Nicholos Wethington

Camera Network Spies Anomalous Meteorite

A network of time-lapse cameras set up in the Nullarbor Plain desert of Western Australia has allowed researchers to track…

15 years ago

Why did HAL sing ‘Daisy’?

Okay, so this may not be important breaking news about astronomy, but it may answer a burning question posed by…

15 years ago

NASA and ESA Sign Mars Exploration Joint Initiative

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have officially agreed to combine their efforts in the exploration and study of…

15 years ago

Going Up? Top Floor, Space Elevator Games 2009

BREAKING NEWS: LaserMotive successfully qualified for the $900,000 prize! Their official speed was 3.72 m/s. Way to go! See more…

15 years ago

Mars Explorers May Use AI to Become ‘Cyborg Astrobiologists’

Ever heard of a 'Cyborg Astrobiologist'? Probably not. But I bet you'll want to be one after learning that future…

15 years ago

Rosetta to Make Final Earth Flyby Nov. 13th

The comet chasing spacecraft Rosetta will make its third and final swing by the Earth on November 13th to pick…

15 years ago

Masten wins $1 million X-Prize on Last Possible Day

The X-Prize competition for building a lander vehicle capable of making a simulated landing and liftoff on the Moon has…

15 years ago

New CMB Measurements Support Standard Model

New measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) - the leftover light from the Big Bang - lend further support…

15 years ago

Two ESA Satellites Launch Successfully

UPDATE: Information about both SMOS and the Proba-2 satelite are on ESA Television. The program loop is embedded at the…

15 years ago

How Fast is the Speed of Light?

You may think that a lot of things are fast, like speeding bullets and Superman and the passage of time…

15 years ago