Radiation exposure a major hurdle for any manned mission to Mars

	Radiation exposure a major hurdle for any manned mission to Mars Space travel is a hazardous endeavour at the best of times, but a new study suggests that astronauts on any future manned space mission to Mars are also more likely to get cancer, due to radiation exposure during the flight. The team of scientists led by ...
	Mars Express' 10th birthday celebrated with Martian atlas Ten years after the Mars Express first launched into the skies from Asian steppes, the European Space Agency has released a full-planet atlas of the distribution of Martian volcanos, mineral fields, and dust dunes. "The history of Mars is encoded in its minerals ...
	New graphene camera sensor is 1000 times more sensitive to light While cameras today still rely on ultrapixels and OIS to take sharp photographs, researchers in Singapore have identified a game changer for the world of photography. Graphene, both incredibly strong and electrically conductive, contains the ability to absorb ...
	Never-before-seen alien planet just 300 light-years from Earth A newly discovered gaseous planet has been directly photographed orbiting a star about 300 light-years from Earth -- equivalent to 3.7 billion round trip flights to the moon. Imaging alien planets is difficult, and this world may be the least massive planet ...
	Dwarf Star Blasts out Stunningly Powerful Flares A nearby star smaller than Jupiter punches far above its weight, firing off surprisingly intense flares that regularly triple its total brightness, scientists say. The dwarf star, which lies 53 light-years from Earth, has an intrinisic brightness just 0.02 percent that of our ...
	NASA's Swift Produces Best Ultraviolet Maps Of The Nearest Galaxies WASHINGTON, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have used NASA's Swift satellite to create the most detailed ultraviolet light surveys ever of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two ...
	Jellyfish surge in Mediterranean threatens biodiversity Scientists across the Mediterranean say a surge in the number of jellyfish this year threatens not just the biodiversity of one of the world's most overfished seas but also the health of tens of thousands of summer tourists. “I flew along a 300km stretch of ...