Ian O'Neill
Phoenix: Mars Soil Can Support Life
Another groundbreaking discovery from Mars: Phoenix has analysed martian regolith containing minerals more commonly found in soil here on Earth,…
LCROSS Passes Pre-Flight Tests Before Kamikaze Mission to Find Water on Moon
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) is a very exciting mission for lunar exploration. Since the discovery of…
Ares V Rocket Gets an Upgrade: It will be Bigger and Stronger for 2020 Moon Mission (Video)
NASA announced on Wednesday that the original Constellation project's principle rocket, the Ares V, will need to be designed to…
Primordial Stars Frozen Indefinitely by Dark Matter
It is thought that primordial or "Population III" stars were born in dense clouds of dark matter, 100 million years…
ATV Jules Verne Surpasses All Expectations (Videos)
Last week's record re-boost from ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) pushed the International Space Station 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) higher…
US Senator: NASA Job Losses Could Generate Jobs for Russian Space Program
It's not good news, but it could be worse. On Monday, NASA announced that it anticipates shedding 3,000-4,000 jobs in…
Paranormal Radio’s “2012 Just Another Day” Show Now Available!
On June 10th, I was invited on Captain Jack's Paranormal Radio show to chat about the various 2012 Doomsday scenarios.…
Newsflash: The LHC Won’t Punch a Hole in the Earth After All…
Its official: We're not going to be blown up, smothered in stranglets, sucked into a black hole or turned into…
Photographer Images Satellites That Do Not Exist
Trevor Paglen is an astrophotographer with a difference... he takes photos of satellites that are not there. Officially "not there",…
2012: No Killer Solar Flare
We could be in for a huge firework display in 2012. The Sun will be approaching the peak of its…