Science
The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory videoed a coronal mass ejection, on January 31, 2013, that will be visiting Earth in a few days.
What is 300 times stronger than steel, just one atom thick (50,000 times thinner than a human hair), transparent, bendable and a better conductor than copper? Nokia hopes it will be your future mobile phone.
Lockheed Martin partners with Sierra Nevada to build Dream Chaser
By William Atkins
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company announced on Wednesday, January 30, 2013, that it is joining Sierra Nevada Corporation in developing the Dream Chaser winged spacecraft to be used as a commercial space taxis for NASA.
On February 15, 2013, the asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass by Earth but not hit it, which is good news for all Earthlings because it is being compared in size to the one that destroyed a portion of the Siberian forest in what is called the "Tunguska Event" in 1908.
The country of Iran announced on January 28, 2013, that it has sent a monkey into space inside its Pishgam (Pioneer) space capsule. The monkey was returned to Earth alive in what is considered by the Iranians to be its first successful space mission with a monkey onboard.
A NASA space telescope has discovered for the first time magnetic braids of super-hot material in the outer atmosphere of the Sun. See pictures and a video of the discovery, which may help to improve our weather forecasts.
Two spatial science researchers have completed the first research in Australia to integrate the well-established GPS technology with an emerging satellite system, Galileo.
Recent research has suggested a very strong connection between the use of lead in petrol and paint and violent crime rates.
Following the January 9th close fly-by, asteroid Apophis' orbit has been more accurately calculated.
Sauropod neck could be a delicacy! When palaeontologists gather around the barbecue, beer in hand, talk will generally turn to thoughts of the best dinosaur steaks.
