Four Future Space Missions
A brief synopsis of space missions that are in progress and will reach climax in the next few months and years. New Horizons is going to Pluto and the Kuiper belt. Juno is on...
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NASA Wants Meteor Warning System
NASA is requesting funds to track and divert meteorites that could be life threatening. However it appears that NASA is struggling ot get the appropriate funds.
Jupiters Hotspots – NASA
Information on Jupiter’s bright Equatorial Zone swirls with dark patches, dubbed “hot spots” for their infrared glow. These holes in the ammonia clouds at the top of the atmosphere allow a glimpse into Jupiter’s darker,...
Mars Curiosity Rover Report – March 15, 2013
A NASA scientist discusses the analysis of the first drill sample taken by Curiosity. This was the first rock powder ever collected. The analysis confirms that the rocks were once in a fresh water...
Comet Pan-STARRS
Comet Pan-STARRS has survived its encounter with the sun and is now emerging from twilight in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere. A NASA spacecraft monitoring the comet has beamed back pictures of...
Future Of Space Travel
The future of space exploration is discussed by NASA astronaut Greg Johnson. Ofcourse this will involve the colonisation of the Moon and eventually Mars. New technologies are discussed as well as technology spinoffs such...
New Star System is Closest Found in a Century – NASA
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope have found a pair of stars which are now the third-closest star system to our sun. They are the closest stars discovered since 1916, when Barnard’s star...
Skylon Space Plane
A small British company, Reaction Engines, have developed a new engine system that will be able to power and aircraft into space and back again. This will dramatically slash the price of getting into...
Wonders Of The Cosmos
A short video for high school kids that gives a great introduction to astronomy and the wonders of the Cosmos. The video also shows a glimpse of the Starship Enterprise. Once the big problem...
Life on Mars Was a Possibility – NASA
NASA has concluded that, based on the chemistry of rocks recently examined by Curioisty, Mars could have supported life in the past. Previous samples from past missions suggested that samples did not provide the...
When Will Time End?
The answer to this question may depend on whether Stephen Hawking was right in his theory that describes how black holes shed mass and eventually decay. It now appears the entire cosmos is...
UN Prepares For Coming Solar Storms – NASA
Solar storms, although launched 93 million miles away, can damage satellites and knock out power grids here on Earth. This is due to our reliance on sensitive electronics and components. Solar Energetic particles ripple...
The Moon’s Permanently Shadowed Regions – NASA
Thanks to new data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we can now see into the craters on the dark side of the Moon with incredible detail. Due to the axis of the Moon being...
NASA Update – 8th March 2013
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – A weekly update on news from NASA. The new crew for the ISS prepare for launch at the end of March. Also a look...
Laser Propulsion For Spacecraft
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – If humans are ever to colonise the Universe then new forms of spacecraft propulsion systems must be invented. Here we look at experiments with The...
Why is Curiosity Looking For Organics?
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Organics are necessary for life to exist. Finding organics would mean that the right components were available for life to have existed not that...
About Mars – Bashar
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – Bashar, channeled by Darryl Anka, answers the questions: “Was mars once alive and inhabited?” “If so, what caused it to become dead?” Bashar claims...
SpaceX Dragon Arrives At ISS – 3rd March 2013
– “For You To Enjoy And Share With Friends” – The SpaceX Dragon arrived at the Internartional Space Station last Sunday, three days after liftoff. A great video of the Dragon being captured by...
