The Hobbit and Middle-earth brought to Google Chrome
Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit. Google Chrome users can now embark on a journey through Middle-earth simply on their Reported by CapitalBay 2 days ago.
View ArticleSwarm Constellation On Its Way To Monitor Earth’s Magnetic Field
*[ Watch The Video: Swarm Mission’s Liftoff ]* *ESA* ESA’s three-satellite Swarm constellation was lofted into a near-polar orbit by a Russian Rockot launcher this afternoon. For four years, it will...
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University Professor Releases New Book That Reveals the Basic Instructions...
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich., Nov. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. David J. Castle was inspired by the Lord to write the book Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth: The Most Important Lessons Learned From...
View ArticleSmaller galaxies starting to form 13 billion lightyears from Earth
ALMA.jpg Astronomers have made use of the joint power of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found a combination of three baby...
View ArticleAstronaut captures typhoon from space
Floating high above the Earth, astronaut Karen Nyberg pointed her camera at a swirling white cloud spreading across the planet. Little did she know the devastation that was unfurling beneath. This...
View Article'Monster' cosmic blast zipped harmlessly by Earth
Astronomers call it the monster. It was the biggest and brightest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. Had it been closer, Earth would have been toast. Reported by Newsday 23 hours ago.
View ArticleRussia launches European Space Agency satellites intended to study Earth's...
Russia's space agency says it has successfully launched three European Space Agency's satellites intended to study Earth's magnetic field. Reported by FOXNews.com 2 days ago.
View ArticleESA Swarm Mission Launches Successfully to Low-Earth Orbit
A Russian-built Rockot delivery system successfully launched the Swarm mission into low-Earth orbit today, November 22, at 12:02 GMT (13:02 CET), officials from the European Space Agency (ESA)...
View ArticleFor the first time you can watch the Earth spin from your browser
You might not have hundreds of thousands of dollars for a seat on Richard Branson’s private shuttle, but here's the next best thing: the chance to see the earth from space, from the comfort of your own...
View ArticleOne map to rule them all: Google plots Middle-earth for 'Hobbit' movie
Google is going letting users go to Middle-earth and back again with a new Chrome experience based on the upcoming sequel to "The Hobbit."As anyone who spent their childhood poring over J.R.R. Reported...
View ArticleISRO’s Mangalyaan sends first pictures of earth
Mangalyaan-Earth-Images.jpg The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) reported that its Mars orbiter launched recently has sent the first few pictures of our planet already which include the Indian...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome users able to explore 'The Hobbit's Middle-earth
Google Chrome users can find out about The Hobbit's history and characters. Reported by Digital Spy 4 hours ago.
View ArticleUT-Dallas scientist hopes tubes of earth tell dinosaurs' story
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View ArticleOn Channeling Kennedy, Our Failure of Imagination and America's Two Other Crises
"We choose to go to the moon (applause). We choose to go to the moon (second applause). We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they...
View ArticleJo-Ann Fabrics: A Forsaken Place
There are select errands in life that you know are going to be hell on Earth even before you step foot out the door. You know there's going to be an excessively long line. You know they are going to...
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Google adds Middle-Earth maps to Chrome for 'Hobbit' fans
Fans of J.R.R Tolkien, rejoice, Google has created a new Chrome 'experiment' for Middle-Earth, building large detailed interactive maps as "a showcase of web experiments written by the creative coding...
View ArticleEuropean Space Ball Could Bring Mars Samples To Earth (VIDEO)
European engineers have built a novel new container that could bring precious samples of Mars safely back to Earth. Though no Mars sample-return mission is firmly on the books, the European Space...
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Incredible Views Of The World's Cities After A Decade Of Watching Them From...
In the past, we've posted some incredible views of Earth's most breathtaking natural features from the European Space Agency (ESA), which has been observing the Earth with satellites for decades. It...
View ArticleCalm solar cycle prompts questions about impact on Earth
The surface of the sun has been surprisingly calm of late — with fewer sunspots than anytime in in the last century — prompting curious scientists to wonder just what it might mean here on Earth....
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Earth's Atmosphere Used to Be Much Poorer in Oxygen
A new study recently published by researchers at the University of Innsbruck suggests that some very popular theories about the origins and evolution of life and Earth's climate may require some...
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