Can Milky Way cupcakes, Saturn cake and chocolate chip Opportunity cookies prevent potentially deep cuts to NASA’s space exploration budget?
Milky Way Cupcakes: A Savior for NASA’s Non-manned Missions?
June 8th, 2012U.S. pushes for more global cooperation in space
June 8th, 2012The United States wants more global cooperation in space including joint war games and combined operations with allies, and is pushing for data-sharing deals with France, Japan and other countries, a U.S. defense official said in an interview.
NASA’S Spitzer Finds First Objects Burned Furiously
June 8th, 2012The faint, lumpy glow from the very first objects in the universe may have been detected with the best precision yet using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. The objects could be wildly massive stars or voracious black holes. They are too far away to be seen individually, but Spitzer has captured new, convincing evidence of what appears to be the collective pattern of their infrared light.
SpaceX value soars after successful mission to dock at ISS
June 8th, 2012Elon Musk has added another $1.4bn to his fortune after backing the first private company to successfully dock a spacecraft with the International Space Station.
European Re-entry Capsule Grounded after Russia Withdraws Launch Offer
June 8th, 2012A European atmospheric-re-entry capsule that was 10 years in development and whose construction has been completed for months may never get off the ground following cancellation of a low-cost launch aboard a converted Russian missile, the capsule’s builders said June 6.
Asteroid Warning System Would Alert and Educate Public Worldwide
June 8th, 2012The nations of the world need to work together to develop a warning and communication system that could mitigate the worst effects of a catastrophic asteroid strike, a new report stresses.
EU going to outer space to ensure a better place
June 8th, 2012The EU officially started on 5 June the multilateral diplomatic process aimed at drafting an International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities. With the rising level of space activities, the EU took the leading role in ensuring greater security and legal certainty in outer space.
US warns debris genuine threat to orbital space
June 8th, 2012On the agenda of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space meeting currently being held in Vienna is the increasingly urgent problem of space debris.
VENUS TRANSIT PHOTO FROM THE SPACE STATION
June 8th, 2012The biggest problem with photographing any astronomical object from the ground is that you have to look through the Earth’s atmosphere. Turbulence in the atmospheric gases can cause wobble and blurriness in your observations — it is this turbulence that causes stars to twinkle, after all.
1,200-Year-Old Cosmic Blast Captured in Japanese Trees
June 8th, 2012A surplus of radioactive atoms in Japanese trees may point to an unrecorded astronomical event that showered Earth with cosmic rays about 1,200 years ago.
WikiLoot aims to use crowdsourcing to track down stolen ancient artefacts
June 8th, 2012Campaigns to combat archaeological tomb raiders have notched up some big successes, notably a deal under which the J Paul Getty museum in Los Angeles agreed to hand back 40 precious artefacts after it was shown they had been looted from digs in Italy.
Learning more about the Middle Kingdom
June 8th, 2012The discovery of a Middle Kingdom burial of a member of the family of the Deir Al-Barsha governor has given Egyptologists some unique information on the scenario in which the ancient Egyptians conducted their funerary rituals, writes Nevine El-Aref
Scientists excited about US mammoth discovery
June 8th, 2012An unusual discovery of mammoth bones on a rural Oskaloosa farm has experts studying prehistoric life excited about scientific discoveries that may lie with the massive beast.
19th-Century “Time Capsule” Warship Emerging Near D.C.
June 8th, 2012A warship submerged for two centuries in a river near Washington, D.C., could provide new insight into the relatively obscure War of 1812, say archaeologists who are preparing to excavate the wreck.
Ancient Statue Reveals Prince Who Would Become Buddha
June 8th, 2012In the ruins of a Buddhist monastery in Afghanistan, archaeologists have uncovered a stone statue that seems to depict the prince Siddhartha before he founded Buddhism.
Attempt to steal Pharaonic artifact in Aswan foiled
June 8th, 2012Security guards foiled an attempt to steal an antique panel depicting King Merenptah, the fourth ruler of the 19th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, in the Selsela mountain quarries 20 kilometers north of Kom Ombo, Aswan.
Ship’s exotic cargo may be pirates’ haul
June 8th, 2012A LEADING marine archaeologist has described as “absolutely incredible” some of the initial exotic findings on a shipwreck recently discovered off the west Cork coast.
Archaeologists Stumble Upon ‘Vampire’ Skeleton in Bulgaria
June 8th, 2012Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a buried man with an iron stick in his chest in the Black Sea town of Sozopol.
Stolen Pharaonic statue pieces seized in Giza
June 8th, 2012Security forces seized 40 pieces that make up the top parts of Pharaonic Shawabti figurines, an Egyptian security source said on Thursday. The artifacts were stolen from the Cairo University excavation warehouses located in the archeological Saqqara region in Giza.
New secrets from ‘Bay of the Pirates’ warship that sunk 2,300 years ago
June 8th, 2012A new study puts some finishing touches on the 2,300-year history of the beak-like weapon that an ancient warship used to ram enemy ships in the First Punic War, the conflict between ancient Rome and Carthage.