Posts Tagged ‘space’
Flyby radar maps Saturn’s Earth-like moon
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Using a radar imager to peer through the soupy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan, scientists have created the first topographic map of one of the most Earth-like worlds in the solar system. Continue…
Friday, May 17, 2013 9:27 - 2 Comments
Science & Technology - May 10, 2013 11:54 - 1 Comment
Did water on moon come from Earth?
BROWN (US) — Water inside the moon’s mantle came from primitive meteorites, the same source believed to have supplied most of the water on Earth, researchers report. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 7, 2013 12:00 - 0 Comments
‘Slope winds’ could have built Mars mound
PRINCETON / CALTECH (US) — New analysis suggests that a roughly 3.5-mile-high mound on Mars came from the planet’s dusty atmosphere, not a massive lake, report researchers. (more…)
Top Stories - May 6, 2013 10:01 - 0 Comments
Scientists wait to see black hole’s birth
CALTECH (US) — A new kind of cosmic flash may reveal the birth of a black hole for the first time. (more…)
Top Stories - May 2, 2013 9:30 - 1 Comment
Meteorite ‘mosaic’ hints at life on Mars
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — To figure out if conditions on Mars were ever right for life, scientists have examined a meteorite that that formed there more than a billion years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 26, 2013 12:20 - 1 Comment
Tiny meteoroids pummel Saturn’s rings
CORNELL (US) — Saturn takes a beating from small meteoroids around a half-inch to several yards in size that break into streams of rubble and crash into its rings, according to images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 24, 2013 9:45 - 0 Comments
‘Sports car’ galaxy burns gas into stars
MCGILL (CAN) — A newly discovered galaxy turns gas into stars with almost 100 percent efficiency—a rare phase of evolution that is the most extreme ever observed. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 23, 2013 6:27 - 0 Comments
Did sand in meteorites come from supernova?
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Two tiny grains of silica found in primitive meteorites could be from the same supernova, a massive star that exploded at the end of its life. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 22, 2013 11:05 - 4 Comments
Super-Earth planets snug ‘in the zone’
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Astronomers have discovered perhaps the most Earth-like planet yet found outside our solar system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 18, 2013 6:47 - 0 Comments
Massive star factory in early universe
CALTECH (US) — Astronomers have found a star-generating galaxy that existed billions of years earlier than expected possible, churning out 2,000 times more stars than the Milky Way. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 17, 2013 12:20 - 0 Comments
Gamma-ray burst from whopper of a star
U. WARWICK (UK) — A new type of exceptionally powerful and long-lived cosmic explosion may come from the violent death throes of a supergiant star. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 16, 2013 11:59 - 3 Comments
Sensor for asteroid camera passes critical test
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Scientists are testing a new sensor designed to be the eyes of a future asteroid-tracking mission. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 15, 2013 10:17 - 2 Comments
Hear the Big Bang in high fidelity
U. WASHINGTON (US) — New high-frequency audio recreates the likely sound just after the Big Bang—when the entire universe was ringing. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 9, 2013 15:33 - 0 Comments
Volcanoes on early Mars likely kept it toasty
BROWN (US) —When giant volcanoes were active early in Mars’ history, the planet may have released enough methane to keep the planet significantly warmer than it is today. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 8, 2013 14:30 - 0 Comments
Can nuclear fusion get us to Mars?
U. WASHINGTON (US) — To get astronauts to Mars, scientists are working with nuclear fusion—the same energy that powers the sun and stars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 5, 2013 14:28 - 0 Comments
‘Green Pea’ galaxies overflowing with light
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Rare Green Pea galaxies discovered by the general public in 2007 could help confirm understanding of reionization, a pivotal stage in the evolution of the early universe, researchers say. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 13, 2013 10:47 - 1 Comment
Star system is closest found in a century
PENN STATE (US) — A newly discovered star system is the closest discovered since 1916—and the third-closest star system to the sun. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 11, 2013 16:06 - 3 Comments
Moon impact left sea of molten rock 6 miles deep
BROWN (US) — Early in the Moon’s history, an ocean of molten rock covered its entire surface. But that wasn’t the last time the Moon’s surface melted on a massive scale. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 6, 2013 9:23 - 1 Comment
Did black hole smash-up shape the Milky Way?
VANDERBILT / GEORGIA TECH (US) — There’s growing evidence that the center of the Milky Way galaxy has a violent past and two astronomers say a black hole collision can explain all the forensic clues. (more…)
