Posts Tagged ‘NASA’
Glaciers shed billions of tons, satellites show
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Ice caps and glaciers outside the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually. Continue…
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 15:47 - 2 Comments
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2012 12:55 - 5 Comments
Tiny planet triplets orbit dwarf star
CALTECH (US) — Astronomers have discovered the three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our solar system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 11, 2012 11:45 - 0 Comments
Hubble spies farthest galaxy cluster yet
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — According to researchers, the most distant cluster of galaxies ever observed in the early universe has been discovered. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 30, 2011 12:13 - 0 Comments
Robotic surgery for run-down satellites
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A technology developed for delicate abdominal surgeries someday may be used to repair satellites in space, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 14, 2011 20:21 - 1 Comment
‘Slam-dunk’ proof of water on Mars
CORNELL (US) — The discovery of a bright vein of gypsum in ancient rock proves that water once flowed underground on Mars, researchers say. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 6, 2011 12:27 - 0 Comments
18 Jupiter-like planets orbit massive stars
CALTECH (US) — A team of astronomers have found 18 Jupiter-like planets—the largest collection ever confirmed—in orbit around “retired” stars that are one and a half times more massive than the Sun. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 2, 2011 11:12 - 1 Comment
Will worms in space lead to life on Mars?
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A microscopic worm may offer clues to how humans will cope with long-term space exploration. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 23, 2011 12:14 - 2 Comments
Evidence of ‘great lake’ on Jupiter’s moon
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have made a potentially significant finding: A body of liquid water the volume of the North American Great Lakes locked inside the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2011 12:12 - 2 Comments
Are alien probes hiding in vast space?
PENN STATE (US) — Why have we never found evidence of extraterrestrial probes in our universe? A new study suggest that, from a mathematical point of view, we have not looked in enough places. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 26, 2011 11:18 - 1 Comment
Mineral on Mars needs water to form
SYRACUSE U. (US) — A mineral common to both Mars and Earth may be an effective tool in determining when and under what conditions water was present on the red planet. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 24, 2011 9:06 - 3 Comments
Comets deliver water to dry planets?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — A sprawling cloud of water vapor discovered around an emerging solar system is cold enough to form comets, which could eventually deliver oceans to dry planets. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 21, 2011 10:49 - 0 Comments
How ‘blue stragglers’ stay forever young
NORTHWESTERN (US) — To maintain their youthful bright appearance, old stars called blue stragglers eat up the outer envelope of giant-star companions, stripping them down to their white dwarf core in a process called mass transfer. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 10, 2011 9:56 - 2 Comments
First comet found with ‘ocean water’
U. MICHIGAN (US) — For the first time, researchers have detected ocean-like water in a comet—new evidence supporting the theory comets delivered a significant portion of Earth’s oceans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 4, 2011 10:33 - 8 Comments
Solar wind whips up Mercury’s poles
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Sodium and oxygen particles kicked up by a blistering solar wind at Mercury’s poles are the primary components of the planet’s wispy atmosphere, according to data from NASA’s Messenger spacecraft. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 3, 2011 9:54 - 0 Comments
Mercury flooded by volcanic gush
BROWN (US) — Vast plains around Mercury’s north pole were created more than 3.5 billion years ago by lava flows that covered 6 percent of the planet’s surface—an area that would cover nearly 60 percent of the continental U.S. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 26, 2011 8:30 - 0 Comments
Online hunters detect possible exoplanets
YALE (US) — Amateur astronomers working with the online citizen science project Planet Hunters have discovered two potential exoplanets, according to new research. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 16, 2011 12:04 - 2 Comments
Mars rover finds early rock at crater’s rim
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — The Mars rover Opportunity is poised on the edge of the vast Endeavour Crater, sampling a rock unlike any other examined during its mission. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 12, 2011 11:44 - 0 Comments
Solar flares keep going and going
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Energy from solar flares is stronger and can last up to five hours longer than previously thought, according to data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 8, 2011 9:46 - 2 Comments
Satellite killers: Meteoroids vs. space junk
STANFORD (US) — Billions of tiny meteoroids do more damage to satellites and other spacecraft than all the space junk orbiting Earth, according to new research. (more…)
