| Catastrophic event halted birth of stars, say Durham researchers Scientists at Durham University's Department of Physics have found evidence of a catastrophic event that they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early... | |
| Water discovered in Apollo moon rocks Scientists have discovered tiny amounts of water in some of the famous moon rocks brought back to Earth by Apollo... |
| Just One Hitch In Choosing China's First Women Astronauts Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang waves from outside his Shenzhou 7 spacecraft September 27, 2008. He became his country's first spacewalker. Credit:... |
| Scots Unearth Clues Of Earliest Life On Earth SCOTTISH scientists have uncovered startling new evidence that the earliest forms of life on Earth could have survived a massive meteor bombardment four billion years... |
| Galaxy Resources Limited Increases Ore Reserves At Mt Cattling Spodumene Project By 11.4 Million Tonnes, Up 23% (MENAFN) A statement released by Egypt's Torah Cement said that the company posted a 23 percent rise in 2009 net profit to $62 million, compared with The firm made a net profit of... |
| Students' Perceptions Of Earth's Age Influence Acceptance Of Human Evolution High school and college students who understand the geological age of the Earth (4.5 billion years) are much more likely to understand and accept human evolution, according to a University of... |
| Smith 'over The Moon' Boom all-rounder Steve Smith admits he is 'over the moon' following his inclusion in Australia's 14-man squad for the upcoming two-Test series against New Zealand.Smith, already a member of the... |
| Smith 'over the moon' Boom all-rounder Steve Smith admits he is 'over the moon' following his inclusion in Australia's 14-man squad for the upcoming two-Test series against New Zealand.Smith, already a member of the... |
| Obama facing uprising over new NASA strategy WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is trying to tamp down an uprising in politically vital Florida against a new strategy for NASA that has rankled space veterans and lawmakers and... |
| Noguchi installs robotic arm on space station TSUKUBA — Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Wednesday installed a robotic arm outside the country’s Kibo laboratory module on the International Space Station, the Japan Aerospace... |
| Earth Class Mail Introduces Miami and Chicago Street Addresses Earth Class Mail , the leader in digital mail management solutions, announced today the opening of two new street addresses, in Miami at 382 Northeast 191st Street, and in Chicago at 1608 S Ashland... |
| Physicists Take Atoms For A Walk Posted on: Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 12:19 CST A team of physicists headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy... |
| Save power save earth It is a simple step that can go a long way as your contribution to fighting climate change. All you have to do is just switch off your lights and electronic equipment from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on... |
| Switch off lights during Earth Hour Abhishek Bachchan Actor Abhishek Bachchan has urged Indians to switch off lights for one hour on March 27 as part of WWF's Earth Hour 2010 campaign to support action on climate change. He says he will also request the... |
| General Relativity Validated on Cosmic Scale An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by University of California, Berkeley, University of Zurich and Princeton University physicists demonstrates that the universe -- at least up to a... |
| Einstein Was Right: General Relativity Confirmed A partial map of the distribution of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, going out to a distance of 7 billion light years. The amount of galaxy clustering that we observe today is a signature... |
| Earth Class Mail™ Introduces Miami and Chicago Street Addresses Earth Class Mail adds Miami and Chicago to its US Street Address network. In addition to NY, LA, San Francisco, Delaware and Seattle, Earth Class Mail Street Address customers have gained a business... |
| Roger Penrose: Non-stop cosmos, non-stop career YOU'D have thought that Roger Penrose would be pleased to have his work immortalised in an Oscar-nominated film. Apparently not. After friends told him about his book's cameo in Happy Go Lucky,... |
| China chooses first women astronauts China has selected its first two women astronauts to serve on a team that will undertake future missions launched by the nation's burgeoning space programme, state media reported Wednesday. The... |
