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| Newfound blob is biggest thing
in the universe |
Jul 30, 2006 |
| Station studies face hibernation |
Jul 29, 2006 |
| NASA's plans could hurt Moon
and Mars missions |
Jul 28, 2006 |
| Mysterious quasar casts doubt
on black holes |
Jul 27, 2006 |
| Titan weather: Methane downpours
and drizzle |
Jul 27, 2006 |
| Close encounter for Jupiter spots |
Jul 26, 2006 |
| Amazon chief sets out to make
space affordable |
Jul 26, 2006 |
| Titan may be a land of lakes
after all |
Jul 25, 2006 |
| Bigelow's big gamble: Building
a space station |
Jul 25, 2006 |
| Relic neutrinos join the hunt
for dark energy |
Jul 24, 2006 |
| Electromagnetic
space travel for bugs? |
Jul 23, 2006 |
| Space tourists
offered walkabout |
Jul 21, 2006 |
| Patch of Saturn's
moon resembles Earth |
Jul 21, 2006 |
| Stellar explosion
revealed in unique detail |
Jul 20, 2006 |
| Secrets of
ocean birth laid bare |
Jul 19, 2006 |
| Europe set
for bigger station role |
Jul 19, 2006 |
| MIT team envisions
exploring Mars with mini probes |
Jul 19, 2006 |
| Discovery
makes Florida landing |
Jul 17, 2006 |
| Back to back
rocket shots set for New Mexico spaceport |
Jul 17, 2006 |
| Space shuttle
moves away from ISS |
Jul 16, 2006 |
| Inflatable
space module launches |
Jul 14, 2006 |
| Astronauts
finish final spacewalk |
Jul 13, 2006 |
| Model of inflatable
space hotel set to launch |
Jul 12, 2006 |
| Earliest black
holes bent the 'laws' of physics |
Jul 12, 2006 |
| High drama
spacewalk ends in success |
Jul 11, 2006 |
| Key Indian
satellite launch fails |
Jul 11, 2006 |
| Space shuttle
cleared for return |
Jul 10, 2006 |
| Mini solar
system could reveal hidden dimensions |
Jul 9, 2006 |
| Discovery
docks after 'backflip' |
Jul 7, 2006 |
| Bizarre neutron
star is old before its time |
Jul 6, 2006 |
| Dark matter
cloud found sucking in nearby gas |
Jul 6, 2006 |
| Sunshade to
look for distant life |
Jul 6, 2006 |
| Shuttle's
tank 'performed well' |
Jul 5, 2006 |
| Shuttle Discovery
races skyward |
Jul 4, 2006 |
| Was there
life on Mars? Shiny rock coating may hold the answer |
Jul 3, 2006 |
| Weather frustrates
shuttle again |
Jul 2, 2006 |
| Asteroid set
for close encounter |
Jul 1, 2006 |
| NASA chooses
names for future launchers |
Jul 1, 2006 |
| Space station's
future rides on next shuttle launch |
Jul 1, 2006 |
Newfound blob is biggest thing
in the universe
(Jul 30, 2006)
An enormous amoeba-like structure 200 million light-years wide and
made up of galaxies and large bubbles of gas is the largest known
object in the universe, scientists say. The galaxies and gas bubbles,
called Lyman alpha blobs, are aligned along three curvy filaments
that formed about 2 billion years after the universe exploded into
existence after the theoretical Big Bang. The filaments were recently
seen using the Subaru and Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea.
Read
more. Source: space.com |
Station studies face hibernation
(Jul 29, 2006)
The US space agency, NASA, is considering putting research onboard
the space station on hold
for at least a year to make up for a cash shortfall. The space station
research budget was cut to $200m last year due to increased costs
in the shuttle programme and Hurricane Katrina losses.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
NASA's plans could hurt Moon and Mars
missions
(Jul 28, 2006)
A sharply-worded US government report says that NASA is on the verge
of a major mistake that could make its plans for finishing the space
station and going on the explore the Moon cost more, take longer and
achieve less. The report, by the Government Accountability Office,
specifically criticises NASA's stated plan to award a contract in
September 2006 for the design, testing, fabrication and maintenance
of the Crew
Exploration Vehicle.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Mysterious quasar casts doubt on black
holes
(Jul 27, 2006)A controversial alternative to black
hole theory has been bolstered by observations of an object in
the distant universe, researchers say. If their interpretation is
correct, it might mean black holes do not exist and are in fact bizarre
and compact balls of plasma called MECOs.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Titan weather: Methane downpours and drizzle
(Jul 27, 2006)
Only two worlds in the solar system have rain that falls all the way
to the ground. We live on one; the other is Saturn's giant moon Titan.
Now findings from the Cassini
mission and the Huygens
probe that landed on Titan last year are starting to reveal the patterns
of rainfall on the moon. Unmistakable river channels cut into Titan's
icy terrain. So there must be some kind of rainfall, almost certainly
drops of liquid methane,
to feed the rivers.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Close encounter for Jupiter spots
(Jul 26, 2006)
Jupiter's
two giant red spots have brushed past each other, after approaching
on a "collision course". The Great
Red Spot has been known for at least 130 years. The newer spot,
nicknamed "Red Jr", formed from three smaller features between 1998
and 2000. The two spots are actually massive storm systems in Jupiter's
atmosphere.
Read
more. Source: BBC |
Amazon chief sets out to make space affordable
(Jul 26, 2006)
He has conquered the world of online shopping and now he is set to
conquer the universe. Unless, that is, the gophers and chipmunks stop
him. Fresh details have emerged about a plan by Jeff Bezos, the founder
of Amazon.com, to develop commercial spacecraft that would launch
into orbit from a spaceport
being planned for the scrubland of West Texas.
Read
more. Source: Independent |
Titan may be a land of lakes after all
(Jul 25, 2006)
At last, we know that Titan
has lakes. Probably. NASA's Cassini
spacecraft buzzed the giant moon again this weekend, and raked its
radar beam across Titan's north pole. The image it returned shows
black patches near the pole, some of them apparently fed by drainage
channels. The darkness of these areas implies that none of the radar
beam bounced back to Cassini. The most likely explanation is that
it hit a very smooth surface – probably liquid methane or ethane,
which are stable at the -180°C temperatures of Titan's surface.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
Bigelow's big gamble: Building a space
station
(Jul 25, 2006)
The Genesis-1 module orbiting the Earth not only transmits its temperature,
integrity, power levels and overall health – it also signals
entrepreneurial zeal and private sector spunk. As a pathfinder demonstrator
spacecraft, the Genesis-1 mission marks the birth of a long-term vision
to build and orbit space structures for commercial and public use.
Footing the bill on this business venture – now gauged at upwards
of a $75 million outlay – is Robert Bigelow.
Read
more. Source: space.com |
Relic neutrinos join the hunt for dark
energy
(Jul 24, 2006)
Massive optical telescopes on mountain tops have been the main tools
for exploring dark
energy – the mysterious stuff that is accelerating the expansion
of the universe. Soon the quest could move underground. Neutrinos
born in stellar cataclysms and detected in gigantic water tanks buried
in mines may become the new probes for dark energy.
Read
more. Source: New Scientist |
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