This week marks the 25th anniversary of a Nobel Prize winning discovery: the first image of the cosmic microwave background. This image showed the world what the universe looked like shortly after the big bang, and transformed cosmology. Reporter Davide Castelvecchi asks Nobel Laureate John Mather how the iconic image was taken, and investigates what…
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Pomp and Celebration in Fatimid Egypt During the Flooding of the Nile — BY JOHN FEENEY
“When the Nile reached its peak, the golden parasol was unfurled, trumpets sounded, and the caliph, mounted and clothed in sapphires and emeralds, emerged to the wonderment of his subjects…it was difficult for many spectators to catch even a brief glimpse of the passing caliph. But the very act of seeing him, it was believed,…
It’s Official: 2014 Ranks as World’s Hottest Year on Record — Common Dreams org| watch video
2014 marked 38th consecutive year of above-average global temperatures. This color-coded map displays global temperature anomaly data from 2014. Image Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center 2014 was the Earth’s warmest year since records began in 1880, according to reports from federal scientists published Friday. The finding reached by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
Videos: 7 Mind-Blowing Facts About ‘The International Space Station’ | Visit inside with astronauts
7 Mind-Blowing Facts About The International Space Station Source: TheVendor101 Published on 16 Mar 2014 Check out some mind blowing facts about the the International Space Station as seen in Channel 4’s “Live from space” program. 1. It took an astounding 136 space flights on seven different types of launch vehicles to build the international space…
Powerful Volcanoes Raise New Questions About Ancient Mars — Voice of America News com
The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars.(NASA) HOUSTON — Ancient Mars was home to giant volcanoes capable of eruptions a thousand times more powerful than the one that shook Mount St. Helens in 1980, scientists said on Wednesday. The finding raises fresh questions about conditions on…
NASA Confirms Voyager 1 Has Left Solar System — Voice of America News com
Voyager 1 is more than 11 billion miles away from Earth. Some researchers say it has left the Solar System, but that remains a topic of debate. The U.S. space agency, NASA, has officially confirmed what others have suspected for some time: The Voyager 1 spacecraft is the “first human-made object to venture into interstellar…
Another ‘Grand Canyon’ Discovered Beneath Greenland’s Ice — NPR Org
A little chilly for camping: Ice-penetrating radar revealed a mega-canyon below the Greenland ice sheet, extending for more than 460 miles. Courtesy of J. Bamber/University of Bristol A major feature of the Earth has escaped notice — until now. Scientists Thursday that they’ve discovered a vast canyon, twice as long as the Grand Canyon. It…
Video: Kepler Makes Discoveries Inside the Habitable Zone — NASA
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the “habitable zone,” the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water. The size of Kepler-62f is now measured, but its mass and composition are not. However, based…
Latest from Hubble Space Telescope: Strobe-like Flashes Discovered in a Suspected Binary Protostar — Hubble Site org
A mysterious infant star, swaddled inside a dusty blanket, behaves like a police strobe light. The newly discovered object offers clues into the early stages of star formation, when a lot of gas and dust is being rapidly sucked into a newly forming binary star. Every 25.34 days, the object, designated LRLL 54361, unleashes a…
Kepler Data Suggest Earth-size Planets May Be Next Door — NASA: 6th Feb 2013
Red Dwarf Planet: The artist’s conception shows a hypothetical planet with two moons orbiting in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star. Click image for full caption and larger size. Credit: D. Aguilar/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Using publicly available data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) estimate…
Curiosity Rover Explores ‘Yellowknife Bay’ – NASA latest news photos and videos on Curiosity Rover’s Mars missions
Curiosity Rover Explores ‘Yellowknife Bay’ 01.04.13 The sinuous rock feature in the lower center of this mosaic of images recorded by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity is called “Snake River.” Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Full image and caption › Latest images › Curiosity gallery › Curiosity…
USA: Has NASA Discovered a Life-Friendly Planet? – Written by Simon Maghakyan at Global Voices online org
With at least a hundred billion galaxies in the observable Universe and two hundred billion stars in Earth’s Milky Way alone, the potential for planets with the conditions to support human-like life is considerate. But there is no solid evidence that such a planet exists. However, on December 5, 2011, the United States space agency,…
Hubble Offers a Dazzling View of the ‘Necklace’ Nebula – Hubblesite News
Image: The Necklace Nebula – A Hubble Heritage Release August 11, 2011: A giant cosmic necklace glows brightly in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. The object, aptly named the Necklace Nebula, is a recently discovered planetary nebula, the glowing remains of an ordinary, Sun-like star. The nebula consists of a bright ring, measuring 12…
In the Beginning….The Qur’an and Muslim Thinkers on Creation – By Norreddin Mahammed at Simerg com
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Super Full Moon on Saturday the 19th March 2011 – NASA News and Video
March 16, 2011: Mark your calendar. On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It’s a super “perigee moon”–the biggest in almost 20 years. “The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,” says Geoff Chester of the US…
‘Johannes Kepler’ Blasts Off: Europe’s Biggest-Ever Space Payload Goes into Orbit – Spiegel News
By Christoph Seidler in Kourou, French Guiana Photo Gallery: 14 Photos DPA The freighter Johannes Kepler is on its way to the International Space Station. The unmanned ship, the heaviest load ever carried into orbit by a European rocket, will dock automatically with the ISS using laser-guided technology. Read the story and view many photos…
International Space Station: Building and Assembly – NASA Multimedia information
Click here for interactive Reference guide http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/ ***** International Space Station Building and Assembly Consolidated Launch Manifest View information on flights in the International Space Station assembly sequence. › Read More Space Station Assembly Elements Learn about key elements of the station and the vehicles that helped put the complex in orbit. › Read More…
