Radioactive plutonium fingerprint found by scientists

May 24   Leave a Comment  

A Plutonium pellet. (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

May revolutionize space travel

“Lockout” review — the longest 90 minutes in cinema history

April 13   Leave a Comment  

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Pass.

NASA ok’s more funding for the Kepler space mission

April 6   Leave a Comment  

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Will it find Earth’s twin?

Two earth-size planets discovered

Dec. 21, 2011   1 Comment  

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A fun week to be a space geek!

Earth-like Kepler-22b found in habitable zone

Dec. 6, 2011   2 Comments  

On Monday, December 3, NASA’s Kepler space telescope discovery team discovered a planet 600 light years away that perplexingly resembled Earth, with its 72-degree temperature and 60% water content. The planet, named Kepler-22b, lies in the habitual zone, the zone at which it is possible to contain life and water, in a distant galaxy. The planet is 2.4 times [...]

Asteroid 2005 YU55 will pass between moon and earth Tuesday

Nov. 7, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Size of an aircraft carrier

“Tatooine-like” planet found

Sept. 17, 2011   1 Comment  

Kepler-16b orbits two suns, just like Tatooine

Kepler-16b is the first observed circumbinary planet

NASA makes a levitation device that floats a mouse

Sept. 14, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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It’s not quite thwarting entropy, but we must finally be in the future!

Hubble on IMAX in March

Sept. 8, 2009   1 Comment  

The nerds in us are wicked excited for this one.

The nerds in us are wicked excited for this one.

Gallery: Murder of Crows goes gold

Sept. 24, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Lighthouse announced Wednesday that the PC space simulation expansion pack Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows has gone gold, meaning it is nearly ready for release. In addition to the debut of the Morrigi (the sixth new race in the Sword of the Stars universe) new ships, sections, and weapons are available for [...]

Murder of Crows trailer

Sept. 17, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Lighthouse Interactive and developer Kerberos Productions reelased a teaser trailer for A Murder of Crows, the upcoming expansion pack to the PC space strategy game Sword of the Stars ‚  “Players are introduced to the Morrigi — the sixth new race in the universe, engaging in fierce battles against the five other races introduced in‚ Sword [...]

Star Trek: Conquest — Ouch.

Feb. 13, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Star Trek: Conquest was a low budget game from the start. The game is a feeble attempt at entertainment. The game is so simple that it completely fails at holding any type of storyline, maps or anything. Bethesda disappointed many “trekkies” with this one. The gameplay is turn-based strategy, which in the proper element can be [...]