Category: Space
NASA ready to send latest Rover to Mars
Despite having their budget cut to the bare bones NASA is still determined to go where no man has gone before, or in this case send a rover where no rover has gone before. November 25th will see NASA…
NASA working on tractor beam technology
The faithful tractor beam; securing rebel space scum and alien abductees in sci-fi flicks since 1886. NASA are now looking to take tractor beam technology out of the realms of fiction and into the reality of their own space…
Star Wars planet Tatooine discoverd by NASA! No, seriously!!
Star Wars has become such an indelible part of popular culture that it's hard to imagine how bat-shit crazy some of George Lucas's ideas were when the movies were first released a long time ago in a galaxy…er…this galaxy actually….
Terminator's SkyNet is real, but it's looking at the stars
Scared of our inevitable annihilation at the hands of a huge network of connected supercomputers? Seen the Terminator flicks? Then you may want to stop reading. A team of scientists from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) is…
UK UFO sighting files revealed by the Ministry of Defence
When it comes to UFO's and little green men, the truth may well be out there, but the UK's Ministry of Defence doesn't have the dough to find out. Newly released government files concerning UFO sightings show that a lack…
Today is the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin!
There are few titles more cool or crazy than that of "The First Human Being Ever To Go Into Space", but it was one given to Russian pilot Yuri Gagarin 50 years ago today. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin became…
Non-brittle glue invented. Now we can glue things in space!
Awesome news from Kansas State University and their, eh, glue department – an adhesive that doesn't go brittle when it dries. Usually, glue loses its stickiness when it loses moisture, but not anymore! This will make it so much…
NASA presents first 3D images of the sun
For the first time NASA has taken 3D images of the sun, using its Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) satellites. The twin satellites, launched in 2006, were positioned on opposite sides of the sun to generate the images. Unlike…
Real-life Star Trek teleporter in the works!
Those crazy kids over at Imperial College are at it again. Famed for their pioneering research into invisible sheds, they say they have applied the undetectable garden sanctum theory of metamaterials to produce a type of "space-time cloak." Which…
Avatar director James Cameron aims to put 3D camera on Mars
Oscar winning Avatar director James Cameron is planning to turn his 3D camera away from the fantasy world of Pandora and take it to the surface of the planet Mars. After budget issues forced NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to scrap…
