Tuesday, April 29, 2014

The fastest animal: Cheetah loses to the speeds of a mite - Techsonia

Cheetah loses fastest animal title to the humble mite 'The cheetah is the fastest land animal on earth' this is what was taught to...

Sun's 'Ring of Fire' down under probed by telescope web cams - Register

Vids Parts of Australia and Asia today experienced an "annular" eclipse, a phenomenon whereby the Moon covers just about all of t...

Monday, April 28, 2014

LIVE VIDEO: 'Ring of Fire' partial solar eclipse - Register

Bits of Australia and Asia will today experience an "annular" eclipse, a phenomenon whereby the moon covers just about all of the ...

Solar eclipse set to cast its shadow - Sydney Morning Herald

An image of a 2012 solar eclipse. Photo: Jim Katsifolis Australian star-gazers will be treated to a rare celestial spectacle from late T...

Scientists discover ancient caribou hunting site beneath Lake Huron - Christian Science Monitor

Researchers have spotted a 9,000 year old structure used to corral herds of caribou during the last ice age. ...

Sunday, April 27, 2014

NASA Mars rover starts examining 'Windjana', a sandstone slab - Northern Voices Online

Is life possible on Mars? This and many other questions will probably find answers as NASA Mars rover starts examining 'Windjana', a...

SpaceX to challenge US Air Force rocket monopoly, citing Russia sanctions risk - RT

Published time: April 27, 2014 10:03 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket attached to the cargo-only capsule called Dragon lifts off from ...

Saturday, April 26, 2014

SpaceX sues, charges U.S. Air Force with rocket favoritism - Science Recorder

The lucrative contracts that the U.S. Air Force recently gave to United Launch Alliance do not sit well with SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Musk...

SpaceX CEO Signals Favor For Texas Site - CBS Local

Get Breaking News First Receive News, Politics, and Entertainment Headlines Each Morning. Sign Up BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Space...

SpaceX CEO signals favor for Texas launch pad site - Bryan-College Station Eagle

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk has signaled his company's intent to put its much-sought launch...

SpaceX Falcon 9 launching into space (Source: SpaceX) - DailyTech

SpaceX Falcon 9 launching into space   (Source: SpaceX) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to break up a space 'mono...

Musk's SpaceX to Sue U.S. Air Force Over Launch Monopoly - Bloomberg

Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans to sue the U.S. Air Force, saying it should be allowed to compete in a satellite-...

SpaceX Falcon 9 launching into space (Source: SpaceX) - DailyTech

SpaceX Falcon 9 launching into space   (Source: SpaceX) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to break up a space 'mono...

Friday, April 25, 2014

Musk's SpaceX to Sue U.S. Air Force Over Launch Monopoly - Bloomberg

Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp. plans to sue the U.S. Air Force, saying it should be allowed to compete in a satellite-...

Elon Musk's SpaceX to sue government over space launch contract - Washington Post

Elon Musk, the business mogul who dreams of colonizing Mars, wants a bigger piece of the space market, and he's willing to sue his big...

US Air Force rocket buy sparks lawsuit by aspiring contender SpaceX - Reuters

(Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies, the privately held company known as SpaceX, said on Friday it filed a lawsuit to protest th...

Yorok Tribe To Release California Condors into the Wild - Auto World News

The California condor should soon soar over its traditional sites again. The northern California-based Yorok Tribe, whose tradition depicts ...

Ancestor of giant flying reptiles found in China - Business Standard

Scientists have discovered fossil of the earliest and most primitive reptile, the largest known flying creature to have ever existed that li...

NASA Uncovers Startling New Images of How Alien Planets Form in Dusty Disks - Science World Report

Astronomers have made a startling discovery using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. They've employed a new image processing tec...