Science Weekly podcast: Our Evolutionary Agony Aunt, and aliens
Carole Jahme, the Guardian’s evolutionary agony aunt who writes our weekly ‘Ask Carole column, joins us i…
NASA’s space change: Renting the Right Stuff
Getting to space is about to be outsourced. NASA’s budget calls for spending billions of dollars to support the development of private-sector space taxis.
NASA – Technology – Space – Education – Space exploration
NASA Announces Innovation Initiatives With Fiscal Year 2011 Budget
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget at 3 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 1. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St.
Moon Junk Listed As Historical Resource
A California state panel on Friday registered a collection of 106 artifacts left on the moon by the Apollo 11 mission as historical resources, according to a recent Reuters report.
Did you catch 2010’s biggest, brightest moon?
Friday’s full moon was the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, offering those with clear skies an opportunity to identify easy-to-see features on the moon.
Astronomy – Earth – Moon – Solar System – Planets
Firefly To Study Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes
Image 1: An artist’s concept of TGFs. Credit: NASA/Robert KilgoreImage 2: An artist’s concept of Firefly on the lookout for TGFs above a thunderstorm. Firefly will make simultaneous measurements of energetic electrons, gamma rays, and the radio and opt…
Apollo 11 moon site given historic status
A California preservation panel votes to put Tranquility Base on a register of historical resources, even though it’s 221,000 miles away.
Tranquility Base – Apollo 11 – California – Moon – Neil Armstrong
Cosmic Log: Space on your phone
Science editor Alan Boyle’s Weblog: Mobile devices such as Apple’s iPad are providing new platforms for enjoying the crown jewels of space imagery. Check out some of the brightest gems.
Apple – Mobile device – Alan Boyle – Technology – Education
Experts discuss asteroid-warning system
International experts converged on Mexico City this month to discuss the best way to establish a global detection and warning network to monitor potential asteroid threats to all life on Earth.
Asteroid – Earth – Mexico – Space – Astronomy
CryoSat-2 Undergoes Surgery
Image 1: Looking in through the aperture at the back of the satellite the ‘hot spot’ was obvious – but only if you have an infrared camera. The team discuss what they found. Credits: ESAImage 2: The infrared camera clearly shows a corner in the waveg…