Several snowmobiles navigated speedily over arctic ice and snow in Alaska's outback in late June.This scene might seem ordinary except that the recently unveiled snowmobiles are unmanned,autonomous,toy-size robots called SnoMotes,the first prototype netwo
The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.The fluffy-looking galaxy,(Messier 101),is dominated by a mishmash of spiral arms.In Spitzer's new view,infrared light is color coded,the galaxy sport
The site of the ancient hippodrome course in Olympia,where the emperor Nero competed for Olympian laurels,has been discovered.The hippodrome had only been known from written sources.Archaeologists had failed to locate its actual site.Pausanias,a travel>>
Bumble-bees go 'off colour' and can't remember which flowers have the most nectar when they are feeling under the weather, a new study from the University of Leicester reveals.
Scientists and engineers are preparing the European Space Agency's Mars Express for several close flybys of the martian moon Phobos.Passing within 100 kilometers of the surface,Mars Express will conduct some of the most detailed investigations of the moon
University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology engineering researchers have narrowed the search for the source of X-rays emitted by lightning,a feat that could one day help predict where lightning will strike."From a practical point of view,if>
A contender for the title of brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the galaxy's center.Nicknamed the "Peony nebula star," It blazes with the light of an estimated 3.2 million suns."The Peony nebula star is a
Video: Steven Earl Jones is an American physicist who graduated magna cum laude, from Brigham Young University in 1973. He believes the World Trade Center Towers were brought down by controlled demolition based on evidence. Important lecture for anyone
Documents reluctantly released through the Freedom of Information Act show an alarming use of techniques of abuse, drug use, and many torture techniques the CIA have used to create mind slaves such as Manchurian Candidates.
Astronomers have uncovered an extreme stellar machine,a galaxy in the very remote universe pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per yr.Milky Way galaxy turns out an average of just 10 stars per yr.According to the Hierarchical Model,galax
NOAA will lead a research expedition July 7-26 to study the wrecks of three German submarines sunk by U.S.forces in 1942 off the coast of N.Car.Researchers will survey visible sections of 3 subs,U-352,U-85 and U-701.
using non-invasive methods.The survey
Arecibo Observatory,the world's largest radio telescope and the source for the SETI@home data that your computer analyzes,faces massive budget cuts that will end its ability to continue the search for life beyond Earth.The decision to ensure full funding
Scientists have argued about the origins of Mercury's smooth plains and the source of its magnetic field for more than 30 yrs.Now,analyses of data from the Jan. 2008 flyby of the planet by MESSENGER Spacecraft have shown that volcanoes were involved in>>
Scientists are using the giant Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) to go prospecting in a rich molecular cloud in our Milky Way Galaxy.They seek to discover new,complex molecules in interstellar space that may be precursors to life.As molecules rota
2 University of Iowa space physicists report that the Voyager 2 spacecraft,which has been traveling outward from the Sun for 31 years,has made the first direct observations of the solar wind termination shock.At the termination shock the solar wind,which
