Category: Science
No gravity needed.
Astronaut makes a boomerang work in outer space.
Post date: Friday, March 21st, 2008.
You Make It, We Play It.
Advertisement contest that will broadcast the winning entry into outer space.
Post date: Friday, March 7th, 2008.
US 193.
US Department of Defense is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite.
Post date: Thursday, February 14th, 2008.
Federal Space Agency.
Russian space agency that claims it can protect the world from asteroids by creating a missle which will destroy them. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, October 24th, 2006.
Higgs boson.
Researchers are trying to create a baby universe that will evaporate out of a wormhole. (via)
Post date: Sunday, August 6th, 2006.
Reservoir-triggered earthquakes.
Scientists have reportedly predicted an earthquake. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 31st, 2006.
Lyman alpha blobs.
Astronomers discover a massive object containing galaxies and gas bubbles that is 200 million light-years wide.
Post date: Friday, July 28th, 2006.
Shijian-8.
Recoverable satellite that will expose plant seeds to cosmic radiation for two weeks to help improve crop yields. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 24th, 2006.
Plasma magnet.
Device that will create a plasma cloud around spacecraft and shield astronauts from cosmic rays.
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
Oxygen Generation System.
System that uses astronaut urine to generate breathable oxygen.
Post date: Monday, July 17th, 2006.
New Worlds Observer.
Space shield that will shade orbiting telescopes from star light allowing astronomers to look for Earth-like planets.
Post date: Monday, July 10th, 2006.
Hubble Advanced Camera for Surveys.
Astronomers discover a possible Jupiter-size planet orbiting the Beta Pictoris. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
GEO600.
Laser interferometer that can detect gravitational waves caused by the motions of matter that have rippled across space-time since the Big Bang. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2006.
2004 XP14.
Asteroid at least a half-mile in diameter will fly past Earth on July 3. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 26th, 2006.
Nix and Hydra.
Twin moons of Pluto formerly known as S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 are given formal names. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 22nd, 2006.
David’s stone.
Researchers have proposed the idea of capturing an asteroid and engineering it to take out any Earth-bound threats. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 20th, 2006.
Abell 3266.
Gas ball of fire discovered in a distant galaxy cluster that is five thousand million times the size of our solar system. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 14th, 2006.
Uaser.
Researchers have created a type of laser that uses sound instead of light. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 9th, 2006.
Northern Lights.
Virgin Galactic plans to operate tourists flights into the Aurora Borealis.
Post date: Friday, June 9th, 2006.
Details, details.
International Astronomical Union to vote this September for a definition of the word planet.
Post date: Thursday, June 8th, 2006.
Plasma clouds.
Scientists have created ball-lightning in the lab. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2006.
XMMXCS 2215-1734.
Galaxy cluster discovered 10 billion light-years from Earth that weighs 500 trillion times the mass of the Sun. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 6th, 2006.
SkyScout.
Handheld device that uses GPS technology to identify what celestial body you are pointing at. (via)
Post date: Monday, June 5th, 2006.
SPHERES.
Floating robots that maneuver around the International Space Station using compressed CO2 thrusters. (via)
Post date: Friday, June 2nd, 2006.
Randall-Sundrum braneworld model.
Theory of gravity that holds that the visible universe is a membrane embedded within a larger universe. (via)
Post date: Thursday, May 25th, 2006.
SLAM.
Post date: Wednesday, May 24th, 2006.
Launch Ring.
Circular accelerator acting like a magnetic sling shot that will launch payloads into space.
Post date: Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006.
Big Bounce.
Researchers combine quantum physics with general relativity and detect a pre-Big Bang universe. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 17th, 2006.
Magnetotactic bacteria.
High school student uses bacteria to produce an electric current for his science fair project.
Post date: Friday, May 12th, 2006.
Exchange reaction.
Neptune probably captured its moon Triton from an orbit around the Sun. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, May 10th, 2006.
Vacuum pyrolysis.
Vaporizing technique that would allow astronauts to extract oxygen from lunar rocks. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 9th, 2006.
Flexible solar panel technology.
Scientist has created a solar-electric membrane designed to act like a flying carpet and carry a payload into space. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 27th, 2006.
CanSats To Space.
Program that lets you send “soda can†sized payloads into space and back for $99. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 18th, 2006.
Robot-moon project.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to colonize the moon with an army of robots. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
Genesis.
Inflatable hotel to be launched into space this year.
Post date: Thursday, April 13th, 2006.
Lobster All-Sky X-ray Monitor.
Telescope designed to view 180° at once can take a picture of the entire sky in 90 minutes.
Post date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006.
Compass 2.
Russian satellite designed to forecast earthquakes from outer space. (via)
Post date: Thursday, April 6th, 2006.
ZERO-G.
Company that operates weightless flights to begin offering them to the general public.
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
Sea Launch.
Satellite will be launched this month from a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006.
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