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IT crowd sorts out the Mars Science Lab Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:12 GMT Boffins manage to fix spacecraft's computer problemsUS space boffins have managed to sort out the computer problems on the Mars Science Laboratory, currently tootling through space with the spanking-new rover Curiosity on its way to the Red Planet.…
Spacemen urge NASA to build nuke ship for Mars trip Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:19:04 GMT Nuclear rocket engines rise from the deadMars has given nuclear spacecraft engines a new lease on life, with nuke ships being named as a top priority – along with electrical propulsion – in a new report that recommends what NASA should focus on in coming years.…
6,300 wannabe astronauts flood NASA inbox Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:03 GMT Second-highest number of applications since 1978NASA has received the second-highest number of astronaut applications ever for the 21st astronaut class when more than 6,300 people signed up to be space invaders.…
Brit space agency sends up 1st satellite Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:19:02 GMT Yes, this is newsSo far, the UK space agency hasn't gone in for any of that headline-grabbing stuff like landing people on the Moon or launching Martian probes that get stranded in orbit before plummeting back to Earth – it leaves that sort of stuff to NASA and Roscosmos.… (image)
Second 'Blue Marble' NASA sat pic apes Apollo 17's stunner Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:55:17 GMT Earth-snapping Suomi gets its kit out for the labsAfter popular demand NASA's Suomi NPP satellite has beamed down another "Blue Marble" vision of the Earth in high definition.…
SpaceX successfully tests SuperDraco rescue rockets Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:14:33 GMT Aims to build the safest spacecraft everSpaceX has confirmed the successful test of its SuperDraco rocket engine, which will form the backbone of safety and landing systems for its Dragon spacecraft.…
Jackpot: astronomers tag Goldilocks planet Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:00:12 GMT GJ 667C is practically a next-door neighborWhile the Kepler mission turns up its ever-growing crop of exoplanets, a group of astronomers has announced an exciting find closer to home: looking towards Scorpius, there’s a super-Earth-sized planet just 22 light-years distant, with a habitable-zone orbit.…
ENORMOUS BACKSIDE FILMED FROM SPACE in moon flypast Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:19:04 GMT Pale, rounded bounties probedUS space agency NASA has released a new video of the back side of the Moon, filmed by its newly-arrived duo of GRAIL lunar probe craft. Here it is:…
Japan takes second shot at extraterrestrial sampling with Hayabusa 2 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:00:58 GMT Damp asteroid 1999 JU3 may hold clues to Earth’s lifeThe Japanese space agency (JAXA) has confirmed a new mission to collect samples from an asteroid and return them safely to earth, and has set the target as 1999 JU3 - one of the damper asteroids in range.… (image)
Cosmic rays blamed for Phobos-Grunt fiasco Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:02:11 GMT Space probe apparently not built to fly in spaceRussian space boffins have come up with a new reason to explain why duff Martian probe Phobos-Grunt fell out of the sky - cosmic rays.…
NASA: Solar system may have alien origin Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:37:30 GMT The case of the missing oxygenThe latest data from NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) probe has found a curious disparity in the distribution of some of the key elements of our solar system, notably why there is so much oxygen in it.…
NASA launches Facebook game for space nerds Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:45:06 GMT Cram up for tough Web2.0 rocket quizNASA has created its first ever multiplayer online game, Space Race Blastoff - and it's now available on Facebook.…
Star Trek tractor beam to save Earth from asteroid Armageddon Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:18:10 GMT One of three ways world's top boffins will save us from planet killersA new international consortium has been set up to figure out what Earthlings could do if an asteroid came hurtling towards the planet on a path of imminent destruction.…
Newt Gingrich wants Moon to be 51st US state Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:23:25 GMT Promises permanent Moon base by 2020, Mars as next targetPresidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is telling the people of Florida about his plans for a permanent base on the Moon, and suggesting it may be possible for the satellite to become the 51st US state.… (image)
Planet-hunting Kepler hits EXOPLANET JACKPOT Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:05:49 GMT 11 systems, 26 planets added to inventoryNASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has identified a slew of new subjects, adding 26 planets in 11 systems to its inventory.…
New Earth-observing satellite snaps 'blue marble' shot Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:55:48 GMT Three-month-old Suomi NPP captures hi-res Earth picThe newly renamed Suomi NPP satellite has snapped a hi-res composite of the Earth from a number of swaths over the surface taken on 4 January.…
Russian supply ship heads for ISS, space garbage crashes into Pacific Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:58:10 GMT Vittles, manoeuvring fuel up: Rubbish bins downA Russian "Progress" supply ship has successfully lifted off bound for the International Space Station orbiting the Earth, even as another departed the station crammed with rubbish destined for fiery destruction during re-entry above the Pacific.…
