Nov 28 SpaceX aborts second attempt to launch Falcon 9 rocket #SpaceX #SES8 aborts launch again, at 48 seconds http://t.co/DqYW06PYdI pic.twitter.com/BjmWn5FbxO— Circa (@Circa) November 28, 2013 Updated 6:53 p.m. EST | Engineers scrubbed a second attempt to launch the Falcon 9 rocket, determining… Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch Did Warsaw conference put world on track towards ‘new global climate regime’? Did Warsaw conference put world on track towards 'new global climate regime'?… Continue watching
Nov 27 Vintners make wine with the power of waste water Water is precious, especially for a vintner. Making a gallon of wine requires anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred gallons of water.The Clois du Bois winery in Sonoma County, Calif., spends hundreds of thousands of… Continue reading
Nov 27 Will Comet ISON survive a Thanksgiving roasting? Comet ISON photographed via a telescope on November 8, 2013. Photo by Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona While Americans cook their Thanksgiving turkeys on Thursday, a tiny comet called ISON will pass 684,000 miles above the surface… Continue reading
Nov 26 NASA announces plans to give Kepler telescope a second life Although NASA reported in May that the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope went offline, the space agency is investigating a process to bring the spacecraft back to life. Video still by PBS NewsHour Once considered a "long shot," NASA… Continue reading
Nov 26 Google Earth reveals secret, gigantic Persian Gulf fish traps A Google Earth image reveals a huge fishing weir along the Persian Gulf coast. Don't tell tall tales about your next fishing trip, because Google Earth might just rat you out. Every year the nations surrounding the Persian Gulf… Continue reading
Nov 25 Comet ISON could light up the December sky (if it survives) .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Animators at NASA's Goddard Space… Continue reading
Nov 23 Are the Earth’s poles about to flip? Rendering of the Earth's magnetic field. Credit: ESA/ATG Medialab Three European satellites launched Friday on a mission to study why the magnetic field surrounding Earth appears to be weakening. The four-year study by the European Space Agency will… Continue reading
Nov 23 ‘Doctor Who’ celebrates 50 years of adventures through time and space Popular sci-fi series "Doctor Who" celebrates 50 years on Saturday. Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images The adventure started on November 23, 1963. Viewers stepped inside a police box that was "bigger on the inside," and met the Doctor, played… Continue reading
Nov 22 U.S. increases Arctic operations as melting ice caps give way to new sea lanes Melting glaciers mean more water to explore and profit from in the Arctic, but it can also mean danger for mariners. Photo by NewsHour HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- The U.S. military is looking for ways to expand operations in the… Continue reading