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Infrared technology can predict when and how violently volcanoes will erupt
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11/21/2008 06:01 AM
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Washington, Nov 21 : A geologist is using thermal infrared technology and data from NASA and weather satellites to determine when and how violently volcanoes will erupt, a research that will help to save lives.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to attend Live Earth concert in Mumbai on Dec. 7
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11/21/2008 05:01 AM
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London, November 21 : Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be among celebrities who will attend a Live Earth concert in Mumbai on December 7.
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Monty Python launches own YouTube channel
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11/21/2008 04:01 AM
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London, Nov 21 : The stars of British comedy troupe Monty Python have launched their own YouTube channel, offering high-quality free clips of some of their most popular skits.
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NASA successfully tests first abort motor for Orion spacecraft
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11/21/2008 03:02 AM
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Washington, Nov 21 : NASA has successfully test fired the first launch abort motor for its next generation spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle, at the Alliant Techsystems (ATK) facility in Promontory, Utah.
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Hubble solves puzzle about loner starburst galaxy
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11/21/2008 03:01 AM
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Washington, Nov 21 : Astronomers, using NASA's Hubble space telescope, have resolved a long standing puzzle about why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy in our local neighborhood.
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NASA spacecraft detects buried glaciers on Mars
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11/21/2008 01:02 AM
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Washington, Nov 21 : NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected vast Martian glaciers of water ice buried under protective blankets of rocky debris at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on the Red Planet.
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World campaign to save Gulf of Mannar gathers momentum
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11/21/2008 09:00 AM
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London, Nov.21 : Ecologists, academics, scientists and religious leaders from around the world will gather in London next week. Their aim will be to prevent the destruction of the Gulf of Mannar, one of the last remaining intact ecosystems on earth and home to the famous Ram Sethu or Adam's Bridge, a site sacred to one billion Hindus worldwide.
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Meghalayan man with 12 toes, 13 fingers may bag Guinness World record
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11/21/2008 05:00 AM
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London, November 21 : A Meghalayan man's claim that he has the most fingers and toes on Earth has prompted Guinness World Records bosses to probe whether he has become the third Indian national to hold world record for having the larges number of digits.
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Endeavour astronauts complete second spacewalk
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11/20/2008 10:00 PM
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Astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour Thursday completed a second spacewalk on their construction mission to the International Space Station, which was marking its 10th anniversary.
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India probe crash-lands on moon
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11/21/2008 06:06 PM
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Unmanned Indian probe lands succesfully on the moon Friday Probe hit the moon at a speed of 5760 kilometers per hour Two-year mission seeks high-resolution, 3-D imaging of the moon's surface Probe wil...
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Endeavour set for November launch
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11/21/2008 06:06 PM
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Space Shuttle Endeavour will head to international space station on November 14 Endeavour to deliver supplies for future expansion of space station crew Hubble repair mission delayed until next spring...
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NASA Test-Fires Next-Gen Ejector Seat
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11/21/2008 06:12 PM
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Welcome to the next generation of "ABORT!" NASA test-fired the latest ejector seat for the Space Shuttle replacement this week, sending flames shooting into the Utah sky. To get the crew...
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Earth-Observation Benefits Being Brought To Africa
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11/21/2008 06:29 PM
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Posted on: Friday, 21 November 2008, 13:16 CST NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and their international partners cut the ribbon Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, for SERVIR-Afric...
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Endeavour docks with space station
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11/21/2008 06:06 PM
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Crews greet each other after shuttle Endeavour docks with space station Before docking, the shuttle did a 360-degree backflip so photos could be taken Being delivered: an extra bathroom, kitchenette a...
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Depressed astronauts to find comfort
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11/21/2008 06:05 PM
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In the project, sponsored by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, a recorded video therapist guides astronauts through a widely used depression therapy called "problem-solving treatm...
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Astronomers capture images of new planets
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11/21/2008 06:06 PM
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Astronomers have new images of four likely planets outside Earth's solar system Images were recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope and a telescope in Hawaii The planets are probably too faint to detec...
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Meteor lights up skies over Western Canada
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11/21/2008 06:08 PM
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at about 5:30 p.m. Calgary time, likely weighed between one and 10 tons and shone brightly enough to be seen over an area 700 km (435 miles) wide. "It was somewhere between the size of a chair...
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Mars winter may end Phoenix
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11/21/2008 06:05 PM
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NASA: Onset of the Martian winter means Phoenix Mars Lander's days are numbered Solar-powered spacecraft has suspended operations due to low fuel With no sunlight reaching the solar panels during the ...
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Astronaut loses tool bag during spacewalk
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11/21/2008 06:06 PM
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An astronaut lost a tool bag Tuesday during a spacewalk outside the space station The lost bag was floating clear of the station and drifting further away into space The astronaut shared tools with an...
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Fake Lunar Photos Sent Astronomers Over the Moon
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11/21/2008 05:47 PM
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If you wanted close-up photos of the moon in the late 1800s, you were pretty much out of luck. Unless, of course, you built incredibly detailed plaster models of lunar craters and then snapped careful...
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