Science
A new start-up, privately funded space transport company, Golden Spike, has announced that it will take two people to the Moon for a mere $1.5 million by 2020.
Called the "Black Marble" when in darkness, the Earth is magnificently photographed by a NASA/NOAA satellite after the Sun has set, showing the lights of humanity at night. As one NOAA scientist remarks, "Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps."
The pair of probes orbiting the Moon in the mission called GRAIL have provided us on the Earth with the most detailed look of the Moon so far ever produced. Its new gravity map provides views of craters, volcanos, and mountain peaks, which are now available to everyone to see through a YouTube video.
Astronomers are predicting over 50 meteor per hour should be seen at the peak of the Geminid meteor shower; that's just under 1 meteor per minute. So, with a clear sky and good weather conditions you should have a good time watching the Geminids overhead.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft left Earth about 35 years ago. It is now traveling near the edge of our solar system. Before it reaches interstellar space, the spacecraft has discovered a new region of the solar system called the magnetic highway.
IT enabled technologies have the potential to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 16.5%, saving up to $1.9 trillion annually in carbon emissions. The potential reduction in harmful gases is even larger than what was thought a few years ago.
NASA is reassuring the public -- especially young children who are worried about Mayan doomsday predictions that the world will end on December 21, 2012 -- that these claims are just "manufactured fantasy" and have no basis in scientific fact.
The NASA probe MESSENGER has discovered that the planet Mercury, one of the hottest places in the solar system, contains a lot of ice; in fact enough to cover the policial capital of the United States 2.5 miles deep. What an great idea!
An image taken from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a giant cyclone swirling above the north pole of the planet Saturn.
It might be a while before it reaches Holden, but General Motors' US Chevrolet operation is adding Siri support to some of its small cars.
