Further evidence for water in Mars' history

Summary: The Curiosity has come to a conglomerate of rocks which gives evidence for water on Mars. The main signs are small rocks that have broken off from a huge rock and have been weathered smooth, like rocks found in a river bed here on Earth. Curiosity will continue to investigate these rocks in hopes of being able to determine the pH level of the water that had passed through this area.


BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19744131

NASA JPL conference on the finding:
http://t.co/VuxTB6e6

Webb mirrors arrived at NASA

Summary: Some of the mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope have arrived at NASA where they will be inspected and stored until the other segments arrive.
The James Webb telescope will be the coolest telescope yet with the ability to see 13.4 billion years into the past. It is designed to study the science surrounding the Big Bang.


BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19717177

Curiosity Update 9/15/12

Curiosity has examined a rock.


BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19712033

Curiosity update

Another update on Curiosity.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19654831

Mysterious Meteors

Summary: Streaks of light were seen in the night sky across Britain but no one quite knows what they are. Experts believe it may be space debris though there is currently no concrete evidence. Aliens? Maybe. Highly doubtful though.

Ig Nobel Awards!

Summary: The Ig Nobel awards are hilarious awards for seemingly useless research that stemmed from something with a purpose. It is worth a good laugh to scroll to the bottom of the article and read what the prizes were awarded for. And of course if it interests you, search for the study and be amazed. Congratulations to all the recipients!


BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19667664

Endeavour flies one last time

Summary: The space shuttle Endeavour will be flying one final flight on the back of a Boeing 747 above California landmarks before it is moved to its final resting place. Check out twitter or google for pictures popping up of the flight.


BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19677972

New Dark Energy Camera

Summary: A new camera designed to learn more about Dark Energy has opened its eye. It is designed to learn about this mysterious stuff by studying supernovae and the baryon acoustic oscillations. It will be a collaboration between many countries and should prove to be ground breaking for the study of Dark Matter.

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19634700

SciShow: http://youtu.be/2j_H5ZIGR4o

Curiosity Update

Summary: The Curiosity rover is nearly finished with testing its equipment and is scheduled to begin the real experiments this Friday. Read the article for further details on what is forthcoming.


BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19575796

Planetary cloud set to be devoured.

Summary: A new star with a planetary hole is heading for the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. This will provide scientists a unique chance to study the theorised black hole.


BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19558443

Dawn departs from Vesta

Summary: NASA's Dawn probe has left the asteroid Vesta but not before looking back to take some pictures of the north pole. The images reveal never before seen craters among other discoveries from the probe.

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19495444

Lost BBC archive of Neil's moon landing and more about Neil.

One BBC viewer discovered his old tape from when he recorded the moon landing as it aired on TV. The footage was thought to be lost forever.

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19455602

And I thought I'd include some other noteworthy articles and videos here as well.

His funeral service: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19446801

6 reasons Neil Armstrong is awesome: http://youtu.be/TNNOyIKThP8

Neil Armstrong tribute: http://youtu.be/pkqxfpc_Ido

Wise black holes

Summary: NASA's wise telescope has discovered loads of black holes that were previously hidden behind layers of dust.



BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19421453