NASA 50th Anniversary Events, Books, Forums and Online Features
The official 50th anniversary for the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) doesn’t arrive until Oct. 1, but the agency started …
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The Rosetta Spacecraft Flyby of the Asteroid Steins
The Rosetta flyby of asteroid 2867 Steins is one of the significant events in the history of astronomy. The space craft gathered a wealth of …
Continue ReadingWhat We Know About the Planet Jupiter from Telescopes and NASA Probes
An in-depth presentation of mighty Jupiter, the most massive orbital body of our solar system, visible with the naked eye since antiquity. Capturing …
Continue ReadingNASA's First 50 Years: An Overview of the Space Agency on its 50th Anniversary
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) has a big birthday coming up. While its anniversary on paper arrived this summer (President …
Continue ReadingDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy: symptoms, genetic basis, and inheritance
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is the most severe kind of muscle wasting disease. It’s caused by mutations in the DMD gene, the largest gene in …
Continue ReadingThe Rosetta Spacecraft Mission: Mission Objectives and Rosetta Space Mission Scientific Instruments
With the successful Giotto mission to Halley’s Comet it was necessary for follow-on missions, therefore, the Rosetta mission was intended to study …
Continue ReadingWhat Happened to the Large Hadron Collider? Its Current Status, Delays, and Problems CERN Faces
It has been said that the road to discovery is often times littered with obstacles and heartaches. The same is certainly true with our journey to …
Continue ReadingWhat Happens When a Star Dies? Running Out of Hydrogen Causes Extreme Changes to Stars
Running out of gas is worse for stars than it is for your car - dramatic and sometimes violent changes accompany this process. Some stars can’t …
Continue ReadingHistory of Hubble Space Telescope: Learn All About the Powerful Hubble Space Telescope - Providing Us with Deep Space Pictures Since 1994
Take a peek into the history of the Hubble Space Telescope, which has provided spectacular images and helped scientists delve deeply into the …
Continue ReadingNeutron Star Facts and Information About Mass, Densities, Magnetic Fields, and Temperature
A quick peek into the world of neutron stars. Get to know some interesting facts about these extremely small and dense stars.
Continue ReadingProblems with the Aviation Transportation System
A report released by the National Research Council found that the nation’s air transportation system is “in peril,” as is the United …
Continue ReadingWhat’s Going on in Current Genetic Research?
Current genetic research covers a wide range of areas, including work on biological clocks, the effects of DNA repair mechanisms, and how the human …
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