New Earth-Like Planets Discovered by NASA’s Kepler
Kepler finds new Earth like planets in the habitable zone of their Sun. This means the it is possible for liquid water to exist on the planets. Which means that life as we know...
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Antares Launches
Antares finally lifts off after delays from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility. Also an update from NASA and Kepler’s discovery of more ‘Earth’ like planets.
Antares And NASA Updates
The latest update from NASA including an update on the postponed launch of the Antares rocket and the Orion capsule. The Antares liftoff was again postponed yesterday due to high winds.
Hubble’s Successor – The James Webb Space Telescope
Named in 2002 in honour of NASA’s administrator during the Apollo programme, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mission is a collaborative project between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency...
Spectrometer On A Chip
A new game-changing instrument, called MicroSpec, is a far-infrared spectrometer that will be 10,000 times more sensitive and infinitely smaller than it’s predecessor. Normally the size of an office desk, this far-infrared spectrometer can...
NASA Briefs Media on Antares Launch Status
NASA hosted a press briefing on April 16 to discuss the launch of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket. Since the conference the scheduled date of test launch has been delayed due to technical issues....
What Are Gamma Rays
A good introduction to gamma rays. What we call “light” is actually just a tiny fraction of the broad range of radiation on the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. The entire span stretches from very-low-energy radio waves...
Antimatter Detected By ISS
Antimatter positron particles have been detected by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) on board the space station. Scientists think that antimatter may be produced by ‘dark matter’ or by ‘pulsars’.
Radiation And Humans In Space
Earths magnetic field and the Ozone layer protects us from most cosmic and solar radiation. But what happens to human bodies when they travel outside low earth orbit? Once astronauts leave the safety of...
Russia to Invest Over $50 Billion In Space
Putin announces plans to invest over $50b over the next 7 years in space exploration. The translation of the speech is below the second video. httpv://youtu.be/9AiMqlmtGn0 “Dear colleagues, let me wish you a great...
NASA’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request for NASA is a $17.7 billion investment in space exploration. An interesting video that looks at where this budget will be spent. The space budget is far...
NASA’s Asteroid Capture Plan
An animation of NASA’s plans to capture an asteroid and move it into the Moon’s orbit. This plan was recently confirmed by the Obama administration and initial funding has been approved. The goals...
Latest News From NASA – 8th April 2013
Here is the latest from NASA, including news of the new Antares rocket launcher, the experimental results from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer aboard the ISS and its mission to detect ‘dark matter’. Also includes...
NASA Launches Two New Projects With Help From Google And MIT
NASA is set to launch two missions and has enlisted help from MIT and Google. One project involves the discovery of exoplanets and the other will be analysing matter found in neutrostars.
Earth From Space – 2012
A look at some of the best views of Earth from space in 2012. Includes computer models and time lapses.
Plans To Intercept Asteroid – NASA
President Obama has set aside $100m to kick start a programme that will ‘losoo’ a small asteroid and bring it close to the Moon for further examination. The purpose is to examine it to...
Has Dark Matter Been Discovered?
There has been recent speculation that ‘Dark Matter’ has been found but nothing official. Dark Matter is an illusive form of matter which is said to make up much more mass than all of...
Hubble And Black Holes
An introduction to black holes and how the Hubble is being used to study them. One of Hubble’s main objectives was the identification of giant black holes.
