Nov 29 Budget cuts threaten one of NASA's most accomplished deep-space photographers EmbedVideo(8126); The Cassini spacecraft has taken stunning photos of Saturn, including its most recent portrait of the ringed planet with Mars, Venus, the Earth and the Moon visible. But with NASA budget cuts looming, could… Continue reading
Nov 29 Update: Comet ISON may have survived close encounter with the sun .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%; } Material from Comet ISON appeared… Continue reading
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