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Saturn’s Rings to Disappear
In a celestial feat any magician would appreciate, Saturn will make its wide but thin ring system disappear from our view Aug. 11.Saturn’s rings, loaded with ice and mud, boulders and tiny moons, is 170,000 miles wide. But the shimmering setup is only about 30 feet thick. The rings harbor 35 trillion-trillion tons of ice, dust and rock, scientists estimate…. Read more
Longest total solar eclipse this century in Asia
People in Asia are watching what will be the longest total solar eclipse this century, with large areas of India and China plunged into darkness. Amateur stargazers and scientists have traveled far to see the eclipse, which lasts for about five minutes. The eclipse could first be seen early on Wednesday in eastern India, though in some regions there was… Read more
Metro Cities from outer space
Antwerp in Belgium, like many European cities, displays a characteristic network of roads that radiate outwards like glowing spider webs _____________________________________________ The wider metropolitan area of Chicago, Illinois, home to 10 million people, stands out at night _____________________________________ El Paso, Texas, on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande, is marked by brightly-lit Interstate Highway I-10 that cuts across the… Read more
Hubbles greatest hits:Hubble space telescope images
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in April 1990. After the problems with its main mirror were fixed, it started sending beautifully detailed images of space back to earth. Here are some of the best. Staring across interstellar space, the Cat’s Eye Nebula lies three thousand light-years from Earth. One of the most famous planetary nebulae, NGC 6543 is over half a… Read more
NASA delays test of space station urine recycler
By Irene Klotz HOUSTON (Reuters) – NASA delayed tests of the International Space Station’s urine recycler on Sunday after problems developed with centrifuge-like device and revamped plans for Monday’s spacewalk to deal with an improperly installed cargo platform attachment. Flight directors also repositioned the station and the visiting space shuttle Discovery to avoid a piece of space junk, which was expected to come too… Read more
Price Of The Moon Rockets
First it was Northern Rock, then Lehman Brothers and Woolworths – now the financial crisis has reached the moon.
Shuttle Discovery blasts off for space station
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – The U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasted off its seaside launch pad on Sunday with a pair of solar wing panels and the first Japanese resident astronaut for the International Space Station. NASA shook off a month of delays to launch its 125th shuttle mission at 7:43 p.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space… Read more
Modern scanners bring mind reading closer
LONDON: Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to “read” a person’s mind simply by looking at brain activity.Using a modern scanner to measure blood flow, British researchers said on Thursday they were able to tell where volunteers were located within a computer-generated virtual reality environment. “Surprisingly, just by looking at the brain data we… Read more
Birds replace toxic chemicals in ridding fields of mice
The female vole (a small field mouse) has met her match. Instead of using toxic chemicals to fight field mice, who produce up to 11 babies every three weeks that eat field produce around the country, farmers are now using barn owls and kestrels to reduce the destructive population.A national project to raise owls and kestrels that eat the small… Read more
