| NASA eyes unprecedented mission to unlock Sun's biggest mysteries NASA is developing an unprecedented mission to study the Sun closer than ever... | |
| Chief rabbi slams Stephen Hawking for excluding God's role in universe creation The chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, has lashed out at Stephen Hawking after the astrophysicist claimed in his new book that God had no role to play in the creation of the... |
| 2001 Indian 'red rain' showered earth with 'alien life', claim theorists After nine years of research, panspermia theorists have said that the 'red' rains that occurred in India in July 2001 contained bugs that were unlike anything ever found on the Earth, suggesting that it may be an alien form of... |
| Astronomy workshop for UAE kids during Ramadan More than 6,000 children took part in a month-long workshop on astronomy that was organised in Abu Dhabi to encourage youngsters to learn... |
| UV sensor that measures 'hidden' origins of space weather A physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has helped NASA scientists observe a "hidden" layer of the Sun where violent space weather can originate, by positioning a crucial UV sensor inside a space-borne... |
| India To Build World's Largest Solar Telescope Currently, the world's largest solar telescope is the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, with a diameter of 1.6 metres in Kitt Peak National Observatory at Arizona in the... |
| Solar Probe Plus To Plunge Directly Into Sun's Atmosphere Solar Probe+ will likely discover new mysteries, too, in a realm that no other spacecraft has dared enter. At closest approach, Solar Probe+ will be 7 million km or 9 solar radii from the sun. There,... |
| Canadian to command space station in 2013 Astronaut Chris Hadfield in 2013 will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday. Hadfield, 51, will rocket on his third... |
| Three More GLONASS Satellites Put Into Orbit Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket put three GLONASS satellites into orbit on Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said. The Proton-M rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space center in... |
| ISRO To Conduct Key Test For GSLV Mk III Rocket Next Week After a failed test six months ago, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be making a fresh attempt next week to conduct long-duration static test of a crucial liquid core stage for a new... |
| Russian Cosmonauts Long For Hot Showers On ISS A team of Russian cosmonauts working at the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) are unhappy about the absence of hot showers onboard, a Russian cosmonaut said on Thursday. The... |
| God did not create Universe: Hawking God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published Thursday from a new... |
| Spitzer Finds A Flavorful Mix Of Asteroids This image, taken by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission in 2000, shows a close-up view of Eros, an asteroid with an orbit that takes it somewhat close to Earth. NASA's Spitzer Space... |
| Setting Sail In The Sun One of the deployable cameras on the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's IKAROS spacecraft shows the solar power sail fully deployed. Credit: Planetary... |
| Observations Of Supernova Reveal Composition Of 'Star Guts' Pouring Out A team of astronomers led by the University of Colorado at Boulder is charting the interactions between Supernova 1987A and a glowing gas ring encircling the supernova remnant known as the "String of... |
| Critical Polar Data Flows Briskly To Researchers On Oct. 31, 2009, researchers with NASA's Operation IceBridge mission used the Airborne Topographic Mapper instrument to compile data for this elevation map of Antarctica's Crane Glacier. Similar... |
| Extreme Effects: Seven Things You Didn't Know About Mercury As the solar wind encounters Mercury, it slows down, piles up and flows around the planet (gray ball). This figure shows the density of protons from the solar wind, as calculated by modeling of the... |
| Module To Get A Home In Space Technicians temporarily install the Common Berthing Mechanism to simulate joining the module to the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA/Jim... |
| The Superwind Galaxy NGC 4666 The galaxy NGC 4666 takes pride of place at the centre of this new image, made in visible light with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. ... |
| Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab, new competition for Apple's iPad Samsung Europe executive Thomas Richter said Thursday the device will offer users “a new galaxy of possibilities” with features such as mobile video conferencing and a video chat function. The... |
| Beckham primed for Galaxy return next week David Beckham expects to return from injury ahead of schedule The England midfielder, 35, has not played a competitive game since tearing his left Achilles tendon while playing for AC Milan in March,... |
| Canadian to command space station Colonel Chris Hadfield looks over a model of the International Space Station at the Longueuil headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency in Longueuil near Montreal Thursday, September 2, 2010. It was... |
