Technology
Japanese Firm Designing Futuristic Space Mega-Projects
[/caption] Space based solar power? How about a Moon-based solar collector that would beam energy back to Earth. This is…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Astronomy On Ice
Well, here's a bit of a first for AWAT, because this is a story about a telescope. But it's not…
Solar-Powered Airplane Makes Maiden Voyage
A solar powered airplane that one day will attempt an around the world non-stop flight took its maiden voyage yesterday…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Say No To Mass Extinction
[/caption] You may have heard that there is an 86 per cent chance that in a mere million years or…
New Cloaking Device Hides Objects in Three Dimensions
[/caption] Hiding an object with a cloaking device has been the stuff of science fiction, but over the past few…
Secret Mini Space Shuttle Could Launch April 19
[/caption] It's cute. It's little. It's also top secret. The X-37B orbital test vehicle is at Cape Canaveral in Florida,…
Successful Engine Test Firing for SpaceX Inaugural Falcon 9
[/caption] SpaceX announced that today’s (Mar 13) test firing of all 9 Merlin first stage engines was successful at Pad…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Home Made Quark-Gluon Soup
The most powerful operational heavy-ion collider in the world, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) recently recorded the highest ever…
Gemini’s New Filters Reveal the Beauty of Star Birth
[/caption] About 2,000 light-years away, in the constellation of Cygnus (the Swan), lies Sharpless 2-106 (after Stewart Sharpless who put…