Ian O'Neill
Synthetic Black Hole Event Horizon Created in UK Laboratory
Researchers at St. Andrews University, Scotland, claim to have found a way to simulate an event horizon of a black…
Titan has “Hundreds of Times More” Liquid Hydrocarbons Than Earth
According to new Cassini data, Saturns largest moon, Titan, has "hundreds" times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the liquid fossil…
Could the First Stars Have Been Powered by Dark Matter?
Early stars that began to form about 200 million years after the Big Bang were strange creatures. From observation, the…
Cautious Welcome for UK Research Council U-Turn on Gemini Observatory Funding
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) appear to have given UK astronomers a temporary reprieve over their access to…
“Listening” for Gravitational Waves to Track Down Black Holes
Gravitational waves are predicted by Einstein's 1916 general theory of relativity, but they are notoriously hard to detect and it's…
Columbus Module Attached to ISS after Eight Hour Spacewalk
The ESA Columbus module is now attached to the Harmony module on the International Space Station after a successful spacewalk…
Video of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-122) Pitch Maneuver Prior to ISS Docking
In a superb video released by NASA, the Space Shuttle Atlantis' 360 degree pitch maneuver is captured prior to docking…
Building a Moon Base: Part 2 – Habitat Concepts
Plans are afoot to build a manned base on the Moon. As you probably would have guessed, there are quite…
Extremophile Hunt Begins in Antarctica, Implications for Exobiologists
An expedition has set off for Antarctica's Lake Untersee in the quest to find bacteria living in one of the…
Are we sending a bit too much information into the cosmos?
On Monday (February 4, 7 pm EST) NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) sent a transmission toward the North Star, Polaris.…