptics, it could just be a strange rock formation. Nasa's Mars Explorer Spirit sent back images from the surface of the Red Planet four years ago, and there was ...
tagged Space
How many planets in the Solar System?
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Planet X Nibiru Spotted Planet X Nibiru Spotted - The funniest bloopers are right here
tagged Space
Energy Source of Northern Lights Found
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007Anne Minard in San Francisco, California NASA spacecraft have revealed new insights into the forces that cause the northern lights, including giant magnetic "ropes" between Earth and the sun. Until now, scientists haven't had adequate tools to study how energy from the sun is captured by Earth's magnetic field to trigger the awe-inspiring phenomenon. "What it shows is promise," said Vassilis Angelopoulos, researcher at the University of California at Los Angeles ...
tagged Space
Ten Most Amazing Pictures Taken by Hubble
Monday, October 1st, 2007Astronomers Select Top Ten Most Amazing Pictures Taken by Hubble Space Telescope in Last 16 Years ...they illustrate that our universe is not only deeply strange, but also almost impossibly beautiful." Michael Hanlon/AH (Nov 25th, 2006) After correcting an initial problem with the ...
tagged Space
NASA: Astronauts sober for space
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007By Seth Borenstein There is no evidence astronauts were drunk or had been drinking heavily before launching into space, an internal NASA investigation found Wednesday. An independent astronaut health panel's report of two unsubstantiated instances of heavy alcohol use before flights grabbed headlines in July. But when NASA's safety chief tried to confirm the allegations, he came up empty. “I was unable to verify any case in which an astronaut spaceflight ...
tagged Space
Astronauts ‘drunk during missions’
Saturday, July 28th, 2007By Virginie Montet THE US space agency faced a full-blown crisis today as US politicians promised to probe how NASA allowed astronauts to fly missions while drunk as well as the sabotage of in-flight computers. The US House of Representatives Science and Technology committee called an oversight hearing for September, after a NASA report found astronauts had shown up to work drunk. House ...
tagged Space
Hunt For Life On Mars Goes Underground In New NASA Mission
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007By Jean-Louis Santini The hunt for evidence of life on Mars will go underground next year when a NASA probe digs beneath the surface of the red planet's arctic northern plains, US scientists revealed Monday. In a departure from previous missions -- which have seen robotic vehicles explore the planet's hills and craters -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will instead dig into Martian soil for conditions ...
tagged Space
DIY Anti-Satellite System
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007Spacewar Satellite tracking software freely available on the Internet and some textbook physics could be used by any organization that can get hold of an intermediate range rocket to mount an unsophisticated attack on military or civilian satellites. Such an attack would require modest engineering capability and only a limited budget. That is according to researchers writing in Inderscience Publishers' International Journal of Critical Infrastructures. ...
tagged Space
Life on Mars? Scientists say probably long ago
Thursday, June 14th, 2007Scientists now say that an ocean several miles deep once covered a third of the surface of the planet, enough water to support the origin and evolution of life. The red planet, they said, had once been a deep blue, just like Earth. By Steve Connor For generations, people have been fascinated by the idea of life on Mars. It began in earnest in the late 19th century when ...
tagged Space
Celestial trick of the light reveals invisible dark matter
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Ring of gravity in outer space lets scientists ‘see’ exotic material Mark Henderson
A rippling halo of dark matter, the mysterious substance thought to account for much of the mass of the Universe, has been discovered around a ...
tagged Space
Free Newsletter
Loading ...Related News
- Ten Most Amazing Pictures Taken by Hubble
- How many planets in the Solar System?
- Your future is being decided today
- Celestial trick of the light reveals invisible dark matter
- Life on Mars? Scientists say probably long ago
Latest Headlines
- Pentagon to deploy 20,000 troops on domestic “anti-terror” mission
- World Anti-slavery Day
- Censorship in America?
- Bush: ‘I was unprepared for war’
- Thousands of Afghans Held Without Trial in ‘Telephone Justice’ System
- How to Find out the Hidden Secrets of the Bush Administration
- Fisk: Afghanistan in Crisis
- Kristol Calls On Bush To Pardon Torturers And Wiretappers, Reward Them With Medal Of Freedom
- Former interrogator slams torture: Torture has cost nearly as many lives as 9/11
- George W. Bush Belongs in Prison
Archive