| Hawking: God Didn't Create the Universe We're not certain the news reports about Stephen Hawking's new book are 100 percent accurate (and we're looking into it -- trying to get our hands on a copy of the book) but apparently... |
| Star tracking: The next generation keep young eyes fixed on universe David Williamson , Western Mail YOUNG people across Wales are controlling giant telescopes in Hawaii and Australia and helping Nasa scientists explore distant reaches of the universe. The unusual... |
| God did not create the universe: Hawking LONDON – God did not create the universe and the "Big Bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new... |
| Canadian astronaut to take first command of space station in 2013 OTTAWA, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced Thursday that veteran astronaut Chris Hadfield will return to space for a third time and become the first Canadian Commander of... |
| Nasa mission to hottest of hotspots Nasa is planning to send a mission to one of the most inhospitable places in the universe - the sun itself. The US space agency has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer... |
| NASA Aims to Plunge Car-Sized Probe Into the Sun NASA is developing an ambitious new mission to plunge a car-sized probe directly into the sun's atmosphere, boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before. The spacecraft, ... |
| 51-year-old Canadian astronaut to command International Space Station LONGUEUIL, Que. — Astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station, Gary Goodyear, the federal minister of state for science and technology... |
| Veteran Canadian astronaut Hadfield to command space station Colonel Chris Hadfield looks over a model of the International Space Station at the Longueuil headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency in Longueuil near Montreal Thursday, September 2, 2010. It was... |
| Ultraluminous Gamma Ray Burst 080607 – A "Monster in the Dark" Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic phenomena astronomers regularly observe. These events are triggered by massive explosions and a large amount of the energy if focused into narrow... |
| Hawking: God Not Needed for Creation of Universe (AP) Did creation need a creator? British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking says no, arguing in his new book that there need not be a God behind the creation of the universe. The... |
| Water in Earth's Mantle Key to Old Continents Earth today is one of the most active planets in the Solar System, and was probably even more so during the early stages of its life. Thanks to the plate tectonics that continue to shape our... |
| UPDATE: Samsung Unveils iPad Rival In Galaxy Tab Tablets represent a potential new source of revenue for Samsung, which is making up for lost ground in the intensely competitive smartphone business. Rather than sell it directly to consumers,... |
| Spitzer finds mix of asteroids near Earth LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found a mix of asteroids somewhat near Earth, termed near- Earth objects, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said on Thursday. ... |
| China publishes official Chinese names for places on the moon China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has published the official Chinese names for places on the earth's moon, in a first that eliminates confusion and will help the nation's lunar exploration efforts.... |
| NASA launches iPad application NASA has landed on the iPad.Nearly one year after launching a free application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the US space agency has created a program for the latest device from Apple.The NASA... |
| God did not create universe: Hawking London, Sept. 2 (Reuters): God did not create the universe and the Big Bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking... |
| God Not Needed To Create Universe, Hawking Says British physicist Stephen Hawking attends the 2010 World Science Festival opening night gala in New York in June. In a book to be published this month, Hawking says God wasn't necessary for the... |
| Mixed bag of space rocks found near Earth A new survey of asteroids near Earth by a NASA space telescope has found a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought, with some shiny and bright while others are dark and dull. ... |
| Did the Universe need a creator? There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, the physicist and mathematician Professor Stephen Hawking has said. He had previously argued that belief in a creator was not... |
| Hawking: There's no God behind universe The cosmologist and theoretical physicist has challenged traditional religious beliefs in his new book, The Grand Design.Co-authored by US physicist Leonard Mlodinow, it says a new series of theories... |
| Theatre review: Fly Me to the Moon in this new play for Paines Plough and the Play, Pie and Pint season – which launched its autumn programme this week – she focuses on one of the UK's most neglected groups of workers.In Fly Me To... |
| NASA planning mission to visit the sun (Credit: NASA) We know it's hot up there, but NASA wants to know a bit more about the sun and its atmosphere. And so sometime before 2018, the agency intends to send a spacecraft into the solar... |
