Astronomy
This is another one of our articles about the new things we’re learning regarding comets. It’s also about the amazing ingenuity of the folks at NASA, who have taken the “faster, better, cheaper” ethic to heart in ways that are truly impressive. The Deep Impact...
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This is the third in our three-part series about the recent successes of the European Space Agency in the exploration of the solar system. In the last two articles, we looked at the Mars Express and the Venus Express, and this time we will...
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Asteroid detection and study has been ongoing for a number of years and is considered an important part of astronomical research. The potential for a collision event to occur has been recognized as a possibility and this has led to the requirement for identifying those...
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This is the second of our articles about the recent achievements of the European Space Agency. Since 2003, the ESA has launched three similar missions: the Mars Express probe in June 2003, the Rosetta comet mission in March 2004 and the Venus Express mission...
Jan 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Exploration of our solar system has been ongoing since the first Sputnik Earth orbiter in 1957 and in the 50 years since this a number of missions have been launched to visit and explore celestial bodies. These have included the moon landings of the 1960’s,...
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The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has been observing the red planet since 2004, and continues to function today, more than four years after the scheduled end of its lifetime. During that time, it has sent back some of our most spectacular pictures...
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As our closest neighbor in the solar system, Mars is the planet which has been most closely studied. Over the years a number of spacecraft and landing craft have been sent to the planet and these have met with varying degrees of success. In 1999...
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s HAYABUSA asteroid explorer (pre-launch mission name: MUSES-C) represents a scientific triumph for a nation that is rapidly becoming a major player in the field of space exploration. Despite technical problems that threatened to jeopardize the mission, HAYABUSA managed...
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It is known that the planet Earth has suffered collision events in its past history and is generally accepted that this will happen again at some time in the future. One of the most serious events in recent history occurred in 1908 when a 100...
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On December 29, 2009, the world got a new window on the cosmos. That was the day that NASA’s WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), in orbit around Earth, shed its protective cover and began its mission: compiling the most complete and accurate map...
Jan 4 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »
The study of the Sun has long been an important part of astronomy and the recent successful launch of the Sunrise Telescope helped to move this forward by producing stunning images of the Sun’s surface. The Sunrise Telescope is launched into the stratosphere carried by...
Dec 30 2009 / 2 comments / Read More »
Over the last few years, there have been huge strides in our understanding of comets. Comets are no longer just strange lights that streak across our sky. Now we are learning something about them, and the new information that has been gained is...
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A number of objects can be seen in the night sky using only the naked eye and many more can be identified using a simple telescope. Observing the night sky has now been practiced for centuries and as technology has improved our knowledge of the...
Dec 23 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »
The array of technical equipment that has been employed in recent years to study the universe includes many great innovations such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Sunrise Telescope. These have greatly advanced our knowledge of our own solar system and the wider universe....
Dec 21 2009 / 4 comments / Read More »
Religion
Gambling has affected practically every culture in our present world. In establishments where lottery tickets are sold, we can observe people scrambling to buy the...
Dec 14 2009 / No comment / Read More »
On the surface, the book of Romans seems to be free of conflict. There is no doubt that Romans was written by the apostle Paul...
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Since the dawn of our species, we have searched for ways of understanding the universe around us. There have always been two major ways of...
Dec 11 2009 / 2 comments / Read More »
Zeitgeist is a film that is currently creating something of a stir across the internet in the same vein as Loose Change, a documentary that...
Dec 11 2009 / 6 comments / Read More »
Here in the United States and in western Europe there is quite a lot of fierce debate between Christians and Atheists, with the former consistently...
Dec 11 2009 / 5 comments / Read More »
Just wanted some input from others and your opinion if god is a space traveler would you still regard him as god?..what if Jesus was...
Jun 9 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
9 Options. I chose the religions with a significant percentage of the population following them (lowest 0.23%, CIA world factbook), with 3 options for those...
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Fact 1: The continents are moving. Fact 2: The continents were all joined at one point in time. Lets say the continents were joined when...
May 18 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
Make me believe this fictional nonsense!!! I don’t believe in Noah’s Ark, or anything else that comes from the bible for that matter. As far...
May 17 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
I believe God does exist. As far as proof goes. Well here’s my scientific attempt and proving it. Ignore the universe, ignore everything you know....
Apr 20 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
I’ve really been struggling with this one lately. I understand why some looney toon would latch onto some kind of hope that justifies their lunacy,...
Apr 20 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
For one, I am not a Christian. I do not consider myself a Christian, or any other existing religion at this time, for that matter....
Mar 18 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
Many here discuss this issue on both sides. I want to clarify something, a common misconception. I hope others will be cleared up as well,...
Mar 13 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
If we are to take the abrahamic texts and sects seriously (judaism/christianity/islam) then it appears their god-far from being a nice,caring,fluffy,lovey-dovey old man- is in...
Mar 3 2009 / Comments Off / Read More »
