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Inside Star Trek’s Galileo Shuttlecraft
Source: http://www.space.com/20968-star-trek-galileo-shuttlecraft-infographic.html?cmpid=514648
Superman’s home star system discovered
November 6, 2012
Every self-respecting geek knows that Superman was sent to Earth right before his home planet of Krypton exploded. It’s also part of comic-book lore that Krypton orbited a red star, as the switch to our yellow star’s light is supposedly what imbues Superman with his powers. Now famed astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson has used his […]
Bruce Willis Couldn’t Save Us from Asteroid Doom
August 8, 2012
According to the internet hysteria surrounding the ancient Mayan calendar, an asteroid could be on its way to wipe out the world on December 21, 2012. Obviously this is pretty unlikely — but if an asteroid really is on its way, could we take a cue from the disaster movie Armageddon in order to save the planet? […]
How would the public react if Seti found evidence of alien life?
May 21, 2012
‘In a sense, we’ve run that experiment,’ says Seth Shostak, chief alien hunter at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Read more: www.guardian.co.uk
How Much Would it Cost to build the Death Star?
February 26, 2012
Star Wars fans hoping to build a real Death Star had better get saving – economists have worked out it would cost more than £541,261 trillion just for the raw materials. By Richard Gray - telegraph.co.uk Is seems that while you should never underestimate the power of the Dark Side, you should also pay attention to […]
Micro black holes in the laboratory
November 9, 2011
Marcus Bleicher, Piero Nicolini, Martin Sprenger, Elizabeth Winstanley The possibility of creating microscopic black holes is one of the most exciting predictions for the LHC, with potentially major consequences for our current understanding of physics. We briefly review the theoretical motivation for micro black hole production, and our understanding of their subsequent evolution. Recent work […]
Lost in Space
November 1, 2011
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Q. Science-fiction films often depict people being killed by going out an airlock into space. What would that be like? A. In the near-vacuum of space, death would most likely occur within a couple of minutes, but consciousness would be lost in about 15 seconds as oxygen failed to reach the brain, […]
Aliens may destroy humanity to protect other civilisations…..
August 19, 2011
….say scientists Rising greenhouse emissions may tip off aliens that we are a rapidly expanding threat, warns a report for Nasa It may not rank as the most compelling reason to curb greenhouse gases, but reducing our emissions might just save humanity from a pre-emptive alien attack, scientists claim. Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might […]
UFO sighting files released in UK
August 12, 2011
UFO sighting files released in UK The latest batch of UFO files released today contain sightings of mysterious lights over the Glastonbury Festival, a “flying saucer” outside Retford town hall and the bizarre story of “Mork and Mindy’s” visit to East Dulwich. Defence experts were called in to examine a 2004 photo of a “flying […]
Search for ET: The high-profile supporters
August 11, 2011
The resumption of operations at California’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) was made possible by donations from celebrity supporters including Jodie Foster. Following an appeal on the website of the Allen Telescope Array project, named after its first financial backer, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, donations from more than 2,200 supporters – known as SETIStars […]
End of Days in 2012?
August 8, 2011
NASA Scientist Says No Will the “prophesized” Niburu slam into the Earth? Is the Mayan calendar truly coming to an end in 2012? Jet Prepulsion Laboratory’s Donald Yeomans dispels the myths and relays the scientific facts of the matter. Read also: Nemesis No More? Comet-Hurling ‘Death Star’ Most Likely a Myth
Why time travel will remain a sci-fi fantasy
July 25, 2011
Scientists prove nothing can travel faster than the speed of light No heading Back To The Future: Scientists have proved that a single photon obeys Einstein’s theory that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light and that time travel is therefore impossible For those that while away their days dreaming about travelling […]
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