Tag: Space
CleanSpaceOne to vacuum up space debris
Even space needs a bit of a Spring-clean, and after years of boldly exploring regions of the cosmos where few humans have dared to float, we've left it in a bit of a state up there. Now a team from…
Mass Effect 3 copies being launched into space, yours when they hit the ground
In what must be one of gaming's most fitting promotional stunts of all time, EA are to launch copies of Mass Effect 3 out into space. An best of all, when the games come crashing down to Earth, they'll be…
Three struggling to keep up with network space demand
Mobile network operator Three have warned that it could run out of network capacity in 2012 unless its plans for network spectrum auctions are heard. It would be a massive blow for Three customers, who could expect greatly reduced network…
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…
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…
Dead Space 2 – First Look Preview
They say that in space no-one can hear you scream. Well they can hear you all too well at games preview showcases, and that's just what I felt like doing as I got a terrifying sneak-peak at Dead Space…
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…
ESRB give hilarious reasons for Mass Effect 2's Mature rating
Anyone who finished the excellent Mass Effect will remember at least two things about it. Firstly, that the sci-fi space opera was very, very cool and that hero Commander Sheppard liked to get down and dirty with his alien…
Watching the inauguration from space
Watching the inauguration yesterday from the ground, it was almost impossible to get a proper sense of scale of the proceedings. It was clear it was massive, but how massive? Well, click the image above to get a bird’s eye view of the scene in Washington from 681km up in the atmosphere.
You see those brown blobs? Those are massive crowds of people. Millions, in fact. The image is courtesy of Google’s (well, it’s not really theirs) GeoEye-1 satellite. More awesome satellite images over the break.
