Article Archive (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Do you want to get into the fun scientific hobby of astronomy? First you will need a scientific instrument which will allow the heavens to come to you! This can be done with a telescope or even astronomy binoculars. In this article, we will take a look at both options.
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
In 1609, Galileo Galilei looked at the heavens through a telescope for the first time, and things on Earth haven't been the same since. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of this advent of scientific discovery and thought, people and organizations from around the globe are coordinating a world-wide, year-long program called the International Year [...]
Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo . Source [Hat tip: Bunny] Read the comments on this post...
Science Pal (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- Computer programs that are used to define safety margins for fiery spacecraft re-entries and help detect planets outside our solar system are co-winners of NASA's 2007 Software of the Year Award. Software engineers at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., developed the Data-Parallel Line Relaxation, or DPLR, which is used to analyze and predict the extreme environments...
Exoplanet (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
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Space.com (Free subscription) | 35 minutes ago
Researchers discovered unique microbes deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The story: On October 15th 1997, the Cassini-Huygens mission blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to explore Saturn and its moons. It continues to study the ringed gas giant today and its mission has been extended till 2010. Cassini is is powered by 32.8 kg (72 lbs) of plutonium fuel. A radioactive power [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Sportswoman Zara Phillips launched a photographic exhibition celebrating adventurers - by unveiling an image of herself. The 13ft high portrait of the royal horsewoman is one of 10 pictures that depict individuals who have pushed the boundaries of their chosen fields.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
MIDDLEBURY, Vt., July 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- There is no denying that the Moon has been the centerpiece of humanity's dream to travel in space. In the early 1960s, President John F. Kennedy committed Americans to the Moon before the decade was out.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
By Jennifer Dawson, Zionsville Times Sentinel, Ind. Jul. 23--The green space in front of the Canterbury Group may be tiny, but it is a big deal to the Zionsville Plan Commission.
BwT (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Few more reasons to be Proud Indian. :angle: *Aryabhatta (476 CE) - Master astronomer and mathematician* ---Quote--- Born in 476 CE in Kusumpur ( Bihar ), Aryabhatta?s intellectual brilliance remapped the boundaries of mathematics and astronomy. In 499 CE, at the age of 23, he wrote a text on...
Universe Today (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
This panorama mosaic of images was taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on board NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. This mosaic documents the midnight sun during several days of the mission, from Sol 46, or the 46th day of the mission to Sol 56 (that would be to July 12 - 22, 2008 here on Earth.) [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
To: SCIENCE EDITORS Contact: John Yembrick of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1-202- 358-0602, john.yembrick-1@nasa.gov; Matt Macokowiak of the Office of Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Washington, +1-202-224-9782, matt_mackowiak@hutchison.senate.gov; or Sandy Miller Hays of USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Md., +1-301-504-1636, sandy.millerhays@ars.usda.gov WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/...
Space.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Venus might be a good place to build a cloud city.
Space.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Mission scientists to test plans to deliver ice sample to Phoenix instrument.
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news rage uk | 05/05/2008
I just wanted to wish Boris congratulations on his victory for Mayor of London. I hope he can turn his energy and excitement into something really positive as far as London is concerned. After years of near hatred, I have to say that I was also a little sad to see Ken Livingstone go (but not a lot). He actually seemed to take it quite well. I had visions of him attacking Gordon Brown, the labour party...
