Archive for June, 2010
Cosmic watercolour
Starbirth region is a delicate mix of colours, masking a cauldron of infant stars.
Amazing NASA video
Watch the Earth roll by in this video of our planet as seen from the Space Station.
Super-organics found in space
Molecule that forms “life chemicals” has been found in deep space.
Caspian Sea from orbit
World’s largest inland body of water, as seen by a NASA satellite
Rocket launch video
Ariane 5 mission launches two satellites on the same flight. Watch the video…
Supercomputer to boost Australian astronomy
Computer games technology will simulate cosmic events up to 100 times better.
Pulsars aren’t perfect
Magnetic flips could explain why these strange stars behave in weird ways.
Volcano at the end of the world
2,500-metre-high stratovolcano at the tip of South America
Comet probe pays visit to Earth
EPOXI makes Sunday fly-by of Earth to pick up speed for comet encounter
Was Venus once habitable?
Venus and Earth are completely different today, but was it always that way?





