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NASA to test data transmission using lasers

, Feb 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

If you could only choose two things to love, it would probably be space and lasers, right? It's your lucky then, because NASA has announced that it will begin testing new communication and data transmission technologies using lasers starting in October. The system will be called OPALS, or Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science, and it "has the potential to change the way data is transmitted from space to Earth." Read The Full Story

NASA’s ISS Google+ Hangout is live right now [UPDATE]

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

A couple of weeks ago, NASA announced that it would be conducting a live Google+ Hangout from the International Space Station today starting at 10:30 am ET. Of course, the space agency is sticking to their promise and have officially started the Hangout, which means you can watch live as astronauts answer all your hankering questions. Read The Full Story

Astronomers discover Moon-sized exoplanet called Kepler-37b

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Scientists have announced that they have discovered an odd little planet that has set a new record for the smallest alien world ever discovered. According to the scientists, the exoplanet is about the same size as the Earth's moon. The planet has been dubbed Kepler-37b. Read The Full Story

Mercury once boasted an ocean of boiling hot magma says researchers

, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Scientists and researchers all around the world are constantly looking at our universe and trying to learn new details about our solar system and what's going on beyond our solar system in the universe. Recently researchers from MIT published the results of an experiment that demonstrates that Mercury may have had an ocean of magma on its surface. The experiment demonstrated that Mercury could have had its lava ocean approximately 4,000,000,000 years ago. Read The Full Story

NASA shows Asteroid 2012 DA14 escaping after cheeky Earth buzz

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

It may look like bad graphics from an 8-bit video game, but you're actually looking at asteroid 2012 DA14 as it made its Earth-buzzing flyby, courtesy of the Goldstone Solar System Radar. The blurry footage of the roughly 130-foot long space rock was captured as it was moving away from the Earth on February 15, with the 230-foot Deep Space Network antenna capturing shots of it as close as 74,000 miles away. Read The Full Story

NASA lost communication with the ISS due to computer problems

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

NASA has announced that it briefly lost contact with the International Space Station on Tuesday. The ISS was out of contact with ground controllers after some sort of computer problem blocked communications. NASA says that the computer issue lasted just under three hours. Read The Full Story

Strange alien slime appears after meteor strike

, Feb 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Here's your daily dose of crazy. A strange, gooey substance has been appearing all over the Somerset nature reserve that's about a thousand miles away from Russia. The mysterious substances have been showing up ever since the meteor event in Russia a few days ago. Both the tourists of the reserve, as well as the workers there, have described the slimes resembling "something living". Read The Full Story

Russian police seize meteorite fragments being sold online

, Feb 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

Late last week a massive meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere over the Chelyabinsk Region in Russia. The massive meteor was large enough to cause significant damage and injury as it exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, which has roughly 1,000,000 citizens. If you've ever watched the show Meteorite Men on television, you may know that pieces of meteorite can be worth a significant amount of money. Read The Full Story

Russian meteor had nothing to do with 2012 DA14 asteroid flyby

, Feb 19th 2013 Discuss [0]

The scientific community is still following the meteor that exploded over Russia last Friday closely. The meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia at approximately 7:20 PM PST. The explosion had enough force to blow the Windows out of hundreds of buildings and cause injury to an estimated 1200 people, mostly from falling glass. Read The Full Story

Big announcement concerning dark matter coming in two weeks

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

In May 2011, a $2 billion machine called the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 was mounted on the side of the International Space Station. The particle collector can detect dark matter, which it may very well have done. According to an announcement at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, some big news concerning dark matter will be released in the next two or so weeks, although what precisely it is about is being kept under wraps. Read The Full Story

Meteorite fragments found in Russia up for sale

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

After last week's meteor fly-by in Russia, many people have been searching for fragments of the rock that eventually made its way onto the Earth's surface. A larger chunk of the meteor landed in a frozen lake, leaving a 20-foot wide hole. It's said that many people have discovered meteorite fragments and are now selling them online for a few dollars. Read The Full Story

ISS astronaut Chris Hadfield talks fears, dangers, and advice on Reddit

, Feb 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

ISS astronaut -- and soon to be commander -- Chris Hadfield announced on Friday that he'd be conducting a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on February 17. True to his promise, Hadfield showed up and answered questions from eager minds wanting to know what it's like to be in space. Hadfield ended up answering quite a bevy of questions, dealing with his fears in space, the dangers involved, and even giving advice to those young ones seeking to be astronauts in the future. Read The Full Story
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