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Kepler finds planet with double sunset
The newly discovered Kepler-16b orbits two suns.
Scientists say NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has for the first time detected a distant planet with a double sunset orbiting two waltzing stars.
According to the report published in the journal Science, there is a double sunset on Kepler-16b when the day ends.
“This is really a stunning measurement by Kepler,” Reuters quoted Alan Boss of...
Solar flare could unleash Nuclear Disaster across planet Earth
Forget about the 2012 Mayan calendar, comet Elenin or the Rapture. The real threat to human civilization is far more mundane, and it’s right in front of our noses. If Fukushima has taught us anything, it’s that just one runaway meltdown of fissionable nuclear material can have wide-ranging and potentially devastating consequences for life on Earth. To date, Fukushima has already released 168 times...
Moon to have no-fly zones by month end
THE PURPOSE: NASA's "recommendations" of no-fly zones are for preserving and protecting Apollo missions' historical sites and artefacts.
No-fly zones will come into effect on the moon for the very first time by the end of this month! Why, even buffer zones that spacecraft may have to avoid will come into existence. The reason: avoiding any spraying of rocket exhaust or dust onto certain...
NASA delays Moon probe launch
NASA's GRAIL-A lunar probe is lifted from its workstand and across the clean room towards the spacecraft adapter ring (L) where GRAIL-B is already secured at the Astrotech Space Operation in Titusville, Florida.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has delayed the launch of its moon probes due to a technical issue with the satellites’ launch vehicle.
The agency’s...
Scientist pleads guilty to attempted espionage
A former US government scientist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to attempted espionage for passing top-secret national defence information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer.
The plea deal calls for Stewart Nozette, 54, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, to receive a sentence of 13 years in prison. The judge said at the hearing that he would accept the guilty plea and would impose...
Scientist simulate Milky Way creation
A photo of the Milky Way galaxy
Scientists at the University of Zurich in Switzerland say they have created the world’s first realistic simulation of the formation of the Milky Way.
Astrophysicists from the University of Zurich working with astronomers at the University of California maintain that their recent video simulation of the Milky Way shows the creation of our galaxy less than a million...
Russian spaceship fails to reach orbit
The cargo vehicle was set to blast off to the International Space Station on August 24, 2011.
NASA says the Russian robot spaceship which was carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) has failed to reach its destination.
The Progress 44 cargo spaceship was set to blast off on a Russian-built Soyuz rocket at 9 am of August 24 from the central Asian spaceport of Baikonur Cosmodrome in...
Vatican set to hold conference on the Existence of Aliens
The Vatican is now preparing us for the big message the US government and NASA are planning to announce soon. This is in anticipation to more disclosure and shocking news soon to be released little by little. Father Jonathan Morris, a corresponded of Fox News channel was the first to report this official conference which is set to be hold soon (an exact date is not yet known) and its results will...
The mystery of Comet Elenin
Astronomers and other outer space experts are speaking out on a comet expected to make a close call with colliding into Earth later this year. The consequences could be dire, so why are so many people unaware of it?
“I think it’s worth a raised eyebrow” says author Brooks Agnew. He’s done a lot of research on Elenin and tells RT that there are some rather strange coincidences regarding the...
Astronomy Event discusses the origin of the universe
Duília de Mello, Brazilian researcher at NASA, will talk about blue bubbles, isolated stars outside of galaxies.
Rio is again the scene of debates on the latest discoveries in astronomy from the workshop of the series “The Evolving Universe”, PUC-Rio, that from 15-19 August will feature more than 40 lectures by researchers from South America, the U.S. and Europe. The event was conceived...
Darkest planet found: Coal-Black
The newfound gas-giant planet TrES-2b is black with a slight red glow, experts estimate.
Scientists have discovered a Jupiter-size gas giant planet in our galaxy, dubbed Coal-Black planet, as the darkest world in the universe, which reflects almost no light.
Researchers indicate that the inky planet absorbs 99% of the light its star sends its way and reflects only one percent of the light that strikes...
Life on Mars no surprise
Mars’s Icy North Pole
There’s a good explanation for why life may exist on Mars. In the Earth’s past there was powerful volcanic activity which could have easily spewed dirt and rocks containing microbes into outer space which not only could have eventually reached Mars but also ended up traveling in orbit through space that we now know as meteors. A Newsweek article of September...
NASA's Jupiter probe blasts off
NASA’s Juno robotic probe has started its journey to the heart of Jupiter to gather detailed information about how our solar system is formed.
The Atlas 5 rocket carrying the spacecraft blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:25 p.m. (1625 GMT) Friday with an almost one hour delay, Reuters reported.
“Next stop is Jupiter,” head of the Juno science team Scott Bolton...
Photos show sign of liquid water on Mars
A sequence of new photographs released by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show evidence of flowing, liquid water on the mountains of the Red Planet.
According to the report published in the journal Science, the images show long, dark “tendrils” a few meters wide, the BBC reported.
The flowing water can be seen between rocky outcrops flowing hundreds of meters down steep slopes towards...
NASA to send robotic probe to Jupiter
The planet Jupiter is seen in this image released by NASA on November 24, 2010, which is a composite of three-color images taken on November 18, 2010 by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is preparing to send its robotic probe on an unprecedented mission to the heart of Jupiter.
Juno was hoisted aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral...