Scientists using NASA data are studying a newly recognized type of cosmic explosion called a hybrid gamma-ray burst, and is likely signaling the birth of a new black hole. Read more…
SPACE.com - They appear as two line items in a final transfer list between the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station: items 811 and 811.1. Read more…
SPACE.com - HOUSTON -- Astronauts aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery will take a second look and their vehicle's heat shield today and deploy a pair of tiny satellites while preparing for their return to Earth this week. Read more…
SPACE.com - HOUSTON -- With heartfelt hugs and wide smiles, seven astronauts aboard NASA's shuttle Discovery departed the International Space Station (ISS) Tuesday after eight days of orbital construction work. Read more…
AFP - Bad weather forecast for Friday could force the space shuttle Discovery to land in the western United States instead of Cape Canaveral, Florida, as planned, NASA said. Read more…
Reuters - NASA kept a close eye on worrisome weather forecasts on Thursday at its primary space shuttle landing sites, where low clouds and high winds threatened to interfere with Discovery's scheduled landing. Read more…
AP - NASA managers may have to decide between three imperfect choices as they try to select a landing site for the shuttle Discovery. Read more…
No matter what kind of deadline we face in life, towards the critical final phase we always need to focus all our attention and energies on what it is that must be done first and most importantly. Everything the Opposition tries to do is scatter that attention with every means at their disposal. Read more…
On 24th November an interesting incident took place in Janiki village. A man driving his car noticed an unidentified object flying over his vehicle. He managed to capture the alleged UFO on a photo. Soon another one object resembling a classic 'flying saucer' was photographed by chance in nearby Czestochowa by Mr. Zbigniew K. Read more…
Killer aliens are lying frozen beneath the surface of Mars. Planets expert John Murray believes life-forms on the Red Planet could be trapped in suspended animation. He warns they could wipe out all human life if they are brought here and escape.Channel: Science Tags: Pravda Russian science news Martian germs Read more…
Care to join NASA for a virtual stroll on the moon or a hair-raising ride in the Space Shuttle?Channel: Science Tags: science technology space google nasa maps Read more…
Solar wind streams buffeting Earth's magnetosphere have sparked high-latitude auroras several times this month--notably Dec. 6th-8th and again on Dec. 12th. The really big display occurred on Dec. 14th when a CME hit Earth and sparked a severe geomagnetic storm. Here are eight beautiful pages of images of the resulting aurora.[via technocrat]Channel: Science Tags: aurora photography Read more…
A species of moth drinks tears from the eyes of sleeping birds using a fearsome proboscis shaped like a harpoon, scientists have revealed. Channel: Science Tags: science moths birds animals tears Read more…
Scientists have made a breakthrough in their understanding of the genetics behind human eye color.Channel: Science Tags: science eye color genetics Read more…
Purported pyramids, giant jellyfish, and a number of pythons that swallowed more than they bargained for were among the stars of this year's most popular news photos.Channel: Science Tags: national geographic photos pyramids jellyfish Read more…
Observers in the Netherlands reported that more than 240 wild plant species were flowering in December, along with more than 200 cultivated species.Channel: Science Tags: science environment global warming flower Netherlands Read more…
AFP - Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has said it is considering a tie-up with NEC Corp. in production and sales of lithium ion batteries for use in hybrid and fuel cell cars. Read more…
AFP - South Korean scientists, undaunted by a scandal over part of the nation's cloning research, have said they now plan to clone a monkey. Read more…
Reuters - Anne Hermosura swapped Christmas shopping and parties for back-breaking construction work this week to help thousands left destitute by typhoons in the central Philippines. Read more…
AP - A judge has overturned a decision by state wildlife regulators to reject a petition to give protected status to the California tiger salamander. Read more…
AP - Soldiers trying to seize control of one Mexico's top drug-producing regions found the countryside teeming with a new hybrid marijuana plant that can be cultivated year-round and cannot be killed with herbicides. Read more…
AP - In an evolutionary twist, Flora the Komodo dragon has managed to become pregnant all on her own without any male help. She is carrying seven baby Komodo dragons. Read more…
AP - When it comes to protecting Australia's Great Barrier Reef, it is hard to beat the batfish. A study by researchers at the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies found that the rare pancake-like white fish with brown stripes was the only one of 27 species that successfully removed the forest of algae that can otherwise overwhelm and kill off the reef. Read more…
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Source: Niels Bohr Institute New type of massive stellar death So far we have thought that the signature of the death of a massive star was an energetic explosion called a 'supernova'. New observations show that this is not always the case. Read more…
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Source: European Southern Observatory The Dark Side of Nature: the Crime was Almost Perfect - VLT Uncovers New Way to Form Black Hole Nature has again thrown astronomers for a loop. Read more…
