Water found in lunar impact likely came from comets
newscientist.com — The mystery of where the moon's water came from may soon be solved. Evidence from NASA's LCROSS mission suggests much of it was delivered by comets rather than forming on the surface through an interaction with the solar wind. (Submitted by divinediva) More…
Dark Energy Search Could Aid Planet Hunters
space.com — In Europe, the Euclid mission is a proposed space telescope for characterizing dark energy, but some believe that it might be more attractive to funding agencies if it included an exoplanet survey. A similar collaboration is being considered in the United States. (Submitted by benb24) More…
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This Is Not Your Grade School Solar System [w/ Pics]
popularmechanics.com — In the past thirty years, our textbook planets have changed. We now not only have hi-res pictures of planets, we can predict their weather, dig for water under their surfaces and send spacecraft through icy plumes on their moons. Planet by planet, here's a quick guide to how our vision of the solar system has changed in the past 30 years. (Submitted by RandomEyes) More…
The plasma rocket that picks up space trash, send us to mars
globalpost.com — Costa-rican born physicist Franklin Chang Diaz has great aspirations for his rocket: a mail-carrier for outer space, a garbage truck for orbital debris and, the ultimate goal, a shuttle to Mars. (Submitted by Slashered) More…
Maps Unveil the Source of Starburst Galaxy's Winds
physorg.com — A research group at Kyoto University has found that shocks are the primary energy sources that excite the galactic wind region of starburst galaxy NGC 253. Their images of the center of this galaxy, bright with intense star formation, have generated findings that increase our meager knowledge of the physical properties of galactic winds. (Submitted by benb24) More…
Where Is Water on Moon From - Volcanoes, Sun or Earth?
news.nationalgeographic.com — Earlier this year, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft detected possible chemical traces of lunar water. And just last week NASA announced that their LCROSS moon crashes had kicked up "significant" amounts of water from a crater. But where did the moon's water come from? (Submitted by brazilianwinter) More…
Cost of NASA's Trip to Mars? About $1 trillion over 25 years
kiplinger.com — Early cost estimates of about $1 trillion over 25 years to return to the moon and later plant a flag on Mars, is leading most observers to assume that focus will be placed on unmanned space science in the next decade. (Submitted by internetisscary) More…
The Retirement of the Space Shuttle - What's Next for NASA?
popularmechanics.com — At this pivotal moment in manned space flight history, PM looks back at our coverage of the technology behind the Constellation Program and the development of the International Space Station, as well as news surrounding the Space Shuttles. (Submitted by jaygeeze) More…
"Vampire Star" May Unlock Clues to Secret of Dark Energy
dailygalaxy.com — ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured the first time-lapse movie of a rare shell ejected by a “vampire star." The gas-sucking star is part of a double star system known as V445 in the constellation of Puppis ("the Stern") that is devouring part of a companion star looks to be a ticking time bomb. It appears that this double star system is a.... (Submitted by oteque) More…
NASA Maps Mars With Child Labor Web Games
theregister.co.uk — NASA is outsourcing laborious Martian cartography to Earth children with a website that entices users to make a game out of sorting through the space agency's hundreds of thousands images of the Red Planet. Basically turning kids into Mechanical Turk's the website features two games that use crowdsourcing techniques to catalog real data. (Submitted by FirstDigg) More…
Problems with Space Station Toilet Could Lead to ***** Show
motherboard.tv — When the space shuttle launched yesterday, it wasn’t carrying a new satellite. It was packed with a bunch of spare parts for the International Space Station. What’s it bringing back? A toilet system that recycles urine into drinkable water, and which is apparently pretty piss-poor. (Submitted by MMusick) More…
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