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Earth has another moon -- study

Fri, 12/23/2011 - 21:13 by Sam Ross

Earth has always had two moons orbiting it at any one time, claims a new study.

Earth had two moons until they clashed -- study

Thu, 08/04/2011 - 17:02 by NeelamGoswami

The Earth once had two moons that circled it in the same orbit until the smaller one smashed into the other, astronomers suggested Wednesday.

Earth to narrowly miss collision with giant asteroid

Sun, 06/26/2011 - 12:18 by Jaspreet Virk

An asteroid as large as a school bus will give Earth a close shave Monday, NASA experts claim.

NASA's arsenic life study stirs up controversy, criticism

Sat, 05/28/2011 - 14:53 by Yasser Ali

The discovery of what a NASA scientist claims is an example of alien life has provoked an exciting controversy among scientists.

Woolly mammoth could be reality in four years

Mon, 01/17/2011 - 12:11 by Priyanka

Woolly mammoth, an extinct species of mammoth elephants, could become a reality in roughly four years time, according to professor Akira Iritani from the Kyoto University in Japan.

NASA discovers smallest planet outside solar system

Tue, 01/11/2011 - 12:15 by Neha Gupta

Astronomers at Moffett Field's NASA Ames Research Center have discovered the smallest planet outside our solar system, which measures approximately 1.4 times the size of Earth.

Molycorp Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 11:12 by Brian D. Pacampara

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

Boeing Is Building a Star Fleet

Sat, 12/25/2010 - 09:02 by Rich Smith

 According to the future history from Star Trek, Zefram Cochrane didn't perform the first "warp" spaceflight until 2063. Sadly, I suspect that few of my readers (and, almost certainly, Yours Fooly) will be around when commercial space routes to Alpha Centauri first begin. The good news, though, is that Boeing's (NYSE: BA) making good use of the 53 years it's been allotted to "make it so" ("it" being honest-to-goodness space travel). 

 

Rocket Stock or Dud?

Tue, 12/21/2010 - 11:28 by Rich Smith

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." It's the worst nightmare of every investor in today's market -- buying a rocket stock just before it takes a nosedive.

Monday’s total lunar eclipse promises a celestial treat

Sun, 12/19/2010 - 16:35 by Anter Prakash Singh

A celestial treat awaits the sky gazers as the total lunar eclipse slated for Monday night. Lunar eclipses are not so uncommon but this time the moon will be up high in the sky, visible to everyone across the United States.

Astonomers see distant 'carbon' planet

Thu, 12/09/2010 - 11:14 by Prince damin

Pasadena, Calif. -- U.S. astronomers say a huge, searing-hot planet orbiting another star, and loaded with an unusual amount of carbon, is the first such world observed from Earth.

The discovery was made using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in tandem with ground-based observations, a release Wednesday from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said.

"This planet reveals the astounding diversity of worlds out there," Nikku Madhusudhan of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology says. "Carbon-rich planets would be exotic in every way -- formation, interiors and atmospheres."

The distant planet, dubbed WASP-12b, might harbor graphite, diamond, or even a more exotic form of carbon in its interior, beneath its gaseous atmosphere, researchers say.

Peace on earth, beer on tap for Santas

Mon, 12/06/2010 - 09:30 by Prince damin

San Francisco -- Hundreds of Santas fanned out over San Francisco and drank to good cheer in an annual tradition this weekend, bar employees said.

The revels of SantaCon, when people dress up in Kris Kringle and elf costumes, got under way Saturday afternoon and went on into the night, the Bay City News Service reported.

The event, which began in San Francisco in 1994, was loosely coordinated with a list of bars and times to convene posted on a blog.

"I would say we're about on par with the number of Santas from last year," said Michael Thompson, a manager at Harvey's gay bar and restaurant in the Castro neighborhood.