Category: Science
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Private spaceship almost in space
Nearly there, this is great news for space exploration. Hopefully we will not have to rely on state agencies for too much longer.
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Two Architectures Chosen for Terrestrial Planet Finder
I think this is perhaps one of the most exciting projects, along with the Terrestrial Planet Imager, that NASA is working on at the moment. I wrote an article on it in the Irish Examiner a few years ago. The results of this kind of project could have huge consequences for humanity, and our place…
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Oppurtunity arrives
Oppurtunity has arrived at the Endurance crater – whew that took a while! Looks like there’s lots of exciting science to be done there.
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'Einstein' probe heads into space
This is a huge amount of money to spend – but it might well be worth it. I am looking forward to the results – my bet is on Einstein being right. I do remember on Carl Sagan’s excellent Cosmos series that an experiment was performed on how time slows down as you move. An…
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A cosmic ambush: Susan Trausch
This looks like a good piece.
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Sedna
The 10th planet? Hmm. But how does one define a planet? Measurements suggest Sedna’s diameter is almost 2000km the biggest find in the solar system since Pluto was discovered 74 years ago. It is believed to be made of ice and rock, and is slightly smaller than Pluto.
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Higgs Boson found?
Scientists believe they may have found the Higgs Boson, the so-called ‘God particle’. But we shall have to wait and see.
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Hubble delivers best-ever view of early Universe
It’s easy, dock Hubble with the ISS – it would please everyone. Just so we can get more pictures like this. The official site was so busy they had to mirror it.
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NASA announce evidence of water on Mars
Ongoing NASA press conference, on as I write, Slashdot quote “Drenched with Water”: They are saying that the crater that the second rover has landed in has convincing evidence that it was once drenched or covered in liquid water. They cite the tiny spherules, odd holes in the rocks, sulfur in the spectrometric analyses, and…
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The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare
So the Pentagon is taking global warming seriously? I have been keeping an eye out for stories related to this issue – I remember Frank saying that a large number scientists don’t believe global warming is happening – I just wonder what percentage of the scientific community believes it. How many scientists are there in…