By: Terrence Aym
Throughout history alien life has been claimed to be on Earth, yet most of those claims have had no scientific basis.Explorers have asserted that they made discoveries of alien life in the darkest corners of the world, but were able to provide no proof...
By: Elizabeth M Young
Solar storm "forecasts" are causing increasing anxiety for all who depend on delicate electronic hardware, the power grids and the Internet. If the most powerful type of solar storm were to hit the Earth, the problems would range from widespread and lengthy power outages to...
By: Andrew Moran
Type la supernovae, also labelled as “zombie stars,” are a group of special neutron stars that explode as they die and then revive themselves by consuming the energy of nearby stars. They are called “zombies” because they are dead but come back...
By: Rene Gonzalez
Last month marks two important events for those who are concerned about the reliable support and future of the International Space Station. It not only marks the retirement of NASA’s space shuttle program, but it also marks the serious setbacks associated with depending on...
Revealed: Ancient meteorites showered Earth with gold
By: Terrence Aym
Twinkling stars may look like diamonds in the sky, but iron meteorites seeded the world with gold.That's the fascinating conclusion that a new study, "The tungsten isotopic composition of the Earth’s mantle before the terminal bombardment," published in the journal Nature reveals...
By: Leigh Goessl
For centuries people have wondered about the existence of life on other planets. In the past several decades this curiosity has increased significantly, and as technology progresses and tools are created to assist scientists in exploring the celestial heavens. With new tools to aid in...
By: Terrence Aym
Disasters happen in space. The Soviets lost Cosmonauts and NASA lost astronauts during the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. But forward thinking is something NASA normally excels at and now the US space agency is taking a second look at an old idea: creating a...
Astronomers: Galaxy may be loaded with 'ticking time bombs'
By: Kenneth Andrews
Space is big. Really big. Even the most inept science-fiction highlights the immense nature of space as a silent empty void which consists mostly of not very much at all. But astronomers are now challenging this view of space as the cosmological equivalent of North...
How to use your PC to find extraterrestrial life using [email protected]
By: Pete B
The [email protected] program is an ingenious program that uses your computer to search for extra-terrestrials life in the universe. There is no cost to use the [email protected] program and the organization runs as a non-profit organization for purposes of donations and private support. There are...
By: Terrence Aym
China is serious about its intentions to get to the Moon and its next step is to build a space station.Not content with the International Space Station (ISS) that's currently orbiting the Earth funded and used by the US, Russia and Europe, China seeks...

 

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