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Huge Water Deposit Discovered On Mars Could Be Used By Human Explorers

3:30PM December 3, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The European Space Agency’ Mars Express spacecraft has discovered “large volumes of water ice” hiding only 20m underground the red planet’s surface, in the Phlegra Montes mountain range. It could be used by future human explorers. More »


Science

What Is This?

12:20PM November 10, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Just what the hell is going on here? A piece of candy under the microscope? An oil slick? Are we all on drugs right now? No — well, maybe you are — but this picture isn’t the result. It’s from spaaa-aaace. More »


Science

Scientists Planning Real-Life Armageddon Mission

11:10PM August 17, 2011 | Casey Chan

In the classic masterpiece, Armageddon, by auteur Michael Bay, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck were epically sent into space to blow up an asteroid headed straight for Earth. Now in real life, scientists want to try and do the same thing. More »


Gaming

First Amendment Trumps California In Supreme Court Battle Over Violent Video Games

1:12AM June 28, 2011 | Stephen Totilo

The Supreme Court sided with the video game industry today, declaring a victor in the six-year legal match between the video game industry and the California lawmakers who wanted to make it a crime for anyone in the state to sell extremely violent games to kids. More »


Science

Fake Mars Looks Like A Terrible, Terrible Place

12:40PM February 15, 2011 | Adrian Covert

If I was one of these Mars500 crew members who spent over 250 days sitting in a room as part of a simulated journey to the red planet, and this was the best Fake Mars the European Space Agency could come up with, I’d be pissed. Keep in mind they have to go back in that room for another 200+ days after they finish their “mission”, which you can check out in video form: More »


Science

We’re Going To Investigate Europa’s 100KM Deep Ocean For Signs Of Life

2:00AM February 7, 2011 | Jack Loftus

It’s official: NASA and the ESA will be sending specialised probes to the Jupiter moon Europa to further investigate that icy, ocean-y place for signs of life. In 2020. Patience! More »


Science

Which Photo Was Shot by the ESA, Which One Is Amateur?

12:00AM January 8, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Amateur in comparison to European Space Agency’s millions, that is, not to you and I who don’t have $US15,000 to spend on home photography setups. But which of these space shots is the amateur – can you tell? More »


Science

An 128km Long, 4.5 Billion Year Old Asteroid Gets Its Close Up

11:00AM July 11, 2010 | Casey Chan

This is an up close picture of Lutetia, an asteroid that hangs out somewhere between Mars and Jupiter. It’s the largest asteroid ever visited by a satellite. More »


Science

These Are The Oldest Photons In The Universe

12:20AM July 7, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

This is the entire view sky as seen from Earth, taken by the Planck observatory during a whole year. In the centre, the microwave radiation of our galaxy, the Milky Way. But that’s not the important part. More »


Science

Fake Cosmonauts Embark On Fake 520-Day Trip To Mars

1:30AM June 4, 2010 | Mark Wilson

The European Space Agency study testing the psychological effects of a 520-day trip to Mars began today. In other words, six poor suckers have been locked in a room and they can’t come out for 18 months. [BBC]