Scientists shift electron orbits for atomic storage and quantum computing Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:51:30 GMT Jupiter’s orbital mechanics inspires mesoscopic physicistsScientists have found a way to stabilize and regulate the orbit of electrons in an atom, after drawing inspiration from the orbit of asteroids around Jupiter.…
Two million-degree matter from SLAC laser Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:06:06 GMT PICOSECOND PULSE OF DOOM!From “wow, that’s cold” we now get to meet a “wow, that’s hot” laser application, courtesy of the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: its X-ray laser has created and probed matter as hot as the Sun’s corona.… (image)
Loyal NASA rover Opportunity enters 9th year of Mars boffinry Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:03 GMT Plucky robot to sniff Endeavour's rimNASA’s exploration rover Opportunity entered its historic ninth year of service on Mars today, having already driven over 21 miles and helped boffins make groundbreaking scientific discoveries on the unforgiving world.…
Whacked moon rocks yield up their secrets Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:09 GMT What happens when you shock zirconSince NASA is trying to find the moon rock samples it once cheerfully scattered around the world, here’s a hint: some of it is over at Curtin University in Western Australia.…
Potent proton pulse to BOMBARD EARTH Tuesday morn Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:20:00 GMT Sunspots get angry, planes get reroutedLate Sunday, the sun aimed a huge coronal mass ejection (CME) at our planet, along with a "solar energetic particle" event – the largest since September 2005 – which is expected to cause a solar storm of highly energetic protons to hit us on Tuesday at 9am Eastern Time, plus or minus seven hours.…
Russia and NASA plan to COLONISE the Moon Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:37:05 GMT 'We want to do more than just step on it'Russian, American and European space agencies are in talks to create a human colony on the Moon, according to Russian news source Rianovosti.… (image)
NASA close to approving first sci-fi flick shot in space Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:14:38 GMT ISS space tourist shoots schlock horror shortThe first science fiction film shot in orbit could be coming to terrestrial viewers, now that NASA has confirmed it's almost ready to give approval for the project.…
NASA shuts off Voyager 1's central heating Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:29:05 GMT Probe enters energy-saving phase at edge of spaceNASA has switched off a heater on a part of the Voyager 1 probe, plunging the temperature of its one functioning instrument to below minus 110° Fahrenheit (minus 79°C) – well below the minimum temps of minus 31° Fahrenheit (minus 35° C) at which it was designed to operate.…
Australia, US agree to space junk talks Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:30:05 GMT America adds ‘national security’ caveatsAustralia and America have decided that Europe’s moves against the half-a-million items of space junk might be a good thing.…
Mars attacks! Morocco pelted with rocks from the Red Planet Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:19:56 GMT Ochre space bonanza worth ten times its weight in goldExcited boffins have confirmed that a meteorite shower over Morocco last July dumped about 7kg of Martian rocks on our planet.…
Russian boffins: US radar didn't fry Phobos-Grunt Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:02:40 GMT Megawatt ray-gun not to blame for Martian probe fiascoRussian boffins have pooh-poohed the theory that duff Martian moon probe Phobos-Grunt failed to leave Earth's orbit because it had been knackered by US radar.… (image)
Plan hatched to view Milky Way's black hole heart Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:56:47 GMT Stargazers to test if Einstein was rightA conference being held this week in Arizona will lay the groundwork for an attempt to visualize the supermassive black hole that resides at the heart of our galaxy.…
Boffins quarrel over ridding world of leap seconds Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:02:03 GMT What should set the time - atomic watches or the sunrise?The measurement and regulation of time could start to change this week if an ITU meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, gives the nod.…
Japanese boffins fear virus nicked spacecraft blueprints Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:03:08 GMT Tokyo, we have a problemJapanese space engineers have admitted one of their computers has been infected by a Trojan that may have leaked sensitive data, including system login information, to hackers.…
First ever private rocket to space station in launch delay Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:51:57 GMT 'We'll go when we're good and ready', say Musk rocketeersSpaceX, the private rocket firm helmed and in large part bankrolled by famous nerdwealth biz kingpin Elon Musk, has announced that its first attempt to send one of its Dragon capsules to the International Space Station will be further delayed.…
Busted Phobos-Grunt in harmless splashdown Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:00:05 GMT Failed probe plops into PacificFailed Russian-built space probe Phobos-Grunt is now lying under the Pacific Ocean west of South America, according to Russia’s Air and Space Defence Force.… (image)
