NASA 'bomb' moon in search for water

NASA have crashed a spacecraft into the South Pole part of the moon in an attempt to throw up water/ice into the air.Another unmanned craft was sent to monitor the dust that went sent up after the crash."The $79m (£49m; 53m euro) mission is called LCROSS (the Lunar...

NASA Telescope Finds New Ring Around Saturn

The largest ring in the solar system has been found around Saturn by NASA's Spitzer Telescope. The source of the debris comprising the ring is thought to be Saturn's moon Phoebe that could release debris if hit by...

NASA's Moon Bombing: More Fizzle Than Sizzle?

UPDATE, Friday morning, Oct. 9, 8:45 a.m.  -- The Moon bombing apparently came off with a fizzle, not a bang.  As network anchors watched and waited breathlessly, the grainy images from NASA -- live video taken from the orbiting module and an infrared camera image...

H2O On Moon, ISRO'sChandrayaan mission Says It

Last day, while listening FM radio, a radio jockey commented that please send a bucket of water to my home, is there home delivery service for that Moon Water. Well this might be just a light comment on speculation regarding the availability of water on moon, and expenditure...

NASA Unveils New Hubble Telescope Images

NASA's Hubble Telescope has been repaired and upgraded, and several new Hubble images were revealed on the NASA Hubble Space Telescope website today. Hubble was first launched 19 years ago, in April 1990. It was...

NASA Cryosphere Tour: Frozen Regions from Space 2002 to 2009

NASA used a combination of satellite images and advanced computer animation technology to create a virtual tour of Earth's frozen regions from space. The project started back in 2002, and NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) has started updating the film since 7...

Shuttle launch cancelled again

The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery has been cancelled once again.  This time because of a faulty fuel valve. NASA said that fuelling had been partly completed when the launch was halted, but...

Discovery launch scrubbed: NASA shuttle launch rained out

The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, which was scheduled at 1:36 EDT on August 25th has been rescheduled. The launch was scrubbed due to rain and lightning.  Discovery was to deliver a new Fridge and...

Space Station to be Crashed in 2016?

""In the first quarter of 2016, we'll prep and de-orbit the spacecraft," says NASA's space station program manager, Michael T. Suffredini. That's a polite way of saying that NASA will make the space station fall...

The Curious Gary Mckinnon Saga

Im sure most people in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, have heard about the Gary McKinnon case. In short, Gary is accused of penetrating over 90 unclassified Pentagon systems in 2001 and 2002 -- and allegedly crashing some of them. He states that he was looking for...

NASA confirms building blocks of life found on comets

By Paul Lester18:40 August 19, 2009 PDT" Fresh evidence has been revealed to support the theory that life on Earth began in space. NASA's Stardust probe, a specially-designed-comet ‘chaser’, successfully...

Saturn's Rings Disappear Today. Why?

Saturn's rings will disappear from our view today. Saturn's ring system was formed 4.5 billion years ago, and have been loaded with 35 trillion-trillion tons of ice, mud, boulders, and tiny moons. While the stack...

Space Shuttle Landing: Endeavour safely at 10:48 am EDT

Julie Payette said her farewells to her fellow Canadian Robert Thirsk  on the International Space Station and has started it's return to earth. The shuttle landed in Florida at 10:48 am EDT. Endeavour spend...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin: There is a Monolith on a Mars Moon

Listen to this candid conversation with legendary Astronaut Buzz Aldrin seen on C-Span .  Mr Aldrin speaks of a mysterious potatoe shaped object orbiting a moon of Mars every 7 hours.  He also...

Amateur astronomer discovers Jupiter collision

21 July, 2009– " Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, sits behind the solar system's largest planet, April 2007. Ganymede completes an orbit around Jupiter every seven days. (NASA: ESA/E Karkoschka (University of Arizona), fileman) " " An amateur astronomer from the small...

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