Tagged: Space
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Scientists spot features on Saturn moon resembling Pac-Man icon News
27.11.2012 Astronomers using images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn have revealed an infrared heat pattern on the icy moon Tethys that is shaped like the famous... -
Elon Musk envisages creating colony of 80,000 humans on Mars News
26.11.2012 Could humans one day count Mars as a possible planetary abode? Elon Musk seems to think so. The PayPal co-founder and CEO of the private spaceflight company SpaceX has detailed... -
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli to talk science in Dublin tomorrow News
16.11.2012 Paolo Nespoli, an astronaut with the European Space Agency (ESA) who has made two trips into space, will be giving a lecture in Dublin tomorrow as part of the Science Week... -
Astronomers claim to have found most distant galaxy in universe (video) News
16.11.2012 Scientists using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes believe they have zoomed in on the most distant galaxy that’s ever been spotted in the universe to date, at 13.3bn... -
Astronomers discover ‘rogue’ planet drifting through space News
14.11.2012 Astronomers are claiming to have found a free-floating planet some 100 light years away that’s wandering alone through space without a parent star. Such planets are dubbed rogue...Categories: Science -
ESA and NASA use ‘interplanetary internet’ to test robot from space station News
09.11.2012 The European Space Agency (ESA) and US space agency NASA have controlled a rover from the International Space Station (ISS) by using an experimental version of ‘interplanetary...Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, Research, R&D, Networking & Telecoms, Internet, Development, Communications -
Spot the International Space Station with new NASA service News
03.11.2012 US space agency NASA has announced a new service to help earthlings spot the International Space Station when it is overhead. -
NASA’s rover Curiosity reveals first Martian soil studies results News
31.10.2012 The mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii, initial experiments by US space agency NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity suggest. -
Soyuz crew blasts off for International Space Station News
23.10.2012 A Russian-US trio is heading for the International Space Station (ISS) today aboard a Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft, which blasted off at 10.51am (GMT)/6.51am (EMT) from Russia's... -
Astronomers discover earth-sized exoplanet just 4.3 light-years away News
17.10.2012 Astronomers in Europe are claiming to have found the nearest planet outside of our solar system at just 4.3 light-years away. The exoplanet, which has a similar mass to Earth,... -
Felix Baumgartner completes world-record freefall on YouTube (video) News
14.10.2012 Austrian skydiver and BASE jumper Felix Baumgartner has completed a freefall of more than 39,000 metres (128,000 feet) and potentially broken three world records in the process. -
SpaceX launches Dragon spacecraft to re-supply International Space Station News
08.10.2012 The private rocket and spacecraft owned by Elon Musk’s company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is headed for the International Space Station (ISS) after blasting off... -
NASA’s Curiosity rover checks in on Mars using Foursquare News
04.10.2012 US space agency NASA’s Curiosity rover has checked into a first: Mars. The car-sized device that landed on the red planet last month to help conduct experiments ‘checked in’ to... -
How planet earth sounds from space – NASA recording News
02.10.2012 We know what planet Earth looks like from space, but can you hear it from space even though sound cannot travel through a vacuum? NASA has just released a rather eerie,... -
Curiosity rover finds ancient streambed on Mars - NASA News
28.09.2012 US space agency NASA’s Curiosity rover mission on Mars has found evidence a stream once ran across the area on the planet where the rover is driving, NASA said. -
Hubble space telescope captures deepest-ever view of the universe News
26.09.2012 Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble space telescope are claiming to have captured the farthest-ever view of a small area of night sky in a new photo that reveals about 5,500...Categories: Science -
Irish students win top prize at EU young scientists awards News
25.09.2012 Mark Kelly and Eric Doyle, this year’s overall winners at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, have today scooped another top award in Bratislava, Slovakia, at the... -
Neil Armstrong memorial service to be streamed live on 13 September News
06.09.2012 A public memorial service to honour the life and career of the late astronaut Neil Armstrong will be taking place at the Washington National Cathedral on 13 September and NASA...Categories: Science, Engineering -
NASA competition invites students to name an asteroid (video) News
05.09.2012 The sky really is the limit in a new competition by US space agency NASA that invites students from Ireland and around the world to name an asteroid from which an upcoming NASA...