Great Calculations by Colin Pask (book review).
You’re probably seen TV programmes where they do the top 100 of something or other. One that I doubt you
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Space-X mission to space station explodes.
Following a nominal liftoff, Falcon 9 experienced a problem shortly before first stage shutdown, resulting in loss of mission. Preliminary
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Rocket: 1942 Onwards: Owners’ Workshop Manual by David Baker (book review).
If you want to get a spaceship into orbit, then you need a rocket to propel it there. Ever since
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UK and USA heading for a new ice age, warns Met Office.
A return to low solar activity not seen for centuries could increase the chances of ice age winters in Europe
Read MoreNASA’s Mission to Jupiter Moon Europa . . . go for green!
Beyond Earth, Jupiter’s moon Europa is considered one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for
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NASA detects stratosphere on an impossible planet?
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected a strange stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth’s atmosphere, on a massive
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The frozen DNA of Martian life?
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Such deposits might provide a delicate
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NASA sounds alert as Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf nears its final act.
A new NASA study finds the last remaining section of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf, which partially collapsed in 2002,
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Everyone Is African by Daniel J. Fairbanks (book review).
The title of Daniel J. Fairbanks’ book ‘Everyone Is African’ refers to the source of our DNA and how it
Read MoreEuropa’s sea-life? Just became likely with NASA’s salt ocean findings.
NASA laboratory experiments suggest the dark material coating some geological features of Jupiter’s moon Europa is likely sea salt from
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