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...

Spacecraft to probe edge of solar system

"OS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A small NASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to give scientists their first view of the happenings at the edge of the solar system. ...

Pollution may hit Himalayan monsoon clouds

The Monsoon, is life blood of southeast Asia.More then 50%population depends on Monsoon rain for their agriculture output.The southwestt monsoon is known for its irratic nature and uncertainity, but this latest...

Two Japanese, American win 2008 physics Nobel

Subatomic partical behaviour study gets this year nobel for physics.Yoichiro Nambu,Makato Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa jointly shared the prize for their contribution to show why universe is  made up mostly of...

The Sun has hit a 50-year low

The sun is apparently taking a big old nap, that only happens once in a century. The particles are now blowing with less vigor than before and less heat.Data collected by the 18-year-old Ulysses spacecraft has...

LHC BIG BANG machine forced to halt

A machine engineer of Cern confirmed that it would now be difficult, if not impossible, to stage the first trial collisions next week " Plans to begin smashing particles at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) may...

The black hole of unknowing

" As to global annihilation, I’m stumped. Most of us wouldn’t recognise a strangelet if it casually devoured us in the street There’s a slim chance –...

Incense Gives You Cancer, So Pray Less

Could incense really cause cancer? Perhaps if you spent most of your life huddled around burning incense sticks and inhaling every bit of particulate that drifted up into your smoke-filled nostrils and lungs, you...

Quantum Leap: Researchers have controlled the position of a single electron ...

"An international team of researchers has shown that it can control the quantum state of a single electron in a silicon transistor--even putting the electron in two places at once. Their discovery could help pave the way toward a practical quantum computer. Quantum computers...

A Brain Beating from Traffic Fumes

"A Brain Beating from Traffic Fumes Options   Edit Add to group Delete Viewable by anyone ...

Beijing 'failing pollution test'

This report from BBC will bring blow to Chinese efforts to promote Beijing  as an International city. "Just a month before the start of the Beijing Olympics, the city is still failing to meet international...

Mars lander Phoenix struggles with soil sample

"A soil sample from the Martian arctic dug up by the Phoenix probe appears to be too firmly clumped to deliver any particles into the spacecraft's main test instrument, mission experts said.Apparently no testable...

Astronomers see 'youngest planet'

Astronomers may have discovered a planet that is less than 2,000 years old - making it the youngest planet in our entire solar system."The ball of dust and gas, which is in the process of turning into a...

Scientists find evidence of "rain-making" bacteria

"These biological particles could factor heavily into the precipitation cycle, affecting climate, agricultural productivity and even global warming. The new findings is published in the journal Science on Friday.The research team examined precipitation from global locations...

NASA Images Capture 'Death Star Galaxy' Firing On Neighbor

I've always been a bit of an atronomy nerd so this is pretty interesting. Basically a black hole is shooting radiation and energy towards a nearby galaxy. I wonder, if there was sound in space, would it sound like...

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