Scientists Discover New Water-World Planet

Published By Lynn On Wednesday, February 22nd 2012. Under Science Tags: Astronauts, Atmosphere, gas, GJ1214b, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, hot ice, MEarth Project, ROCK, Water

American scientists said that astronauts attempting to visit the newly discovered planet GJ1214b, which is also called “Super Earth”, will land in hot water literally.Researchers from the world’s largest and most diverse astrophysical institution the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said that they have discovered a completely new type of planet ... Read More

Researchers Novel Work, Plants Into Common Plastic Using Nanotechnology

Published By Lynn On Tuesday, February 21st 2012. Under Science Tags: american, carbon nanofibers, CDS, coatings, Dow Chemical Co, electronics, Medicine, nanoparticles, nanotechnology, Netherlands, plastics, Utrecht University

Researchers have discovered a new method of turning plant matter into the building blocks of common plastics with the use of a nanotechnology process, which offers another to oil-based production.The Utrecht University of the Netherlands and the American multinational chemical corporation, Dow Chemical Co, produced ethylene and propylene-precursors of materials ... Read More

China Will Launch Manned Space Mission in June

Published By Lynn On Monday, February 20th 2012. Under Science Tags: Astronauts, China National Space Administration, CNSA, International Space Station, iss, Shenzhou 9, Tiangong, Xinhua News Agency

The Chinese state media reported that China will launch its next space mission carrying three astronauts in the middle of this year, which will attempt to dock with an experimental module launched last year.Xinhua News Agency of China said that the “Shenzhou 9” spacecraft will be launched aboard its Long ... Read More

Russian Cosmonauts Working Outside The ISS During The Spacewalk

Published By Lynn On Friday, February 17th 2012. Under Science Tags: Anton Shkaplerov, Canada, China, cosmonauts, Europe, International Space Station, iss, Japan, NASA, Oleg Kononenko, Pirs, Russian, United States

On Thursday, a pair of the Russian cosmonauts stepped out of the ISS (International Space Station) in a spacewalk lasting six hours and fifteen minutes and NASA broadcast the spacewalk.Russia’s Mission Control Center near Moscow, said that the two Russian space-flyers, Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov, opened the door to ... Read More

Swiss Space Center Plans To Launch A Machine To Clear Up Space Debris

Published By Lynn On Thursday, February 16th 2012. Under Science Tags: Atmosphere, CleanSpace One, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL, European Union, space agencies, Swiss Space Center, US, vacuum cleaner

On Wednesday, the Swiss scientists reported that they are planning to launch a machine, which is specifically designed and acts like a vacuum cleaner that will help clean up space.According to the reports the Switzerland’s top science university, the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne’s (EPFL), the Swiss Space Center announced ... Read More