| Catastrophic event halted birth of stars, say Durham researchers Scientists at Durham University's Department of Physics have found evidence of a catastrophic event that they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early... | |
| Water discovered in Apollo moon rocks Scientists have discovered tiny amounts of water in some of the famous moon rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo... |
| Earth Class Mail Introduces Miami and Chicago Street Addresses Earth Class Mail , the leader in digital mail management solutions, announced today the opening of two new street addresses, in Miami at 382 Northeast 191st Street, and in Chicago at 1608 S Ashland... |
| Physicists Take Atoms For A Walk Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 12:19 CST A team of physicists headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy... |
| Save power save earth It is a simple step that can go a long way as your contribution to fighting climate change. All you have to do is just switch off your lights and electronic equipment from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on... |
| Switch off lights during Earth Hour Abhishek Bachchan Actor Abhishek Bachchan has urged Indians to switch off lights for one hour on March 27 as part of WWF's Earth Hour 2010 campaign to support action on climate change. He says he will also request the... |
| General Relativity Validated on Cosmic Scale An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by University of California, Berkeley, University of Zurich and Princeton University physicists demonstrates that the universe -- at least up to a... |
| Einstein Was Right: General Relativity Confirmed A partial map of the distribution of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, going out to a distance of 7 billion light years. The amount of galaxy clustering that we observe today is a signature... |
| Earth Class Mail™ Introduces Miami and Chicago Street Addresses Earth Class Mail adds Miami and Chicago to its US Street Address network. In addition to NY, LA, San Francisco, Delaware and Seattle, Earth Class Mail Street Address customers have gained a business... |
| Roger Penrose: Non-stop cosmos, non-stop career YOU'D have thought that Roger Penrose would be pleased to have his work immortalised in an Oscar-nominated film. Apparently not. After friends told him about his book's cameo in Happy Go Lucky,... |
| China chooses first women astronauts China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday. The... |
| The Minnesotan who helped bring "Avatar" to earth Growing up in St. Louis Park in the 1960s, Stephen Rivkin wasn't sure where he fit in. At 12, he followed his older brother David's lead and rocked out on electric guitar, with little brother Bobby... |
| China space program selects first women astronauts The Chinese space program's first two women astronauts have been selected and may take part in missions to China's planned space station, the official Xinhua News Agency reported... |
| SpaceX Aborts Test Firing of New Rocket's Engines ) aborted the Falcon 9 medium-class rocket's first static fire test March 9 just as the vehicle's nine main-stage engines were about to ignite for a planned 3.5-second burn. ... |
| SpaceX Aborts Test Firing of Falcon 9 Engines The Falcon 9 Rocket and Dragon Spacecraft: See the craft in detail, plus how it stacks up to a Russian Soyuz rocket and NASA's space shuttles. Credit: Karl Tate,... |
| Japanese astronaut Noguchi engages in key work on Int'l Space Station+ TSUKUBA, Japan, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Wednesday installed a robotic arm outside the country's Kibo laboratory module on the International Space Station,... |
| First woman in space promotes careers in science , a company dedicated to helping teachers raise students' interest in science. Ride, 58, spoke to Reuters after appearing at a round-table discussion in Boston on gender equity and educating... |
| ISS Expedition 22 to return to Earth on March 18 Panoramic dome view observation station added to ISS A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to land in central Kazakhstan on... |
| Quantum Walk: Physicists Take Atoms for a Walk A team of physicists, headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has a achieved a quantum walk... |
| Lord of the Rings in Opposition Being in opposition has several effects. Mainly, it means that Saturn rises at sunset and sets at sunrise, so is visible all night long everywhere in the world. At sunset Saturn is rising in the... |
| Nike, U.S. State Department, NASA and USAID-Sponsored Competition Picks Valcent as One of the Ten Best Companies in the World for a Sustainable Future NASA , USAID, the U.S. State Department and Nike, which identifies and supports innovative work poised to contribute to a sustainable future, has selected Valcent's... |
