Search results for: space
Russia plans to send monkey to Mars
12-23-2009 |
40
In a controversial announcement that is likely to cause quite a stir with animal rights groups the Russian space agency ...
Europe's Mars missions get final go-ahead
12-21-2009 | 3
The European Space Agency has been given the final go-ahead to undertake new missions to explore Mars including an orbit...
Hubble spots "space jellyfish"
12-15-2009 | 15
New photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed extraordinary images of planetary systems being formed. On...
India claim "signs of life" on Moon
12-13-2009 | 25
In a controversial story this week the Indian space agency have claimed that their Chandrayaan-1 space probe detected si...
New NASA telescope to see invisible stars
12-12-2009 | 7
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer space telescope will be able to see neighbouring stars that have been up unti...
UK to have dedicated space agency
12-11-2009 |
The UK is to set up a dedicated space agency to help direct policies pertaining to space flight, research and technology...
Hubble unveils deepest view of universe
12-9-2009 | 4
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the deepest view of the universe ever seen in near-infrared light, the...
Should we release all we know about space ?
12-7-2009 | 6
Three astronomers have argued that it might be a bad idea to release everything discovered about the cosmos following ES...
NASA's Mars rovers - true explorers ?
12-5-2009 | 2
The true definition of an "explorer" has been called in to question by two astronomers suggesting that the Mars Rovers a...
Virgin Galactic prepare for test flights
12-3-2009 | 0
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic are preparing their sub-orbital space plane SpaceShipTwo for test flights in the hope ...
Don't die here: it's illegal
12-2-2009 | 26
It sounds ridiculous but there are still places in the world in which it is illegal to die. While in the past such laws ...
Future spaceships powered by black holes ?
11-28-2009 | 25
The future of space exploration could be powered by black holes or dark matter based on new proposals by physicists, cur...
Herschel 'fingerprints' the biggest star
11-28-2009 |
The European Space Agency's new orbital space telescope has observed the death throes of the largest star known to scien...
New Horizons spacecraft is half way to Pluto
11-22-2009 | 11
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft launched in 2006 and has since been travelling towards Pluto, a historic 3-billion-mile, ...
Air Force seeks better space technology
11-22-2009 | 3
The US Air Force has proposed a $50 million bid for new space technologies to improve surveillance, navigation and weath...
Nasa and Esa sign Mars agreement
11-20-2009 | 1
Both Nasa and the European Space Agency have signed a new agreement giving scientists the green light to plan joint miss...
Space power zapped from space by lasers
11-10-2009 | 6
In an ambitious new project that could take over 20 years to complete Japan are aiming to collect solar power in orbit a...
NASA probe reveals Mercury's secrets
11-9-2009 | 3
NASA's Messenger spacecraft has returned data revealing several things previously unknown about the nearest planet to th...
Piece of historic spacecraft up for grabs
11-8-2009 | 1
A piece of Apollo 11 is expected to fetch a high price at auction, the scrap of Kapton Foil would have helped protect th...
Space junk increases danger for future
11-6-2009 | 1
British space experts have warned that the growing amount of debris flying around in space represents an increasing risk...
News | Columns | Encyclopedia
UM 11.2 Unexplained-Mysteries.com (c) 2001-2025
Terms | Privacy Policy | Cookies | Contact