News articles tagged with 'space' (Page 2)
Tool makes search for Martian life easier
— 9 Feb 2011 17:02 | AstronomyFinding life on Mars could get easier with a creative adaption to a common analytical tool that can be installed directly on the robotic arm of a space rover…
Tracking the origins of speedy space particles
— 1 Feb 2011 21:42 | AstronomyNASA's Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft combined with computer models have helped track the origin of the energetic particles in…
Runaway star plows through space
— 25 Jan 2011 19:47 | AstronomyA massive star flung away from its former companion is plowing through space dust. The result is a brilliant bow shock, seen here as a yellow arc in a new image from NASA's Wide-field…
Voyager celebrates 25 years since Uranus visit
— 22 Jan 2011 10:08 | AstronomyAs NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made the only close approach to date of our mysterious seventh planet Uranus 25 years ago, Project Scientist Ed Stone and the Voyager team gathered at…
Answers to black hole evolution beyond the horizon?
— 19 Jan 2011 18:23 | AstronomyOne of the most important predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity is the existence of black holes. The dynamics of these systems are not yet fully understood, but researchers…
Planck unveils wonders of the Universe
— 11 Jan 2011 17:02 | AstronomyThe first scientific results from Europe's Planck spacecraft featuring the coldest objects in the Universe have today been released…
Voyager 1 sees solar wind decline
— 14 Dec 2010 20:51 | AstronomyThe 33-year odyssey of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind…
Black holes and warped space: New UK telescope shows off first
— 10 Dec 2010 20:15 | AstronomySpearheaded by the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory and funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council, the e-MERLIN telescope will allow astronomers to…
Sneak attacks from the Sun
— 8 Dec 2010 19:05 | AstronomyOur Sun can be a menace when it sends out powerful solar blasts of radiation towards the Earth. Astronomers keenly watch the Sun to learn more about what powers these solar eruptions,…
Hylas-1 in orbit brings Europe broadband from space
— 27 Nov 2010 18:54 | TechnologyA flawless launch has delivered Hylas-1, ESA's first public - private partnership in a full satellite system, into space. The satellite was released today into its transfer orbit after…