Tagged: Space & News
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NASA’s Hubble detects new ‘waterworld’ planet type News
22.02.2012 NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has released captivating images of a new class of ‘waterworld’ extrasolar planet 40 light years from Earth that astronomers are calling GJ1214b. -
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Space agencies' Tweetup to highlight mission News
21.02.2012 Sixty Twitter followers of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French Space Agency, CNES, can be in Toulouse, France, next month, for the docking of the automated transfer... -
ESA’s Vega vehicle succeeds in maiden flight News
13.02.2012 After less than a decade of development, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Vega vehicle has this morning carried out a flawless qualification flight from Europe's Spaceport in...Categories: Telecommunications, Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Tesla reveals prototype Model X electric crossover News
10.02.2012 Tesla has just debuted its latest all-electric vehicle, a crossover it's calling the Model X. The SUV-type vehicle will feature futuristic falcon-wing doors and is set to go... -
NASA draws 2nd-highest number of astronaut applications News
06.02.2012 US space agency NASA has received more than 6,300 applications between 15 November 2011 and 27 January 2012 from individuals wanting to become an astronaut. The figure marks the... -
Weekend news roundup News
06.02.2012 In our roundup of some of the tech coverage in the newspapers over the weekend, a playwright directs his ire at Apple over working conditions in China, Facebook's IPO could be... -
NASA spacecraft returns video from far side of moon News
02.02.2012 A camera aboard one of NASA's twin lunar spacecraft has beamed back its first unique view of the far side of the moon. -
Space radiation now blamed for Russia’s Phobos-Grunt failure News
31.01.2012 The head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has today suggested that the impact of ‘heavy charged space particles’ caused a programming glitch, resulting in the... -
NASA blasts off first multi-player Facebook game News
31.01.2012 US space agency NASA is looking to give gamers an out-of-this world experience when it comes to increasing their knowledge about the space programme with its first multi-player... -
Solar storm illuminates the skies with auroras News
27.01.2012 The solar storm that collided with planet Earth’s magnetic field on 24-25 January, the largest since 2005, illuminated the skies with stunning aurorae that could be seen by...Categories: Telecommunications, R&D, Phones, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Computers, CommunicationsTags: NASA, Telecommunications, GPS, European Space Agency, Energy, Solar, Smart Grid, Space, Ireland -
Solar storm causes planes to re-route, plus auroras News
25.01.2012 Yesterday, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit the Earth’s magnetic field at around 10am EST. The result? A G1-class geomagnetic storm that produced bright auroras around the... -
Solar eruption set to spark major geomagnetic storm today News
24.01.2012 Scientists and telecommunication providers are today keeping a close eye on the sun’s activities, as NASA is predicting that an earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME) is set... -
Dublin students Eric Doyle and Mark Kelly win Young Scientist competition News
13.01.2012 Tonight students Mark Kelly and Eric Doyle scooped the top accolade at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for 2012 in Dublin. The duo, who study at Synge Street CBS... -
BT Young Scientist 2012 winners talk about their space project (video) News
16.01.2012 It was an energetic and celebratory affair at the RDS on Friday night when it was revealed that young Dubliners Mark Kelly and Eric Doyle had won the BT Young Scientist &... -
Space Junk 3D movie aims to expose space debris problem News
20.01.2012 With the US having this week declared it is going to work with the EU and other nations to devise an international code of conduct for outer space activities, a new movie called... -
NASA astronaut Dan Tani talks space and science News
13.01.2012 Imagine being able to experience 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets each day. Well, Dan Tani, an astronaut who has been on two space missions, has had such experiences. He’s in Ireland...Categories: Sustainability, Science, R&D, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Careers and Employment -
Russian probe Phobos-Grunt to crash land in Indian Ocean News
12.01.2012 It now appears probable that the ill-fated Russian probe that had been destined for Mars will crash land somewhere in the Indian Ocean between 14-16 January, according to the... -
NASA prepares for big Curiosity spacecraft manoeuvre tomorrow News
10.01.2012 NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft Curiosity looks set to perform what the space agency is calling its “biggest manoeuvre” yet when it undergoes an engine firing... -
NASA helps launch 2012 FIRST robotics competition News
09.01.2012 US space agency NASA has helped lift off an international robotics competition aimed at developing a new generation of technology leaders.