Good news for sufferers of osteoporosis. There is more calcium in the universe than theoretical physicists had predicted: According to Jelle de Plaa, space researcher at SRON, many answers can be found in distant clusters of galaxies. "Clusters are in...
Posted on February 6, 2007 10:32 AM • 0 Comments •
So Pluto is no longer a planet (totally destroying everything I learned in elementary school), and I get the feeling the little guy is bummed out about it. I have a list of suggestions of things Pluto can do to...
Posted on August 28, 2006 12:45 AM • 2 Comments •
Scientists meet in Prague to discuss whether Pluto is a planet: Nearly 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries gathered in Prague Monday to come up with a universal definition of what qualifies as a planet and possibly decide whether Pluto should...
Posted on August 14, 2006 1:37 PM • 1 Comments •
Why do we lose all the good ones? Physicist James A. Van Allen, a leader in space exploration who discovered the radiation belts surrounding the Earth that now bear his name, died Wednesday. He was 91. The University of Iowa,...
Posted on August 9, 2006 3:54 PM • 0 Comments •
It's all the lying that really gets me: The universe could be 2 billion years older than thought, according to a new report by an international team of astronomers. The scientists have found that a nearby galaxy is 15% farther...
Posted on August 8, 2006 2:04 PM • 4 Comments •