A new multimillion-rand telescope in the Karoo will offer astronomers an unprecedented view of the stars. The MeerLICHT instrument in Sutherland will be specifically linked to the MeerKAT radio telescope array near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape. Unlike its bigger brother SALT (Southern African Large Telescope), the MeerLICHT is meant …
In A Mock Mission, Crew Walk On A Simulated Red Planet Moscow: After 257 days in a locked steel capsule, researchers on a mock trip to Mars ventured from their cramped quarters on Monday in heavy space suits, trudging into a sand-covered room to plant flags on a simulated Red …
If you grew up thinking there were nine planets and were shocked when Pluto was demoted five years ago, get ready for another surprise. There may be nine after all, and Jupiter may not be the largest. The hunt is on for a gas giant up to four times the …
Nasa has released the first-ever 360-degree panoramic images of the Sun. Two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) satellites, launched in 2006, have gradually been drifting apart
Washington: Mysterious dark sand dunes around Mars' northern polar cap are shifting with the seasons, as carbon dioxide gas changes form and sparks landscape-altering avalanches, said a study. Imagesfrom Nasa’sMarsReconnaissance Orbiter, which hasbeen collecting data from the red planet for five years, have shown the unexpected shifts, said the research …
Astronomy and astrophysics is a highly active field and an extraordinary amount of progress is being made, said Astrophysicist from Harvard-Smithsonian centre for Astrophysics (USA) Dr Vinay Kashyap.
London: Experts predict the Northern Lights will be at their brightest in 50 years in 2012 and could cause disruption of mobile phones, global positioning systems and even national grids. The 2012 aurora will be caused by the solar maximum
London: For the first time since the last Apollo landings of 1968s, scientists are planning to explore the dark side of the Moon using a manned spacecraft. Engineers with aerospace giant Lockheed Martin want to send up astronauts into stationary orbit above the planet to study it further. The American …
LONDON: European astronomers scanning the Milky Way have discovered a planet near a star of extragalactic origin, implying that it came from outside our own galaxy. The finding, which challenges current understanding about how planets are formed and survive, was made in the so-called Helmi stream
Scientists have captured elusive atoms of antimatter. International physicists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, or CERN, said they had overcome a basic problem in studying atoms of antimatter. While such atoms have been created routinely in the lab for years, they tend to disappear so fast scientists don
American scientists claim to have found evidence that suggests Mars had a warm and wet climate which could have supported life some 3.5 billion years ago. A team led by planetary geologists at Brown University found mounds of a mineral deposited on a volcanic cone less than 3.5 billion years …
Washington: It may sound like Hollywood science fiction, but Nasa is mulling a new one-way mission in which astronauts will be sent to another world such as Mars to settle there for ever. The US space agency has confirmed that it is carrying out feasibility studies to asses whether astronauts …
Washington: Scientists have discovered a huge alien planet in a system with two Suns similar to the fictional world of Tatooine in the Hollywood science fiction
eneva: Physicists probing the origins of the cosmos hope that next year they will turn up the first proofs of the existence of concepts long dear to science-fiction writers such as hidden worlds and extra dimensions. And as their Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern near Geneva moves into high …
