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Strait of Hormuz Shot from the International Space Station – World Strategic Flashpoint

January 14, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter A beautiful and peaceful Christmas-time picture of The Strait of Hormuz was shot from the International Space Station (ISS) soaring some 250 miles (400 kilometers) overhead on Christmas Eve, 24 Dec 2011. Today, the economically vital Strait of Hormuz is a [...]

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No Nukes? NASA’s Plutonium Production Predicament

November 29, 2011

Mars Science Laboratory, launched three days ago on the morning of Saturday, November 26, is currently on its way to the Red Planet – a journey that will take nearly nine months. When it arrives the first week of August 2012, MSL will begin investigating the soil and atmosphere within Gale Crater, searching for the [...]

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Plutonium

November 4, 2010

The name itself conjures up imagines of mini nukes and sophisticated space-age gadgets doesn’t it? Well for some people it does. For others, Plutonium (Pu, atomic number of 94 on the periodic table of elements) spawns images of nuclear reactors, atomic energy and nuclear waste. All of these are true to an extent, but the [...]

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Mini Nuclear Reactors Could Power Space Colonies

December 4, 2009

Growing up on Star Trek, I was always told that space was the final frontier. What they never told me was that space is about as friendly to the human body as being microwaved alive in a frozen tundra–in essence, shelter is a necessity. Like any Earthen home or building, an off world shelter on [...]

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What did Isaac Newton Discover?

September 5, 2009

Isaac Newton is arguably one of the most influential scientists in history. Though he lived in the late 1600s, many of his discoveries still affect us in the present. His various theories still hold true even centuries after his death and countless experiments. The scientists able to improve upon his work became famous themselves. Some [...]

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