Ian O'Neill
Hawaiian Man Files Lawsuit Against the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is set to go online in May of this year. This magnificent machine will accelerate…
Under Construction: SpaceShipTwo, on Course for 2009 Testflight (Pictures)
It is really taking shape. The future of Virgin Galactic's fleet of space tourism rockets is currently forming in a…
13.73 Billion Years – The Most Precise Measurement of the Age of the Universe Yet
NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has taken the best measurement of the age of the Universe to date. According…
Cassini Sniffs Organic Chemicals Leaking into Space from Saturn Moon, Enceladus
During a flyby of the small moon on March 12th, the Cassini probe detected significant amounts of organic chemicals as…
The Sun Bursts to Life: Sunspots, Flares and CMEs
As if to remind us it is still there, the Sun has put on an explosive show of sunspots, flares…
NASA U-Turn Over Mars Rover Funding
No sooner had news hit the web that NASA had cut funding to the Mars Exploratory Rovers (MER), NASA took…
A Space War would be a Seriously Messy Business
What if there was a Pearl Harbour-like, pre-emptive strike against orbiting satellites? What if our quarrels on the ground spill…
Spirit Rover is Switched Off to Save NASA Money (Update)
To save the Mars Expedition Rover (MER) program some cash, controllers will be forced to switch one of the four-year…
Light Echos from 400 Year Old Supernova Observed for the First Time (Time-lapse Video)
Its observations like these that really give us an idea about how big the cosmos actually is. A star in…
Building a Moon Base: Part 4 – Infrastructure and Transportation
In this exciting but challenging period of space exploration, the time is fast approaching for serious design concepts for the…