Ultraviolet Gives View Inside Real ‘Death Star’
21:41 13-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have, for the first time, observed a flash of ultraviolet light from within a dying star giving vital evidence of how stars turn into supernovae. combined data from ground-bound telescopes observing visible light from supernovae with data from a space telescope looking for an earlier peak in ultraviolet light from an associated dying star. They were able to spot telltale signs of the shockwave that forms within a star before it explodes into a supernova.
Life's Raw Materials May Have Come From The Stars, Scientists Confirm
18:41 13-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin. The finding suggests that parts of the raw materials to make the first molecules of DNA and RNA may have come from the stars.
NASA Finds New Type Of Comet Dust Mineral
03:41 13-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
NASA researchers and scientists from the United States, Germany and Japan have found a new mineral in material that likely came from a comet. The mineral, a manganese silicide named Brownleeite, was discovered within an interplanetary dust particle, or IDP, that appears to have originated from comet 26P/Grigg-Skjellerup. The comet originally was discovered in 1902 and reappears every 5 years.
Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample To Microscope
03:41 13-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sprinkled a spoonful of Martian soil Wednesday onto the sample wheel of the spacecraft's robotic microscope station, images received early June 12 confirmed.
International Mission Studying Sun To Conclude
21:41 12-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
After over 17 years of operation, the joint ESA/NASA mission Ulysses will officially conclude on 1 July this year. The spacecraft, which studied the Sun and its effect on the surrounding space for almost four times its expected lifespan, will cease to function because of the decline in power produced by its on-board generators.
Doritos Makes History With World's First Extra Terrestrial Advertisement
21:41 12-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Doritos is making history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester has played a key part in the success of the project.
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