Nuclear Mars tank thrusts hard into perfect position Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:34:00 GMT NASA shows Russians how Phobos-Grunt should have workedUnlike the broken-down Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt, the NASA Mars Science Laboratory is on track for touching down on the Red Planet after smoothly pulling off some well-choreographed thrusts.…
Hubble probes star death blast clue to universe riddle Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:42:21 GMT 9bn-year-old supernova could explain dark energyPic Astronomers have photographed the faint embers of a star explosion that happened 9 billion years ago.…
Billions of potentially populated planets in the galaxy Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:27:20 GMT Loads of Earthlike worlds in the habitable zone around starsThere are billions of habitable planets in the Milky Way where aliens could be having their tea right now, according to a new six-year study.…
Big stars give birth to little stars in new WISE pic Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:01:10 GMT Telescope provides evidence for secondary star formationNASA's WISE space telescope has stitched together a panoramic view of the Milky Way where stars are born.…
NASA's ageing black hole-stalking probe switched off Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:11:07 GMT X-ray-sniffing RXTE detected spacetime warpingAstronomers are marking the decommissioning of a satellite that has spent 16 years peering into black holes and neutron stars.… (image)
Hubble shows images from record-breaking 13.1 billion light-years Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:44:12 GMT Spots quintet of infant galaxies in formationThe Hubble telescope has broken its own distance record, spotting a cluster of five galaxies 13.1billion light-years away.…
Foreign sabotage suspected in Phobos-Grunt meltdown Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:44:55 GMT Russian space chief doesn't want to point any fingers, but...The head of the Russian space agency has hinted that foreign sabotage might be to blame for the malfunction of the country's Martian space probe, Phobos-Grunt.…
NASA halts 'naut flogging Apollo 13 notebook Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:39:11 GMT Jim Lovell put emergency checklist up for auctionNASA has sparred with one of its most famous astronauts over the sale of a checklist of life-saving calculations.…
Astronomers map largest ever zone of dark matter Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:10:05 GMT MegaCam maps 10 million galaxiesAn international research team has presented the largest ever map of dark matter at the 219th American Astronomical Society conference in Austin, Texas.…
Nuclear Mars tank prepares for 8-thruster dance Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:42:05 GMT MSL's engines fire up in choreographed sequence in push for MarsThe Mars Science Laboratory, the "nuclear-powered robot laser tank" carrying NASA's shiny new rover, Curiosity, is due to fire its engine in two days' time for the biggest manoeuvre on its trip to the Red Planet.… (image)
Mars rover seeks perfect suntan spot to survive winter Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:58:04 GMT Opportunity's solar panels get juiced up on Greeley Haven slopesNASA's ageing Mars exploration rover Opportunity is heading for Greeley Haven for the winter - a site with a sun-facing slope to catch the meagre rays of our star on its solar panels.…
Former coder, NASA 'naut to lead DARPA starship dream Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:01:07 GMT Galactic bus boss also Trekkie, 1st African-American woman in spaceThe bevy of boffins over at the occasionally madcap Pentagon agency DARPA have chosen a former astronaut to lead their highly ambitious drive to get the first manned interstellar spaceship flying out of the solar system by 2111.…
Duff Russian Mars probe spotted flying in reverse Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:10:26 GMT Video shows why contact with Phobos-Grunt failedA veteran skywatcher has captured a video of the doomed Russian Martian space probe Phobos-Grunt that provides evidence of why ground control has only sporadically been able to contact it.…
'You have to worry about the management of Twitter' Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:02:11 GMT From Wendi Deng fake to Phobos-Grunt's fiery fateQuotw This was the week in which we learned that the techie surprise at the bottom of many, many Brits' Christmas stockings was some form of Amazon Kindle, if you believe pollster YouGov.…
US 'space warplane' may be spying on Chinese spacelab Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:25:00 GMT Is X-37B's secret mission watching Heavenly Palace?The US Air Force's second mysterious mini-space shuttle, the X-37B, could be spying on China's space laboratory and the first piece of its space station, Tiangong-1.… (image)
At least 10 days till hot Phobos-Grunt chunks rain down Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:02:03 GMT Earliest estimate for fallout from doomed Russian Mars probe 'may change'Any fragments of the doomed Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt that don't burn up in the fiery explosion of its fuel tanks hitting the atmosphere are likely to fall to Earth on 15 January.…
Exotic Russian rock CAME FROM OUTER SPACE Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:02:09 GMT Alien quasicrystal find sheds light on solar system birthAtom-bothering boffins have proved that a crystal previously only found in labs also occurs naturally - in outer space.… |
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