Saturday, 16 March 2013

Giant planet may explain evolution of solar system, increase chances of ...

Giant planet may explain evolution of solar system, increase chances of ...

Giant planet may explain evolution of solar system, increase chances of ...

It's a discovery that could increase the odds of discovering life outside of our own solar system. According to astronomers, the atmosphere of a massive exoplanet contains water vapor and carbon monoxide– two components that may increase the chances ...
Cern 99.9% certain Higgs boson has been found

Cern 99.9% certain Higgs boson has been found

LONDON: Physicists believe they may have found the elusive Higgs boson. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) said on Thursday that the new particle discovered last July is "looking like the God particle". After analysing two-and-a-half ...
3-man Russian-American crew returns safely to Earth from International Space ...

3-man Russian-American crew returns safely to Earth from International Space ...

MOSCOW — A Soyuz space capsule carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed Saturday morning on the foggy steppes of Kazakhstan, safely returning the three men to Earth after a 144-day mission to the International Space ...
World

World's Biggest Astronomy Project Opens in Northern Chile

Claiming to be the biggest astronomy project of the world till date, Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observatory finally opened on Wednesday. Supported by 66 antennas, this huge observatory is based in Northern Chile, the driest desert ...
NASA Scientists Say Jupiter

NASA Scientists Say Jupiter's Hot Spots Caused By Rossby Waves, Which Exist ...

(Photo : NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/GSFC) The dark hot spot in this false-color image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is a window deep into Jupiter's atmosphere. All around it are layers of higher clouds, with colors indicating which layer of the atmosphere the ...
Is the sky falling?

Is the sky falling?

ESCANABA - Following the explosion of a meteor over Russia last month injuring more than 1,000 people, and an asteroid the size of a city block passing by Earth last weekend, some may be wondering if the sky is falling. "The near miss last week by a large ...
NASA

NASA's Swift satellite helps discover youngest-known supernova remnants

NASA's Swift satellite has uncovered the previously unknown remains of a shattered star while performing an extensive X-ray survey of our galaxy's central regions. Designated G306.3–0.9 after the coordinates of its sky position, the new object ranks among ...
Bad news for the 220-mile high club: Researchers find sex in space could lead ...

Bad news for the 220-mile high club: Researchers find sex in space could lead ...

Space tourists hoping to join the '220-mile high club' have been brought back to Earth by new research showing sex in space wrecks health. Experiments on plants show changes in gravity damages cells - and could lead to life-threatening illnesses. Rumours ...