astronomy

Lisa Pathfinder launches to test space 'ripples' technology

Posted in Science on 3rd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The satellite will test the technologies needed to detect gravitational waves, the warping of space-time produced by cataclysmic events in the cosmos.

Scientist says huge clumps of dark matter may lie just beyond the Moon

Posted in Science on 1st Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The physicist predicts densities of up to 1 billion times greater than normal.

Space telescopes launching in 2017 and 2018 will mean a lot more exoplanet discoveries

Posted in Science on 25th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

New space telescopes will be put up over the next few years to search for more planets outside our solar system and analyze their atmospheres.

Falling Phobos will eventually put a ring around Mars

Posted in Science on 23rd Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Eventually, in 20 to 40 million years, the dust-coated pile of rubble could completely fall apart from all the stress.

Oxygen, Methane, and Water Ice on Comet 67P Have Learnings for Early Earth Life

Posted in Science on 21st Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller

Molecular O2 is an important bio-signature, along with the presence of water and methane, both of which are present on the comet.