2010 – the Year Extraterrestrial Life Is Found?
2010 could turn out to be a landmark year – the year that sees the announcement that extraterrestrial life has been discovered. You’re probably wondering what…
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Falcon 9 Lifts Off Successfully
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched successfully today and achieved orbit after an abort earlier in the day. Following the cancellation of further development on NASA’s Constellation…
Read the guideMysterious Markings on Pluto
Lonely Pluto floats in the darkness at the edge of our solar system. It’s so far away even the Hubble Space Telescope has trouble making out…
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Big Auroras on Jupiter
So you thought Northern Lights were big in Alaska? “That’s nothing,” says Randy Gladstone of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. “Jupiter has auroras…
Read the guideHubble Space Telescope Confirms Cosmic Acceleration
A comprehensive analysis of distorted galaxies from the most ambitious cosmic survey ever undertaken by the Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the mysterious cosmic acceleration. It…
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In general, galaxies can be thought of as sociable, hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, this recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how…
Read the guideFrozen Britain and Not So Frozen Ireland
This striking image taken by NASA’s Terra satellite on 7 January shows the UK deep in the clutches of the current cold snap. While the UK…
Read the guideSandtrapped Mars Rover Makes a Big Discovery
Spirit surveys its own predicament. The bright soil pictured left is loose, fluffy material churned by the rover’s left-front wheel as Spirit, driving backwards, broke through…
Read the guideOrionid Meteor Shower, 2009
The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week and it could be a very good show. “Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet,…
Read the guideThe Solar Minimum Continues
Two sunspots, which appeared on the autumnal equinox to break several months of extreme solar quiet [see New Sunspots (Finally!)], have faded away, leaving the sun…
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