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Stephen Hawking gets taste of zero gravity - space - 26 April 2007 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:42:00 -0400

British physicist Stephen Hawking took a flight on Thursday that gave the renowned scientist, who is confined to a wheelchair, a taste of the weightlessness of space. Hawking, 65, and an entourage of caretakers and other thrill-seekers took off from the space shuttle's runway at Kennedy Space Center in a specially modified jet that dives through the sky to give passengers an experience of zero gravity. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, personalities, scientists, stephen hawking,

'Goldilocks' planet may be just right for life - space - 25 April 2007 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:47:00 -0400

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a cosy alien planet that might be hospitable to life. The planet is not much bigger than the Earth, and it enjoys balmy temperatures of about 20° C (68° F) as well as spectacular scarlet sunsets. "It's the smallest, lightest planet known at this time," says Stéphane Udry from the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland. "And it's just at the right distance from its star for liquid water to possibly exist on its surface." Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, space, planets, astronomy,

Water flows on Mars, before our very eyes - space - 06 December 2006 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:00:00 -0500

Liquid water has flowed on the surface of Mars within the past five years, suggest images by the now lost Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). The results appear to boost the chances that Mars could harbour life. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, planets, mars, space, space probes, life,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Planet-detector nears its launch

kysoh — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:49:00 -0500

Corot will be the first spacecraft capable of detecting rocky planets just a few times bigger than Earth that are orbiting neighbouring stars. It will also uncover information on the stars themselves, determining their mass, age and chemical composition. The mission, led by the French space agency Cnes, is due to launch on the 26 or 27 December. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, technology, space, science, telescopes, planets,

Probe's powerful camera spots Vikings on Mars - space - 05 December 2006 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:47:00 -0500

It is a feat millions of times more impressive than finding a needle in a haystack. The new Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted about a dozen spacecraft on the Martian surface and, incredibly, taken pictures of such sharpness that scientists have been able to identify individual rocks that were first photographed by the Viking landers in 1976. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, space, space probes, planets, mars, photography, imaging,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mysterious force's long presence

kysoh — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:06:00 -0500

Dark energy - the mysterious force that is speeding up the expansion of the Universe - has been a part of space for at least nine billion years. That is the conclusion of astronomers who presented results from a three-year study using the Hubble Space Telescope. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, astronomy, cosmology, science, space,

Mars rover snaps panorama of yawning crater - space - 16 November 2006 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:43:00 -0500

A new panorama of Mars's Victoria crater has been released in honour of the hardy rover Opportunity's 1000th sol, or Martian day, on the Red Planet. Meanwhile, Opportunity's twin, Spirit, has started moving again after seven months of being parked in the same spot. Opportunity, which celebrated its 1000th sol on Wednesday, took the panorama on 5 October from a perch on the Cape Verde promontory at the edge of the 800-metre-wide crater. Tracks in the Martian soil show the rover's path around Victoria's rim, and wind-sculpted sand dunes sit on the crater floor. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, space, space probes, planets, mars, imaging,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mars rover may get one-way ticket

kysoh — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:27:00 -0500

The chief scientist on Nasa's Mars rover mission is contemplating whether to send Opportunity into a large crater with no means of getting back out. The decision could commit the rover to spending its final days exploring Victoria Crater, a 60m-deep (200ft) depression on Mars' Meridiani plains. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, space, astronomy, planets, science, space probes, mars,

Linux.com | Picture your disk space with 3-D filesystem browsers

kysoh — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:29:00 -0500

You don't need a Ph.D. in scientific visualization to have some fun with three-dimensional data. Whether you're searching for an unused nook in a cramped disk partition, or trying to find the bloated temp/ folder that's crashing your system, sometimes the flat folder view of a traditional GUI file browser is little help. Luckily, Linux offers a variety of 3-D filesystem that can make your disk usage statistics come alive. Tagged by kysoh under linux, visualisation, tools,

NASA to save Hubble, to astronomers’ delight - space - 31 October 2006 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:52:00 -0500

NASA's most famous observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, will get a much anticipated life extension after all. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced on Tuesday that a space shuttle will be sent to upgrade Hubble and add a few years to the lifetime of the venerable queen of the sky. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, space, astronomy, telescopes, Hubble,

Marooned Mars rover returns stunning panorama - space - 25 October 2006 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:58:00 -0400

The most detailed panoramic view ever obtained on Mars has been returned by NASA's Spirit rover in time to mark its 1000th Martian day, or sol, on the Red Planet. A total of 1449 individual images representing 500 megabytes of raw data were acquired for the view, called the McMurdo panorama. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, space, science, space probes, planets, mars, images,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Probe peers into Venusian secrets

kysoh — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:08:00 -0400

Scientists at the Division of Planetary Sciences meeting in Pasadena, California, this week said that data streaming from the Venus Express probe had provided unprecedented detail of the Venusian atmosphere and the first-ever peek at its lower strata. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, space, Venus, space probes, science,

Universe Today » Archive » Spacecraft Sees Mars Rover from Orbit

kysoh — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:55:00 -0400

Tagged by kysoh under universe today, planets, mars, space, space probes, imaging,

Mars probes snap stunning images of giant crater - space - 06 October 2006 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:44:00 -0400

From its perch high atop the rim of Victoria Crater on Mars, NASA's Opportunity rover has beamed back its first colour images of the nearby cliffs, scientists revealed on Friday. Meanwhile circling 275 kilometres overhead, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped its own pictures of the crater and the rover. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, planets, mars, space, space probes, imaging,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Bulge' yields new planet class

kysoh — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:34:00 -0400

Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets that take less than a day to whiz round their parent stars. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, astronomy, space, planets,

Big bang theorists scoop Nobel prize for physics - space - 03 October 2006 - New Scientist Space

kysoh — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:58:00 -0400

The 2006 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to John Mather and George Smoot for their contribution to the big bang theory of the origin of the universe. The pair were honoured for "their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation", the jury said. Tagged by kysoh under new scientist, scientists, nobel prize, prizes, physics, cosmology,

Latest Mars orbiter sends sharpest pictures - Space.com - MSNBC.com

kysoh — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:41:00 -0400

New images from a low-altitude Mars satellite are giving scientists some of their most detailed glimpses yet of the surface of the Red Planet. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, or HiRISE, has beamed to Earth its first image of the Martian surface, revealing in never-seen-before clarity Ius Chasma, a complex floor that is part of the giant canyon system Valles Marineris. Tagged by kysoh under msnbc, planets, space, space probes, mars, science, imaging,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mars rover takes in crater view

kysoh — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 10:19:00 -0400

The US space agency's robotic rover Opportunity has been sending back images as it approaches the edge of an 800m-wide crater on Mars. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, planets, mars, robots, space, space probes,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Branson unveils Virgin spaceship

kysoh — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:56:00 -0400

Sir Richard Branson has unveiled a mock-up of the rocket-powered vehicle that will carry clients into space through his Virgin Galactic business. The Virgin "spaceships" are designed to carry six passengers and two pilots to an altitude of about 140km on a sub-orbital space flight. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, space, transport, travel, Virgin, Virgin Galactic, personalities, Richard Branson,

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Rover arrives at prime location

kysoh — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:55:00 -0400

Nasa's robotic Mars rover Opportunity has arrived at what researchers hope will prove to be a "dream" location - the 800m-wide Victoria Crater. The depression has high walls with layers of exposed rock that should reveal significant new information about the Red Planet's geological past. Tagged by kysoh under bbcnews, robots, space, space probes, mars, planets, exploration,