Water Through Time Caption: This is an illustration of water in our Solar System through time from before the Sun’s birth through the creation of the planets. = Washington, D.C.—Water was crucial to the rise of life on Earth and… Read More ›
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Is that a Traffic Light on Mars?
Thursday, 25 September 2014 With the now increased traffic in the Red Planet’s region – since India’s satellite reached Mars’s orbit Wednesday – a traffic light might just be what’s been missing. And it didn’t take long for one… Read More ›
Evidence of ancient WORLD SMASHER planet Theia – FOUND ON MOON
Traces of mysterious planet Theia have been found on the surface of Earth’s Moon. Boffins have analysed samples of rock brought back by Apollo astronauts, and claimed they contain bits of another world. The discovery appears to back up the… Read More ›
Are we ready for contact with extraterrestrial intelligence?
The SETI project scientists are known for tracking possible extraterrestrial signals, but now they are also considering sending messages from Earth telling of our position. A researcher from the University of Cádiz (Spain) questions this idea in view of the… Read More ›
Gravity measurements confirm subsurface ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
California Institute of Technology This illustration depicts the possible interior of Enceladus based on Cassini’s gravity investigation. At high southern latitudes, a regional water ocean is shown sandwiched between an icy outer shell and a low density, rocky core…. Read More ›
How Russia could strangle the US space program
If you use a cellphone, have a GPS system in your car, or get cash from ATMs, you should be worried. Jean MacKenzieMarch 25, 2014 02:34 Subscribe to Jean MacKenzie on Facebook The New Horizons spacecraft atop an Atlas… Read More ›
World heading for ‘collapse in decades’: Nasa-funded study
Adam Withnall 17th Mar 2014 5:38 AM MODERN civilization is heading for collapse within a matter of decades because of growing economic instability and pressure on the planet’s resources, according to a scientific study funded by NASA. Using theoretical models… Read More ›
VIIRS Downloads / NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft
VIIRS View Spinning Marble App Raytheon’s VIIRS View app provides a glimpse into the type of data meteorologists and climatologists use every day to track the weather and monitor the Earth’s environment. VIIRS View illustrates three types of data… Read More ›
Is Mysterious Mars Rock a Fungus? – “obscenely incompetent” NASA
By LORRAINE BAILEY (CN) – The mysterious rock on Mars photographed by the Opportunity rover resembles an Earth fungus, but an “obscenely incompetent” NASA refused to take a closer look at it, a Ph.D. claims in a writ of mandamus…. Read More ›
Dwarf Planet in Our asteroid belt may have more fresh water than is present on all of Earth
Dwarf planet Ceres is located in the main asteroid belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, as illustrated in this artist’s conception. January 22, 2014 Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water… Read More ›
Is a mini ice age on the way? Scientists warn the Sun has ‘gone to sleep’ and say it could cause temperatures to plunge
2013 was due to be year of the ‘solar maximum’ Researchers say solar activity is at a fraction of what they expect Conditions ‘very similar’ a time in 1645 when a mini ice age hit By Mark Prigg UPDATED: 19:13… Read More ›
US Agency new logo…. an Evil Octopus
Friday, 06 December 2013 Billions of dollars annually are being used to fund operations conducted by the United States intelligence community, the likes of which allow the government to eavesdrop on emails, listen to world leaders’ phone calls… Read More ›
Sun will ‘flip upside down’ within weeks, says Nasa
The sun’s magnetic field will reverse polarity at some point in the coming weeks, sending ripples to the edge of interstellar space. Tomas Jivanda Friday, 15 November 2013 The sun is set to “flip upside down” within weeks as its… Read More ›
Scientists Baffled By Lack Of Sunspots
Monday, 11 November 2013 Something is up with the sun. Scientists say that solar activity is stranger than in a century or more, with the sun producing barely half the number of sunspots as expected and its magnetic poles oddly… Read More ›
Next DEVASTATING Chelyabinsk METEOR STRIKE ‘7x as likely’ as thought / NASA’s checked its space rock maths and it’s not good news
By Iain Thomson 6th November 2013 23:03 GMT NASA has revealed new research on the Chelyabinsk meteorite that exploded over Russia in February, and the findings aren’t good: not only does it look like the astronomic models about the… Read More ›
One-tonne satellite will fall back to Earth in an unknown location
1 / 1 GOCE in orbit. ESA /AOES Medialab The spacecraft has been mapping the Earth’s gravity but ran out of fuel a month ago and has been losing altitude ever since Thursday 07 November 2013 A one-tonne satellite… Read More ›
NASA call for calm on asteroid that could destroy Earth in 2032
AN ASTEROID with power 50 times greater than the world’s most powerful nuclear bomb could be heading for Earth in 2032, astronomers say. By Tom Rawle/Published 18th October 2013 DANGER: The asteroid is expected to come close to hitting Earth… Read More ›
How to sniff aliens’ gas in exoplanet atmospheres
