What did our ancient ancestors look like?
The color of the eyes and hair of ancestors dead for hundreds of years can now be revealed from their DNA alone, researchers say.These findings suggest investigators not only can uncover new details from centuries-old human remains, but can also help identify crime victims, scientists added. By comparing genomes across thousands of people, researchers identified [...]
NASA’s Space Technology Program is looking for visionary advanced concepts. This year’s annual call for NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Program (NIAC) is seeking proposals for revolutionary concepts with the potential to transform future aerospace missions. Proposed concepts should enable new missions or significantly improve current approaches to achieve aerospace objectives. NIAC studies visionary aerospace architecture, [...]
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The space agencies are about to reveal more about their collaboration to send astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit. But will the Orion missions be inspirational enough for their critics? It is now more than 40 years since a human ventured beyond Earth orbit. The last three astronauts to slip our world’s gravitational tethers were those on [...]
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Russia has said it plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launch pad in the far east of the country. The rocket booster would deliver a half-ton space exploration vehicle with scientific equipment that would search for water and take soil samples. Read more at Sky News. Share [...]
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From JPLNews: Three days prior to its planned impact on a lunar mountain, mission controllers activated the camera aboard one of NASA’s GRAIL twins to take some final photos from lunar orbit. Parting Moon Shots from NASA's GRAIL mission Runtime1:52 View count656,384 Share this:
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The asteroid Apophis is extremely unlikely to impact the Earth in 2036, according to researchers at NASA. The newly refined projections of the asteroid’s fly-by in 2036 were possible thanks to new data that was just obtained during the fly-by that occurred on January 9, 2013. Read more at http://planetsave.com/2013/01/13/nasa-says-asteroid-apophis-impact-in-2036-unlikely-but-will-be-extremely-close/#1cXAvw58OJf4XKc5.99 Share this:
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Washington: New infrared images from European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope show the globular cluster 47 Tucanae in striking detail. This cluster contains millions of stars, and there are many nestled at its core that are exotic and display unusual properties. Studying objects within clusters like 47 Tucanae may help us to understand how these oddballs [...]
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Astronomers say the discovery of an ancient exploding star gave them a ‘Wayback Television Set’ which allowed them to watch an entire month of prehistory unfold in real time. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a 10billion year old supernova that’s exceptionally clear to scientific instruments. They claim [...]
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NASA has revealed its first new spacesuit in 20 years, the Z-1 prototype. Not only is it packed with way more tech than its predecessor – which dates back to the pre-internet era – it also acts as an airlock. Most spacesuits you see in films are actually emergency pressure suits meant for short-term use [...]
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Windy dinosaurs, particularly sauropods, may have been to blame for the warmer climate that they lived in. Around 150 million years ago, the microscopic organisms living inside large dinosaurs such as Brontosaurus (now known as Apatosaurus louise) would have produced vast amounts of methane gas. David Wilkinson from Liverpool John Moore’s University said, “Cows today [...]
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