| The Minnesotan who helped bring "Avatar" to earth Growing up in St. Louis Park in the 1960s, Stephen Rivkin wasn't sure where he fit in. At 12, he followed his older brother David's lead and rocked out on electric guitar, with little brother Bobby... |
| China space program selects first women astronauts The Chinese space program's first two women astronauts have been selected and may take part in missions to China's planned space station, the official Xinhua News Agency reported... |
| SpaceX Aborts Test Firing of New Rocket's Engines ) aborted the Falcon 9 medium-class rocket's first static fire test March 9 just as the vehicle's nine main-stage engines were about to ignite for a planned 3.5-second burn. ... |
| SpaceX Aborts Test Firing of Falcon 9 Engines The Falcon 9 Rocket and Dragon Spacecraft: See the craft in detail, plus how it stacks up to a Russian Soyuz rocket and NASA's space shuttles. Credit: Karl Tate,... |
| Japanese astronaut Noguchi engages in key work on Int'l Space Station+ TSUKUBA, Japan, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi on Wednesday installed a robotic arm outside the country's Kibo laboratory module on the International Space Station,... |
| First woman in space promotes careers in science , a company dedicated to helping teachers raise students' interest in science. Ride, 58, spoke to Reuters after appearing at a round-table discussion in Boston on gender equity and educating... |
| ISS Expedition 22 to return to Earth on March 18 Panoramic dome view observation station added to ISS A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to land in central Kazakhstan on... |
| Quantum Walk: Physicists Take Atoms for a Walk A team of physicists, headed by Christian Roos and Rainer Blatt from the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has a achieved a quantum walk... |
| Lord of the Rings in Opposition Being in opposition has several effects. Mainly, it means that Saturn rises at sunset and sets at sunrise, so is visible all night long everywhere in the world. At sunset Saturn is rising in the... |
| Nike, U.S. State Department, NASA and USAID-Sponsored Competition Picks Valcent as One of the Ten Best Companies in the World for a Sustainable Future NASA , USAID, the U.S. State Department and Nike, which identifies and supports innovative work poised to contribute to a sustainable future, has selected Valcent's... |
| Sun spotters protect the Earth BBC World Service There are not many websites which literally give you the chance to protect the world.Yet, if you are keen on spending a few moments of your day defending the Earth from an... |
| "Catastrophic event" stopped growth of galaxy A "catastrophic event" halted the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe, scientists have revealed. The researchers from Durham University's Department of Physics observed... |
| Smithsonian Rolls Out Red Carpet for Hubble 3D Premiere Co-starring astronauts Mike Massimino, John Grunsfeld, Megan McArthur, Greg C. Johnson and Scott Altman with "Hubble 3D" director and producer Toni Myers at the National Air and Space Museum.... |
| Taiwan February Tax Revenue Down 58% Due To Timing Of Lunar New Year "February's revenue would have showed continued improvement in the absence of the holiday effect," said an official at the ministry's statistics department who asked not to be named. Tax revenue... |
| NASA space shuttle prepares to complete space station NASA ’s budget and the future of manned space flight, the space agency is prepping the critical technology its remaining four space shuttle missions will deliver to complete the International... |
| Nancy Saturn, American Artisan Festival founder, dies at 67 Nancy Saturn , a longtime key figure in Nashville's art community who founded American Artisan arts and crafts gallery and the annual American Artisan Festival in Centennial Park, died Tuesday from... |
| Earth Savers Institute Launches Virtual Assistant Service ESTERO, FL, March 10, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Earth Savers Institute, a Florida-based eco education and certification firm, today announced they are offering Virtual Assistant services to... |
| Maiko Itai crowned Miss Universe Japan 2010 Twenty-year-old Maiko Itai won Miss Universe Japan 2010 in Tokyo on March 9, 2010. She will be on behalf of Japan to compete in Miss Universe Pageant at the end of the year. (Photo Source:... |
| NASA: Money key to more space shuttle flights With space shuttle retirement just months away, a senior NASA manager said Tuesday it wouldn't be hard to add more flights, provided the nation is willing to keep paying $200 million a month. NASA's... |
| IBM makes Earth-friendly plant plastic SAN FRANCISCO -- IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the... |
