Space
- IPTF13bvn: Hydrogen-Deficient Supernova Progenitor Discovered?
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A recent model says it provides the first characterization of the progenitor for a hydrogen-deficient supernova. Their simulation predicts that a bright hot star, which is the binary companion to an exploding object, remains after the explosion so they se ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 18 2014 - 1:01pm
- From Galactic Pile-ups, Stars Are Born: A Crash Course In Clusters
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An artist's impression of a galactic protocluster forming in the early universe. Credit: European Southern Observatory, CC BY By Nick Seymour, Curtin University Clusters of galaxies have back-stories worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster: their existence ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 16 2014 - 10:15pm
- Who Owns The Moon?
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Credit: Niall Carson/PA By Saskia Vermeylen, Lancaster University Whether you’re into mining, energy or tourism, there are lots of reasons to explore space. Some “pioneers” even believe humanity’s survival depends on colonizing celestial bodies such as th ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 18 2014 - 8:30am
- Attention Cute Robots And Satellites Of Mars: A Comet Is Coming
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Image: NASA By Monica Grady, The Open University ...
Article - The Conversation - Oct 19 2014 - 12:30pm
- First Female ISS Cosmonaut Adjusts to Life in Space
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Oct 19 2014 - 3:52pm
- What's Hiding Under The Clouds Of Venus- Heavy Metal Frost?
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The surface of Venus can't be seen from orbit in visible light due to its hot, dense and cloudy atmosphere. Instead, radar has been used by spacecraft to penetrate the clouds and map out the surface – both by reflecting radar off the surface to measu ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2014 - 2:00pm
- Observing Cosmic Rays with Your Own Smartphone
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Blog Post - Tomasz Nowakowski - Oct 21 2014 - 6:00pm
- Could Life Have Existed Just 15 Million Years After The Big Bang?
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A new paper suggests that planets from the remnants of the universe's earliest stars could have supported life on dim, warm planets. Credit: NASA/WMAP Science Team By: Ker Than, Inside Science (Inside Science)-- Life in the universe could be much old ...
Article - Inside Science - Oct 23 2014 - 7:00am
- The Comets Of Beta Pictoris
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Beta Pictoris is a young star, only about 20 million years old, located about 63 light-years from us. It is surrounded by a huge disc of material, a very active young planetary system where gas and dust are produced by the evaporation of comets and the co ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2014 - 6:00pm
- The Strange Organic Molecules In Titan's Atmosphere
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While studying the atmosphere on Saturn's moon Titan, scientists discovered intriguing zones of organic molecules unexpectedly shifted away from its north and south poles. These misaligned features seem to defy conventional thinking about Titan' ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2014 - 7:00am
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