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Photo Proof: Super Stars of the Universe Have Humble Beginnings

By Guest PostJuly 18, 20101 commentScience4.6 billion years, 85-meter telescope, Chile, department of astronomy, eso, european southern observatory, high-mass stars, NASA, nasa spitzer space telescope, southern sky, stefan kraus, stellar collisions, super massive star, universe, university of michigan, very large telescope interferometer

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The first close-up picture of a nascent super massive star and its surroundings has shown that the highest mass stars in the universe form just like their smaller counterparts. They are born from swirling disks of gas and dust, rather than from violent stellar collisions.

“How these high mass stars form has been a debate for 20 years,” said Stefan Kraus, a research fellow in the University of Michigan Department of Astronomy who is first author of a paper on the findings published July 15 in Nature.

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Microsoft and NASA Bring Mars Down to Earth Through the WorldWide Telescope

By Guest PostJuly 13, 20102 commentsScience, Technologyames research center, Baltimore, california, california institute of technology, earth, energy, Environment, fay, high resolution imaging science experiment, hirise, hubble, intelligent robotics group, irg, mars, mars orbiter laser altimeter, martian surface, michael broxton, Microsoft, mola, NASA, nebula, pasadena, red planet, san josé, WorldWide Telescope

*Dramatic imagery from NASA Mars missions creates new user experiences in the Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Research and NASA are providing an entirely new experience to users of the WorldWide Telescope, which will allow visitors to interact with and explore our solar system like never before.

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‘Unexpected’ Discovery a Clue in Solving Galactic Mystery

By Guest PostApril 23, 2010Sciencebiosignature, Christine dellert, columbia university, earth-like planet, galactic mystery, joseph harrington, kevin stevenson, massachusetts institute of technology, methane-free world, NASA, neptune, oxygen, physics professor, smallest exoplanet GJ 436b, spitzer space telescope, ufc, university of central florida

A Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting a small star about 33 light years away could be a key stepping stone on the path to making sense of an Earth twin.

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Eyjafjallajokull

By PravdaApril 19, 2010Scienceecological catastrophe, eyjafjallajökull, fluoride gas, gravity, iceland-mountains glacier, Icelandic volcano, katla volcano, laki, maria neira, NASA, newtonwise, particulate, sulphur dioxide, terra satellite, volcanic plume, world health organization

Eyjafjallajökull. While some say it is “unpronounceable”, it would be a good idea to get used to the name because for sure it is going to be around the international media for a long time to come.

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‘Cocainizing the Astronauts’

By ShamsJanuary 27, 20105 commentsCulture, Scienceastronauts, baidu, cannabis, China, chinese, coca, cocaine, cosmonauts, discovery, drugs, extra vehicular activity, godfather, Google, great britain, heroin, hp, infinite zone, marijuana, maxim suraev, Microsoft, NASA, oleg kotov, opium, opium war, opiumize, poppy, queen victoria, shuttle, space walk, stephen hawking, third opium war

Heroin, Cocaine, Marijuana. You know them all. They are just brothers and sisters, and belong to one big and powerful family (commonly known as drugs, or druggs etc.).

May be you would like to ask, “OK, it’s a family, then who is the father”.

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“Happy New Year 2010!!!”

By ShamsDecember 31, 2009CultureBarack Obama, brittany murphy, Carol Bartz, Dubai, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, h1n1 flu, happy, happy new year 2010, healthy, hiv, illinois, Jimmy Wales, king of pop, michael jackson, Microsoft, NASA, new year 2010, nobel peace prize, president of united states, steve ballmer, successful, swine flu, ted kennedy, tiger wood, us space agency, war-free 2010, White House, WHO, Wikipedia, world health organization, Yahoo

Well, soon we are heading into the New Year 2010. Great numbers!!!

Before thinking about what we can achieve in 2010, let’s have a look back at 2009. We still have some time. 🙂

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Stunningly beautiful images of outer Space from Hubble Space Telescope

By ShamsSeptember 10, 20091 commentSciencealmighty lord, butterfly galaxy, celestial objects, civilization, glory, hst, Hubble Space Telescope, NASA, Space

Here are some of the magnificient images of celestial objects out in the Space.

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The crowded universe

By ShamsJune 18, 2008ScienceChile, La Silla Observatory, light years, Mars Phoenix Lander, NASA, planets, universe

That’s how it starts. Astronomers found planets that though very hot to have life on, but beliefs that we are not alone may come true someday while spotting some pretty cute creatures walking light-years away. 🙂

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