NASA Says Something Strange Is Happening With The Sun

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2290289/NASA-warns-unexpected-happening-Sun-year-supposed-peak-sunspot-cycle.html The calm before the solar storm? NASA warns ‘something unexpected is happening to the Sun’ 2013 was due to be year of the ‘solar maximum’ As this picture shows, in fact the sun is incredibly calm – baffling experts By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 11:54 EST, 8 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:34 EST, 8 March […]

NASA Says In the last 48 Hours, A Huge Sunspot Has Formed That Is ‘At Least Six Times The Diameter of Earth’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2282405/Giant-sunspot-thats-SIX-TIMES-diameter-Earth-formed-48-hours–lead-solar-flares.html Giant sunspot that’s SIX TIMES the diameter of Earth has formed in less than 48 hours – and could lead to solar flares The sunspot quickly evolved into an unstable configuration and could lead to solar flares, Nasa warns The agency’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched it form in less than 48 hours over Tuesday […]

Hours Before Asteroid 2012 DA14 Flys By Earth, A Meteorite Falls Near Chebarkul, Russia Causing 950 People To Be Injured Mostly Due to Broken Glass Caused By The Impact Shock Wave

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2279020/Russian-meteorite-Moment-meteorite-exploded-doctors-treat-500-people-injured.html Moment meteorite exploded in the sky above Russian town as doctors treat 950 people injured when sonic boom shattered windows Large object flashed across the sky at 9.20am local time Pictures show a streak of smoke followed by several bright blasts of flames 82 of the injured are children and two are in intensive […]

NASA To Test Inflatable Housing Modules Created By Private Space Travel Research Company Bigelow Aerospace

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2263833/The-inflatable-module-set-International-Space-Station-extra-bedroom-32million-stay-space-hotel-follow.html The orbital balloon: NASA tests blow-up space-craft Inflatable modules hailed as cheaper to launch and transport Can be compressed into a 7ft tube for delivery Module to be tested on board International Space Station Unit could be used for deep space exploration if tested successfully Plans for £32million-a-stay space hotel and a moon base […]

Comet ‘shining 15 times brighter than moon’ will fly by our planet in 2013

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2209293/Comet-brighter-moon-fly-Earth-2013.html By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 03:45 EST, 27 September 2012 | UPDATED: 08:28 EST, 27 September 2012 They are one of the most spectacular views a human could hope to see – and next year a comet which could outshine the moon is due to fly by the Earth. Comet ISON is visiting the inner […]

Cosmic ‘hiccup’ – or something more? Pulsar star changes its beat – leaving astronomers puzzled over space beacon

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2179728/Cosmic-cough–Pulsar-star-changes-beat–leaving-astronomers-puzzled-space-beacon.html Largest ‘glitch’ ever measured in a gamma ray pulsar Mysterious burnt out stars usually emit regular pulses Find could help astronomers understand these mysterious objects By Rob Waugh PUBLISHED: 03:32 EST, 27 July 2012 | UPDATED: 03:32 EST, 27 July 2012 Pulsars are the ‘beacons’ of space – tiny, burnt out stars, which emit […]

NASA discovers portals in space between the Earth and the Sun (but don’t book your ticket just yet)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2168938/NASA-discovers-portals-space-Earth-Sun-dont-book-ticket-just-yet.html NASA has turned science fiction into science fact by announcing the discovery of hidden ‘portals’ in Earth’s magnetic field. Called X-points or electron diffusion regions, rather than being intergalactic folds in space leading to different galaxies and planets, these portals aid in the transfer of the magnetic field from the Sun to Earth. Essentially, […]

Europe to build world’s biggest telescope powerful enough to see mountains on planets beyond our solar system

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2158045/Europe-votes-build-worlds-biggest-telescope-explore-distant-rocky-planets-build-Chile-darker.html £872million project will be built on Chilean mountaintop by 2022 By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 03:52 EST, 12 June 2012 | UPDATED: 08:12 EST, 12 June 2012 A coalition of 15 European countries has announced plans to build the biggest telescope in the world. The mirror inside the telescope will measure 39metres across – four […]

Secret mission accomplished: America’s mysterious space plane to land after a YEAR in orbit – and no one knows what it did up there

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2154405/Secret-mission-accomplished-Americas-secret-space-plane-land-YEAR-orbit–knows-did-there.html The X-37B has been circling the Earth at 17,000mph and was due to land in California in December Mission of highly classified robotic plane extended for unknown reasons Will now land in mid- to late-June By Rob Waugh UPDATED: 09:12 EST, 4 June 2012 The U.S Air Force’s highly secret unmanned space plane will […]

The Dragon has landed! Historic day in the skies as SpaceX capsule successfully docks with ISS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2149747/SpaceX-Falcon-9-rocket-Dragon-capsule-docks-International-Space-Station.html By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 03:58 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:53 EST, 25 May 2012 The SpaceX Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station, marking the first time a private company has joined with the space station. The ISS’s Expedition 31 crew successfully captured the SpaceX Dragon capsule with the station’s […]