Topic: Astronomy

Steven Vogt Stands by Claim of Planet in Habitable Zone of Gliese 581

After Steven Vogt and his team announced the discovery of a planet in the habitable zone of Gliese 581 in late September 2010, other astronomers failed to confirm the discovery. Yet, as Dr. Vogt told EarthSky, the failure to confirm does not mean the planet is not there.READ»

Google, Slooh, Bring Amateur Star Maps to Google Earth's Sky

As part of Google's ongoing mission to map everything, it's partnered with Slooh to add-in amateur star photography to the Sky in Google Earth. READ»

Looking for Signs of Intelligent Marketing Life - Part 3

Businesses have enough to keep up with when it comes to their site, blog, email newsletters, Facebook Page, and Twitter feed. The barrage of new sites such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, or that yet-to-be-invented network is enough to send businesses ducking for cover. Fortunately, your customers will tell you what the next "big thing" is.READ»

Looking for Signs of Intelligent Marketing Life - Part 2

Radiant marketing is a simple metaphor with the sun representing a business and the planets the customers. Your job as a business owner is to keep the sun burning bright and not fade into a black hole, with marketing being key to that effort. So where does social media marketing fall in this planetary metaphor?READ»

Solar Probe Plus to Go Where No One Has Gone Before: Into the Sun

NASA's prepping its Solar Probe Plus mission for a firey sundive. It's no theatrical stunt--it's all about science and understanding how our sun works, which doesn't make it a bit less awesome.READ»

E.T. For Real: Cells From Red Rain Can Reproduce, May Be From "Out There"

In 2001 red-stained rain fell over India. Scientists found oddly non-Earth-like cells in it. Controversy ensued. Now it's been revealed the cells can reproduce. Is E.T. already here?READ»

Looking for Signs of Intelligent Marketing Life - Part 1

I once had an idea for a book that compares marketing to the solar system. That metaphor, which I call radiant marketing, is quite apt for describing how marketing efforts are being impacted by new technologies and new ways of connecting with customers and members. It's a simple metaphor, with the sun representing a business and the planets the customers. READ»

Chances of E.T.s Increase: Remote Solar System Found, a Bit Like Ours

Astronomers have found the biggest cluster of exoplanets ever, the first in 15 years. The star at the center of the discovery is Sun-like, and there may even be an Earth-y planet still hiding in the data.READ»

Real-Time Space Weather Forecasting Now Possible, Innovation Front Sweeping in From the Far North

Space weather affects your life more than you may think, and now some new science experiments, leveraging Iridium's array of satellite phone spacecraft, may let scientists measure it in real time to better understand the phenomenon.READ»

iFive: Google Sued by Oracle, India's Deadline to RIM, Arctic Trip for Anthropologist, Astronomical Discovery, Twitter Movie

There's no vacation for innovation.READ»

Five-Pointed Laser Telescope Gives Astronomers Clear Shot to Heaven

Lasers cancel atmospheric turbulence and give scientists clearest view of large starry clusters to date.READ»

NASA Cuts 8-Foot Hole in a 747, Bolts in Huge Telescope

Can you tear an 8-foot hole in the side of a 747 jet and have it fly not only safely but in a stable way? This isn't a terrorism-related quiz--it's a real problem that NASA tackled with its flying telescope project. The answer is a ...READ»

PG&E's $100 Million Fund Could Help Bring Solar Power to Your House

Solar panels seem like a great idea in theory, but they're too expensive for homeowners who don't have thousands of dollars to burn. The problem has generated a cottage industry of companies--including SunRun, Sungevity, and ...READ»

Crib Sheet: George T. Whitesides, Top Dog (in Space) at Virgin Galactic

Don't call him Laika, but George T. Whitesides is a dawg for space. He's just hopped off Planet NASA, where he was Chief of Staff to agency Great Dane Charlie Bolden, and is now--Mush!--Lead Husky at Virgin Galactic [Editor's note: ...READ»

Japan's Flimsy Ikaros Space Kite Due to Launch to Float on the Solar Wind

Japan is due to fire a H-IIA rocket into space tomorrow, with a rather special payload aboard: The Ikaros space yacht, a beautiful vehicle that's an experimental test bed for solar sail technology. The launch is scheduled for early ...READ»

Museums in Hyderabad acts as one stop source to explore life style and culture of different dynasties

Museums in Hyderabad are considered as centre of attraction for tourism that attracts more tourists to the capital city.READ»

What's Next: Solar Flares

After a decade-long nap, the sun is stirring, and experts are warning that magnetic flares could interfere with GPS signals on earth for hours, if not days. Cell-phone users may be annoyed, but the consequences could be serious for ...READ»

• Who's Next: Osama Bedier
• Where's Next: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Microsoft Apes Google, Adds Worldwide Telescope Space App to Bing Maps

Sheesh, is this going to be Microsoft's enduring attitude? See something that's popular, copy it, try to make it a little better? I mean, there's Zune, Xbox, Bing, Bing Maps...the list goes on, but the newest addition is WorldWide Telescope.READ»

Examining Pro-Ams: Segments, Stats, Brands, Facts

“The ‘Pro-Am’ era [is] a time when professionals and amateurs work side-by-side,” writes Wired Editor, Chris Anderson in his book The Long Tail. “Don’t be surprise if some of the most creative and influential work in the...READ»

How Will Robots See in 2018? [exclusive video]

The team at Imaginary Forces used a combination of military and NASA technology to answer that question for the movie 'Terminator Salvation.' Karin Fong shows us how Terminator's "Machine Vision" was created in this exclusive video.READ»

What Will Solar Sail-Powered Spaceships Tell Us About Space?

The world's first solar-sail-powered spacecraft, Cosmos 1, met its demise in 2005 when it fell into the ocean before ever reaching orbit. But dreams of solar sails propelling spaceships haven't died, and Carl Sagan's Planetary ...READ»

Physicists discern nature of Dark Matter

Watch out where you post your blog entries. A black hole might result.READ»

Tomorrow NASA Bombs the Moon

Update: NASA's 'Moon Bombing' A Smashing Success NASA's always trying to push the envelope, and tomorrow the space agency's got a really big push: It's going to bomb the Moon. Seriously, and it's all in the name of science, the ...READ»

First Images From Revamped Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope has always been an amazing machine, but it was recently made even more amazing with some repairs and optical upgrades in daring spacewalks. The first pics are out now, and they're stunning. The HST was ...READ»

Total Solar Eclipse, Eastern Hemisphere

While you were sleeping, the lights went out in the Eastern Hemisphere as the largest solar eclipse this century cast a shadow from Asia to the South Pacific. The total solar eclipse cast complete darkness over an area up to 160 miles ...READ»