Startrek Online MMO: Looks great

Categories: Games, Space, Videos

The new Startrek Online MMO video was recently shocased in E3, and it looks like that the people at Cryptic have done a good job :D The old skool starting, the classic Deep Space enviornment ... lets see if its turns out even better :) Read More

Hubble Celebrates 100,000th Orbit around the Earth!

Categories: Sizzling News, Space

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope completed its 100,000th orbit of Earth on the morning of August 11 in its 18th year of exploration and discovery.  Named after the trailblazing astronomer Edwin P. Hubble (1889-1953), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a large, space-based observatory which has revolutionized astronomy by providing unprecedented deep and clear views of the Universe, ranging from our own solar system to extremely remote fledgling galaxies forming not long after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago. Read More

Video of Solar Eclipse on 1st August, 08

Categories: Space, Videos

This is a splendid video taken from an airplane of the Solar Eclipse that occured on 1st August, 08. Do note the way the horizon dims down and then Really lightens up after it has passed. Splendid! [ad#middlebanner] [ad#bottombanner] Read More

Water on Mars: Now a reality, NASA Confirms findings.

Categories: Space

NASA has confirmed that the Phoenix Mars Lander has identified water on Mars, while heating samples of soil it found in a trench. This is the first real instance of confirmed water samples on mars, and thus pave the way for finding positive signs of life on Mars, because water is a requirement for life as we know it. Heating of samples and resulting vapor led scientists to conclude that the rover had identified water for the first time. Read More

Wall-E Widget…. Superb!

Categories: Must Download, Softwares, Space

 Here is a widget from Wall-E's official site, and it isimply superb :p Read More

Hubble finds large sample of very distant galaxies

Categories: Space

New Hubble Space Telescope observations of six spectacular galaxy clusters acting as gravitational lenses have given significant insights into the early stages of the Universe. Scientists have found the largest sample of very distant galaxies seen to date: ten promising candidates thought to lie at a distance of 13 billion light-years (~redshift 7.5). [ad#middlebanner] Read More

Mars Pheonix Rover Disobeys NASA’s Bad command!

Categories: Space, TechnoBytes

The news is that The Mars Pheonix Lander, a robot taksed with exploration missions on Mars, shut its robotic arm down over the weekend, refusing to follow NASA directions after "realizing" those actions would have damaged its wrist! Read More

The Millenium Falcon Cake: Looks Sweet!

Categories: Funny, Space

The Millenium Falcon, One of the legendary ships that featured in Star Wars Rebel Alliance's greatest victories over the Empire, has now had a a reincarnation.... in the form of a Cake!  Read More

Space trips Just got cheaper!

Categories: Gadgets, Space

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 Virgin Galactic recently showed off the spaceships that will take rich passengers into sub-orbit starting as early as next year. The ships will take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The picture above just shows the spaceship — […]

 Virgin Galactic recently showed off the spaceships that will take rich passengers into sub-orbit starting as early as next year. The ships will take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The picture above just shows the spaceship -- SpaceShip Two, but White Knight Two, which is a plane, is required to get the spaceship high enough to launch itself into space (pictures after the jump). The plane is near completed, and the spaceship is approximately 60% done. A trip will cost ... Read More