NASA’s Stardust Discovers Human made Deep Impact Crater on Comet Tempel 1
[/caption] NASA’s aging and amazing Stardust space probe has at last discovered the human made crater created on Comet Tempel…
Where In The Universe Challenge #137
Here’s this week’s image for the Where In The Universe Challenge, to test your visual knowledge of the cosmos. You…
Study: Thawing Permafrost Could Accelerate Global Warming
From a press release from the University of Colorado Boulder: Up to two-thirds of Earth's permafrost likely will disappear by…
Galaxy Size Matters … And This is Not a Rorschach Test
[/caption] When it comes to forming stars, the size of a galaxy does matter, according to research out today in…
Stunning New Look at Reflection Nebula Messier 78
[/caption] Here’s another “Hidden Treasure” from the European Southern Observatory, from the astrophotography competition where amateurs create images from unused…
What Is A Singularity?
The concept of a space-time singularity - where time and space itself become infinite and undifferentiated - is one of…
Magnetic Levitation
[/caption]Overcoming the pull of gravity and fighting acceleration are major challenges for scientists looking to achieve flight and/or high-speed transportation.…
Helmholtz Coil
[/caption]A magnetic field is a pretty awesome thing. As a fundamental force of the universe, they are something without which,…
Dipole Moment
[/caption]It has long been known that all molecules possess two equal and opposite charges which are separated by a certain…
Fiscal Squeeze Could Freeze NASA Budget for Five Years
NASA officials put on happy faces on February 14 to discuss their new budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2012, but…