Final Three Mirrors For James Webb Space Telescope Arrive At NASA
*NASA* The final three of 18 primary mirrors for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., for integration prior to a scheduled launch in 2018....
View ArticlePope: A Christian refusing to serve others is a 'pagan'
Vatican City, Dec 18, 2013 / 04:41 am (CNA).- In his Wednesday general audience this morning, Pope Francis stressed the importance of humility and service in the Christian life. “It is an ugly thing...
View ArticleESA’s Gaia Ready For Launch
*[ Watch The Video: Gaia: From Launch To Orbit ] * *ESA * ESA’s Gaia mission to survey a billion stars is ‘go’ for launch. The satellite has passed its final checks and is ready to be launched tomorrow...
View ArticleInstagrammers Explore Real Life Middle Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth has captured imaginations for decades. And since his films came to life on the big screen, Middle Earth has become associated with New Zealand -- the filming location for...
View ArticleChinese Rare Earth Metals Surprise, Free Markets Actually Work
In what will come as a surprise to some but to absolutely no one with any knowledge of either the rare earth markets or free markets, the great Chinese rare earth monopoly seems to have been broken:...
View ArticleRemembering Christopher Hitchens: Religious Belief and Hitch's Greatest Hits
On the second anniversary of Christopher Hitchens' death (December 15, 2011), the words of Proust bring a certain consolation:People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura...
View ArticlePlanet Labs raises $52 million for Earth imaging micro-satellites
Planet Labs is small startup that has built a full satellite production and management operation in a non-descript office building next to Interstate 80 in San Francisco’s South of Market district. The...
View ArticleGary Oldman Fights To Save The Human Race In First 'Planet Of The Apes' Trailer
In case you didn't know, 20th Century Fox is releasing a sequel to 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" next summer called "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes." The first trailer for the film was...
View ArticlePlanet Labs Raises $52 Million to Map the Earth With Small Satellites
NASA may be devoting more attention to asteroids these days, but a group of former employees of the agency are focusing on something a little closer to home. Planet Labs, a San Francisco startup...
View ArticleDutch Rock Turns Out To Be Rare Meteorite
A hunk of rock found in a private collection is a rare meteorite, researchers have announced. The brown-black rock, which is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, plummeted to Earth with a flash...
View ArticleClarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone: The New Mineral Rush
HONOLULU -- Last summer, a team of Japanese scientists boarded the University of Hawaii’s Kaimikai O Kanaloa, a 223-foot, high-tech research ship docked in Honolulu Harbor, and headed out to sea. Their...
View ArticleDavid Bishop Out as Sony Home Entertainment Chief
David Bishop will step down as president of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, the studio said Wednesday. His departure comes as the studio is shaking up its ranks and cutting back on staff and overhead...
View ArticleThis November Was The Hottest On Record
It's confirmed: November 2013 was the hottest November on Earth since at least 1880. This past November was the hottest on record, with land and ocean temperatures a toasty 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.78...
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These 10 People Shook Up The Science World This Year
Nature, one of the most important scientific journals out there, just announced the winners of its 2013 Most Important People of the Year. You've probably never heard of many of them. The winners were...
View ArticleForests “Flatline” On Trapping Carbon Dioxide With Temperature Rise, Study Shows
*Ranjini Raghunath for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online* A four-degree-Celsius rise in the Earth’s surface temperature could max out the amount of carbon dioxide that forests can trap from the...
View ArticleAdvertising: Samsung’s Video Campaign Pits Earth’s Soccer Stars vs. Aliens
The electronics maker is promoting its Galaxy mobile devices in videos that tell the story of how humans fare in a soccer match to decide Earth’s fate. Reported by NYTimes.com 20 hours ago.
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Geek Oil: Scientists Manufacture Biofuel from Algae in Minutes
A new scientific discovery that takes algae and turns it into crude oil in minutes rather than millions of years could be the end of constant worries over "peak oil." Engineers at the Department of...
View ArticleLooking Back In Time For Supernova Dinosaurs
*April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online* Two of the brightest and most distant supernovae ever recorded have been discovered by astronomers affiliated with the Supernova Legacy Survey...
View ArticleOne-Third Of Atmosphere's Aerosol Particles Comprised Of Pollen
*redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online* Pollen comprises one-third of the aerosol particles present in the Earth’s atmosphere, and the powdery substance reflects more sunlight than...
View ArticleDecember 24 Marks 50th Anniversary Of NASA’s Deep Space Network
*redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online* NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), a global radio telescope array used to communicate with spacecraft throughout the solar system, will...
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