2015年2月18日 星期三

2015-02-19 Namibia Science


CNET
   
Transient star grazing our solar system 'just left,' cosmically speaking   
CNET
The nearest star beyond our own sun is 4 light-years away, but not long ago (in terms of cosmic time) a small binary star system buzzed the edge of our solar system, coming five times closer to Earth. by Eric Mack · @ericcmack; 18 February 2015 10:41 pm ...

Alien Star Buzzed Our Solar System 70000 Years Ago, New Research Shows   Huffington Post
Close brush between our solar system and a star reported   Los Angeles Times
Alien star passed through solar system 70000 years ago   The Week Magazine
Discovery News   
TIME   
Daily Mail   
all 138 news articles »   


ABC Online
   
Fireball meteor brighter than the full moon spotted over US: NASA   
ABC Online
A bright meteor lit up skies over the American states of New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania this week, burning up in the atmosphere in a flare brighter than the full moon. A space rock about 60cm in diameter and weighing over 200kg entered Earth's ...

Great Ball of Fire! Meteor Streaks Across Western Pennsylvania   NBCNews.com
The 500-Pound Fireball Over Pittsburgh   The Atlantic
NASA video captures giant fireball from Mars soaring over Pennsylvania   Daily Mail
RT   
WWGP 1050 AM   
all 122 news articles »   


Times LIVE
   
Strongest material known to man? A limpet's tooth   
Times LIVE
'But now we have discovered that limpet teeth exhibit a strength that is potentially higher.' File photo. Image by: Wikimedia Commons. Spider silk might lose its claim as the strongest known natural material after researchers found that limpet teeth have more ...

Limpet Teeth or Spider Silk? When Strength Record Become The Main Debate ...   Full-Time Whistle
Scientists discover nature's newest, strongest material, thanks to the a snail   Sydney Morning Herald
Mighty mollusc: Limpet teeth have super strength   News24
Mashable   
RT   
Huffington Post   
all 186 news articles »   


Techie News
   
Ceres' images getting sharper, thanks to Dawn   
Techie News
NASA's Dawn is on its way towards Ceres and every time it sends back images of the dwarf planet, they keep getting better and better. The latest set of images reveal a lot of craters and mysterious bright spots. “As we slowly approach the stage, our eyes ...

New, Better Images Of Dwarf Planet Ceres Taken By Dawn   Tech Times
Mysterious Bright Spots Pop Up In Latest NASA Images Of Dwarf Planet Ceres   CBS Local
Sharper images of dwarf-planet Ceres show strange bright spots   CNET
Newsweek   
Vox   
The Escapist   
all 88 news articles »   


CNN
   
Meet candidates for one-way trip to Mars   
CNN
The Mars One organizers narrowed the field of people going on a one-way mission to Mars to 100, including 39 Americans. CNN's Jason Carroll reports. Stories worth watching (12). dnt send flowers on valentines day after dying_00000212.jpg. <img alt="dnt ...

Mission reveals 100 finalists for one-way manned journey to Mars in 2025 ...   Nigerian Tribune
Sorry, but those Mars volunteers are never getting off the ground   Quartz
Mars One project: Brits reveal why they want to live and die in space (and with ...   Mirror.co.uk
Firstpost   
India Today   
The Express Tribune   
all 659 news articles »   


New Horizons spots Pluto's smaller moons for the first time   
Washington Post (blog)
It's not exactly a clean shot, but it's certainly a timely one: 85 years to the day after Pluto's discovery, NASA has released fresh images from New Horizons that show two of its smaller moons. The long-exposure images, which were taken between Jan. 27 and ...


and more »   


The Space Reporter
   
Earth's ocean acidification mapped by satellites   
The Space Reporter
Our planet's oceans absorb over 25 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted by the burning of fossils fuels and cement production. Over time, the increased input of carbon dioxide renders the oceans more acidic and makes conditions harsher for some types of ...

Ocean Acidification Seen From Space Calls For Attention   American Live Wire
Ocean Acidification Levels Seen From Space   Tech Times
Watch the oceans acidify in real time   Grist
VICE News   
Live Science   
all 50 news articles »   


Newsweek
   
Kent Bush: Mars One is more reality television than rocket launch   
Shawnee News Star
The great thing about a 10-year plan is that there are so few things that are truly impossible. email · print. Comment. By Kent Bush. The Shawnee News-Star. By Kent Bush. Posted Feb. 18, 2015 at 7:10 PM. By Kent Bush Posted Feb. 18, 2015 at 7:10 PM.
Mysterious Martian haze baffles planetary scientists   Columbia Daily Tribune
Mars is nothing like my favorite place: Home   Florida Times-Union
Our Favorite Martian   Huffington Post
Pioneer News   
ValueWalk   
Slate Magazine (blog)   
all 230 news articles »   


Tech Gen Mag
   
Rosetta space probe transmits detailed images of Comet 67P   
Tech Gen Mag
Last year, after traveling for more than ten years, the European Space Agency's Rosetta space probe made contact with comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta reached the comet on August 6, 2014, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a comet.
Rosetta captures some of the first 67P comet close-ups   euronews
Be My Valentine: Rosetta Spacecraft Makes Close Pass by Comet 67P   Space Daily
Rosetta snaps incredible high res images of comet's surface   IGN Africa

all 8 news articles »   


Christian Science Monitor
   
Is geoengineering a bad idea?   
gulfnews.com
In 2010, science writer Eli Kintisch called geoengineering “a bad idea whose time has come” . It is considered by many to be the ultimate admission of our failure to curb carbon emissions — a tech-fix that excuses continued carbon gluttony in the ...

Dealing with climate change   Arab News
The term that actually makes climate change less political   Washington Post
Study: Climate Change Efforts Backfire in Brazil's Steel Industry   UVM News
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences   
The Guardian   
Telegraph.co.uk   
all 77 news articles »   

沒有留言:

張貼留言