Posts Tagged ‘space’
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. Continue…
Friday, December 2, 2011 11:12 - 1 Comment
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…)
Top Stories - Oct 4, 2011 8:34 - 2 Comments
Gas ‘bullets’ shoot from giant black hole
SOUTHAMPTON (UK) — Astronomers have uncovered some striking features in the gases emitted from the regions close to one of the brightest supermassive black holes known to exist. (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 - Aug 18, 2011 16:00 - 0 Comments
Could briny drops harbor life on Mars?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Beads of liquid brine may open the door to the possibility of microbial life on Mars, according to an international study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 25, 2011 16:12 - 0 Comments
Gargantuan, farthest water mass found
CALTECH/U. COLORADO (US) — A mass of water vapor in a quasar that is 30 billion trillion miles away is at least 140 trillion times that of all the water in the world’s oceans combined, and 100,000 times more massive than the sun. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 15, 2011 11:06 - 1 Comment
‘Twisted’ solution to antimatter vs. matter
U. WARWICK (UK) — Physicists may have neglected the significant effect of our galaxy’s rotation on the pattern of how subatomic particles breakdown, a new study suggests. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 8, 2011 10:05 - 11 Comments
Universe born in a spin—and still whirling?
U. MICHIGAN (US) — New findings raise questions about the universe’s assumed mirror symmetry—and seem to suggest the early universe spun on an axis. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 7, 2011 14:28 - 6 Comments
Universe’s most distant quasar
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — Astronomers have discovered the most distant quasar to date—the brightest object yet found from a time when the Universe was less than 800 million years old. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 23, 2011 12:36 - 0 Comments
Is Saturn moon hiding a salty ocean?
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Samples of icy spray ejected from a Saturn moon and collected by the Cassini spacecraft make a strong case for the existence of a subterranean saltwater ocean. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 27, 2011 11:47 - 0 Comments
4-D coming to a universe near you?
U. BUFFALO (US) — A new theory proposes the early universe had just one dimension (like a straight line) and a fourth dimension may be opening up as the universe expands. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 19, 2011 8:54 - 1 Comment
Sonic booms give birth to stars
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Interstellar sonic booms traveling through the galaxy leave filaments of gas and dust in their wake that stretch for tens of light years and contain newly-born stars in their densest regions. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 24, 2011 18:43 - 3 Comments
Boiling at zero-gravity. That’s hot
U. MARYLAND (US) — Shuttle Discovery recently launched carrying an experiment designed to figure out how boiling is altered in zero-gravity. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 24, 2011 12:13 - 1 Comment
Solar waves in UK-size magnetic hole
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Massive waves in giant magnetic holes on the surface of the Sun have been discovered for the first time. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 1, 2010 12:56 - 1 Comment
My god, it’s full of snooker stars
U. WARWICK / U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Astronomers have discovered an unusual star system. It resembles—and may have once behaved like—a game of snooker. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 2, 2010 11:11 - 1 Comment
Our solar system’s not so unique
UC BERKELEY (US) — Nearly one in four stars like the sun could have Earth-size planets, according to a study of nearby solar-mass stars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 22, 2010 11:20 - 0 Comments
Fly me to the icy moon
U. ARIZONA (US) — Frozen water just inches below the moon’s surface has been confirmed by an international team of scientists. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 15, 2010 11:42 - 1 Comment
Reduce star glare. Find hidden planets
U. ARIZONA (US) — Astronomers have obtained images of a planet on a much closer orbit around its parent star than any other extrasolar planet previously found. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 14, 2010 10:23 - 0 Comments
Final liftoff for space shuttle Atlantis
U. COLORADO (US)—The launch today from Kennedy Space Center is expected to be the last one for space shuttle Atlantis, marking the end of a career that includes 32 space missions—covering more than 115 million miles. (more…)