| Sun spotters protect the Earth BBC World Service There are not many websites which literally give you the chance to protect the world.Yet, if you are keen on spending a few moments of your day defending the Earth from an... |
| "Catastrophic event" stopped growth of galaxy A "catastrophic event" halted the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe, scientists have revealed. The researchers from Durham University's Department of Physics observed... |
| Smithsonian Rolls Out Red Carpet for Hubble 3D Premiere Co-starring astronauts Mike Massimino, John Grunsfeld, Megan McArthur, Greg C. Johnson and Scott Altman with "Hubble 3D" director and producer Toni Myers at the National Air and Space Museum.... |
| Taiwan February Tax Revenue Down 58% Due To Timing Of Lunar New Year "February's revenue would have showed continued improvement in the absence of the holiday effect," said an official at the ministry's statistics department who asked not to be named. Tax revenue... |
| NASA space shuttle prepares to complete space station NASA ’s budget and the future of manned space flight, the space agency is prepping the critical technology its remaining four space shuttle missions will deliver to complete the International... |
| Nancy Saturn, American Artisan Festival founder, dies at 67 Nancy Saturn , a longtime key figure in Nashville's art community who founded American Artisan arts and crafts gallery and the annual American Artisan Festival in Centennial Park, died Tuesday from... |
| Earth Savers Institute Launches Virtual Assistant Service ESTERO, FL, March 10, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Earth Savers Institute, a Florida-based eco education and certification firm, today announced they are offering Virtual Assistant services to... |
| Maiko Itai crowned Miss Universe Japan 2010 Twenty-year-old Maiko Itai won Miss Universe Japan 2010 in Tokyo on March 9, 2010. She will be on behalf of Japan to compete in Miss Universe Pageant at the end of the year. (Photo Source:... |
| NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month. NASA's... |
| IBM makes Earth-friendly plant plastic SAN FRANCISCO -- IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the... |
| Massive Repeated Explosions Halted Star Formation in Early Universe Big Bang , a massive galaxy exploded in a series of blasts trillions of times more powerful than any caused by an atomic bomb. The blasts happened every second for millions of years. "We are... |
| Orbiting stars circle each other in minutes After a decade of mystery, astronomers have now shown that a pair of white dwarf stars spin around each other in just 5.4 minutes, making them the fastest-orbiting and tightest binary star system... |
| SpaceX aborts rocket engine test CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually... |
| Buzz Aldrin gears up for ‘Dancing’ Buzz Aldrin — the second man to step foot on the moon — will be one of 11 contestants who pair up with professional dancers to compete in the series' weekly... |
| Astronaut, others stress importance of math, science S ally Ride, America’s first female astronaut, was in Boston yesterday reminding civic leaders that girls still tend to steer away from math and science in early adolescence. “There are... |
| Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA The US space shuttle fleet can continue flying beyond NASA's September 30 deadline if the money is made available to keep it going, a US space agency official told reporters Tuesday. "I think the... |
| Russia, India May Jointly Make Glonass, GPS Navigation Devices The Glonass navigation satellite system is expected to start operating worldwide by the end of 2010. As soon as global operations are launched, India will be able to use the civilian signal, allowing... |
| Russian Volga Region Moves To Produce Flying Saucers The flying saucer will have low fuel consumption as compared to ordinary aircraft due to its aerodynamic form and will be able to transport outsized cargoes to remote and inaccessible... |
| China's Fourth Space Center To Be Completed By 2015 China has recently unveiled comprehensive space exploration plans, including plans to build its own orbital space station and laboratory before 2020. The ultimate goal of the Chinese project is to... |
| Russia Shortlists 11 For 520-Day Simulation Of Mars Mission Russia's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems announced on Thursday the names of 11 volunteers on the shortlist to take part in a 520-day simulation of an expedition to Mars, a spokesman... |
| Historic Deep Space Network Antenna Starts Major Surgery The 70-meter antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in the Mohave Desert in California. This complex is one of three comprising NASA's Deep Space Network. Image:... |
| NASA Launches Interactive Simulation Of Satellite Communications Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) is responsible for providing communications services for all of NASA's missions. The interactive demonstration shows how SCaN's ground and space based... |