09 October 2013 by Lisa Grossman Magazine issue 2938. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Astrobiology Topic Guide ALIEN worlds have been pouring out of the sky in recent years. Exoplanet searches like those led by the… Read More ›
Cost-effective laser-based asteroid defense system pitched to NASA
By David Szondy October 2, 2013 Artist’s impression of a massive asteroid impact (Image: NASA/Don Davis) Last year, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow put forward the idea of using fleets of laser-toting satellites to deflect potentially dangerous objects away… Read More ›
First scoop of Mars soil contains 2 percent water: study
27 Sep 2013 Washington (AFP) The first scoop of Martian soil analyzed by NASA’s Curiosity rover held about two percent water, offering hope for hydrating humans who someday explore the Red Planet, scientists said Thursday. “We saw Mars as a very… Read More ›
Google chiefs travel on YOUR tax dollars after NASA sell them cut price fuel for their private jets
Investigation finds firm owned by Google execs keeps jets at Nasa facility There it buys fuel at prices from a half to nearly a fifth of market rate Planes used to jet off to exotic locations across the planet Google… Read More ›
NASA to send rocket on 30-day mission to the moon to investigate ‘evil’ lunar dust
NASA to launch Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Experiment – LADEE Rocket takes off from Wallops Island, Virginia on Friday night Spacecraft to investigate possibility of electrically charged dust By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 10:24 EST, 5 September 2013 | UPDATED: 13:11… Read More ›
China confirms plans for first Moon visit later this year / First a rover, next a taikonaut, then a colony
By Iain Thomson, 31st August 2013 China has confirmed it is on track to land a rover on the Moon later this year to scoot across the surface analyzing dust and rock samples. “Chang’e-3 has officially entered its launch stage, following its… Read More ›
‘I might lose consciousness… but it would be better than drowning in the helmet’: Italian astronaut almost lost in space
Major Luca Parmitano, 36, who nearly died during a spacewalk on 16 July, has told of his thoughts as he tried to save himself. Writing on his blog, the Italian Air Force officer, tells how his helmet suddenly began filling… Read More ›
Is Europa habitable?
Contact: Bill Schappert bschappert@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News Defining the scientific goals of a NASA mission to explore Jupiter’s moon New Rochelle, NY, August 7, 2013—Europa, the ice-covered moon of the planet Jupiter, may be able to… Read More ›
A storm is coming: Sun’s poles are set to FLIP within four months and it could lead to bad weather and radio disruption
The sun’s magnetic field reverses its polarity once every 11 years or so Flip represents a peak in solar activity where bursts of energy are released These bursts can lead to space storms and changes to Earth’s climate Radio and … Read More ›
CIA spooks investigate geoengineering to fix climate
12:26 19 July 2013 by Peter Aldhous For similar stories, visit the Climate Change and US national issues Topic Guides You could say the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is late to the geoengineering party – at least… Read More ›
Genetic medicine hints at bloodletting and vitamins for astronauts
26 June 2013 by Jacob Aron Magazine issue 2923. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Space flight and Genetics Topic Guides BLOODLETTING and vitamin pills are the future for astronaut health regimes. So hints a provocative proposal… Read More ›
One giant leap for reptiles: Have alien-hunters found a lizard on Mars?
Samuel Muston Wednesday, 29 May 2013 While studying pictures of Mars sent back to Earth by the Curiosity rover, a Japanese alien-enthusiast spotted something between the endless plain of rocks spread out on the screen in front of him…. Read More ›
‘Chinese’ attack sucks secrets from US defence contractor
Comment Crew blamed for three-year attack on QinetiQ By Phil Muncaster Posted in Security, 2nd May 2013 04:54 GMT Free whitepaper – Hands on with Hyper-V 3.0 and virtual machine movement Just when it looked like US-China relations couldn’t get… Read More ›
Russia develops new-type spaceship
Vladimir Popovkin Photo: The Voice of Russia Russia is developing a principally new type of a spaceship for interplanetary flights, the head of the Roscosmos Space Agency told reporters on April 12, which is traditionally marked as Cosmonautics Day in… Read More ›
Was there a Chinese spy at NASA? Fleeing researcher ‘carrying hard drive and laptops’ arrested on China-bound plane at Virginia airport
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:20 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:23 EST, 20 March 2013 Arrest: Bo Jiang, who worked for NASA, ‘failed to disclose the devices he was taking back to China’ A Chinese national… Read More ›
The Bermuda Triangle of Space: The High-Energy South Atlantic Anomaly Threatens Satellites
<!—-> Mar. 12, 2013 – 06:16PM | By JIM HODGES | Much fanfare accompanied the Sept. 25, 2010, launch of the Air Force’s Space Based Space Surveillance satellite. The $833 million craft was finally going up to do its job:… Read More ›
Mars has Front-Row Seat for 2014 Comet
Comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1), discovered in January and now inbound from the Oort Cloud, promises to put on a spectacular show in October 2014 — for the spacecraft on and around Mars. . We’re just a couple weeks away… Read More ›
‘Close’ encounters of the asteroid kind: 130,000 ton asteroid to make closest ever fly-by of Earth: “within 32,000km of earth”
2012 DA14 asteroid pass within 32,000km of earth, inside the orbit of communication satellites Rob Williams Monday, 4 February 2013 A chunk of space rock 50 metres wide, weighing 130,000 tonnes and travelling at 17,400mph is set to make its… Read More ›
Your body — not just a temple, but a laboratory too
by Brian Clegg The Observer Feb 1, 2013 1. Appendix to life LONDON – The appendix gets a bad press. It is usually treated as a body part that lost its function millions of years ago. All it seems to… Read More ›
Study finds significant microorganism populations in middle and upper troposphere
Contact: John Toon jtoon@gatech.edu 404-894-6986 Georgia Institute of Technology Bugs in the Atmosphere In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers used genomic techniques to document the presence of significant numbers of living microorganisms –… Read More ›
Stolen NASA laptop contained private info on 10,000+ employees
By Stephen C. Webster Monday, December 17, 2012 15:55 EST A laptop computer stolen from a vehicle of a NASA employee on Halloween contained sensitive, private information on more than 10,000 current and former NASA employees, an internal report… Read More ›
CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots
December 14, 2012 University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor Nikolaus Correll likes to think in multiples. If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hundreds of them. Correll and his… Read More ›
GhostShell hackers release 1.6 million NASA, FBI, ESA accounts
Hacktivist crew signs off for Christmas By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 11th December 2012 01:19 GMT Free whitepaper – Enabling Datacenter and Cloud Service Management for Mid-Tier Enterprises The hacking collecting GhostShell has announced it has finished… Read More ›
Rogue planet discovered: is the Mayan apocalypse coming?
Scientists observe orphan planet like Nibiru, but it’s unlikely to destroy Earth next month LAST UPDATED AT 16:05 ON Wed 14 Nov 2012 Rogue planet discovered: is the Mayan apocalypse coming? NASA scientists could be forced to confront… Read More ›
NASA Suffers “Large” Data Breach Affecting Employees, Contractors, and Others
POSTED BY: Robert N. Charette / Wed, November 14, 2012 Yesterday, NASA sent a message to all NASA employees informing them of a data breach involving an agency stolen laptop. According to the NASA message posted at SpaceRef.com, “On October… Read More ›
Powerful nutrient cocktail can put kids with Crohn’s into remission
2009 study posted for filing Contact: George Hunka ghunka@aftau.org 212-742-9070 American Friends of Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University researcher promotes liquid nutrition to combat inflammatory bowel disease Treating children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) usually involves the same steroids-based… Read More ›
Tractor beam built from rings of laser light
18:05 19 October 2012 by Jacob Aron Stand aside, Wesley Crusher: there’s a new tractor beam on deck that pulls objects using nothing more than laser light. The device has already grabbed NASA’s attention as it could one day… Read More ›
Russian beacon to track menacing asteroid Apophis
Monday, 08 October 2012 Russia’s space agency wants to send a mission to Apophis, the notorious asteroid which may change its course and eventually collide with Earth. It will plant a radio beacon, which will help track… Read More ›
Secret spy telescopes’ new role: helping Nasa hunt for life beyond solar system: Each as large as the Hubble observatory
Giant instruments designed to keep watch on Soviets have been given over to space research Robin McKie, science edito The Observer, Saturday 6 October 2012 The Carina nebula: the new telescopes given to Nasa by spy chiefs could help… Read More ›
Lost in migration: Earth’s magnetic field overdue a flip
By Chris WickhamPosted 2012/10/03 at 11:41 am EDT LONDON, Oct. 3, 2012 (Reuters) — The discovery by NASA rover Curiosity of evidence that water once flowed on Mars – the most Earth-like planet in the solar system – should intensify… Read More ›
Out-Of-This-World Nanoscience: A Computer Chip That Can Assemble Itself?
This image shows the work by UD’s Eric M. Furst, who reports new findings of how tiny particle building blocks can be directed to self-assemble into specific structures. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Delaware) ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) —… Read More ›
Can we finally break the speed of light? Nasa breakthrough suggests Star Trek’s ‘warp drives’ may not only be possible – but practical
NASA suggests new model which could reduce energy requirements for warp-speed travel from planet-sized to car-sized ‘Humble experiments’ in laboratory could lead to faster-than-light travel By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED:04:13 EST, 18 September 2012| UPDATED:07:27 EST, 18 September 2012 As we… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 