Two of the astronauts at the ISS successfully completed a spacewalk that officially started on Tuesday at 12:11 a.m. EDT (0411 GMT). The tour outside the space station in the wee hours of the morning was undertaken to replace a video camera and to improve a cable connection to a new module to the station [...]
Jul
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2010
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Jul
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2010
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2010
Thief got unlucky: Stole iPhone on test for GPS tracker
According to the crime statistics, iPhones are one of the most commonly stolen mobile devices but, for 31 year old thief Horatio Toure, stealing an iPhone during the demonstration of the new tracking software turned out to be a flop show. The company had given the device to one of its employee for real time [...]
Jul
25
2010
25
2010
Exploring Mars virtually possible using maps created by NASA
Mars Odyssey Spacecraft has made the most accurate maps of the Red planet till date. Through those maps we can virtually explore the surface of the planet and observe the smallest details of the planet’s surface. None of the previous maps have given such a clear and accurate image of the entire surface of the [...]
Jul
25
2010
25
2010
US bear takes a ride into woods
In the early morning a bear entered inside an empty car parked in the driveway of a house in US state of Colorado. The car was said to be left unlocked when the bear entered inside it as it was attracted by the sandwich that was lying on the back seat of the car and [...]
Jul
23
2010
23
2010
R136a1, largest star ever been discovered
Astronomers surely have a big catch on their hands. Astronomers at the University of Sheffield used Very Large Telescope (VLT) and archival data from the Hubble Space Telescope to study two young clusters of stars, NGC 3603 and RMC 136a and came up with this revelation.
The royal astronomical society reports that the largest star that [...]
Jul
20
2010
20
2010
NASA: Never seen before 25,000 objects Unearthed by Wise
The newest space telescopes by NASA have found almost 25,000 asteroids in just six months. These asteroids were never seen before and about 95 of these are very close to Earth only 48 million kilometers of earth. But NASA assures that this is not a range to cause any threat to Earth. These objects were [...]
Jul
20
2010
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2010
Virgin Galactic taking tourist to space
From next year onward Virgin Galactic (VG) is preparing to take tourists to space. The good news was announced by the VG on its site by giving its title “Mission Accomplished ” after the test of the spacecraft. The vacation will be one of its kind, promises excellent views and crowd less setting as the [...]
Jul
19
2010
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2010
2010 Warmest year worldwide since 1880
Sine record keeping started the temperature has slowly risen over the years but this year has set a record itself- it’s the warmest year recorded so far. This year has had the warmest average temperature for January-June on record 57.5 F (12.2 C).The fact was brought to light by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [...]
Jul
16
2010
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2010
A black hole blinded NASA telescope from five billion light years away.
The Swift telescope has been relentlessly searching for gamma-ray bursts since the past six years and got a glimpse of that again. Gamma-ray burst are ultra bright flashes in the sky that signal the birth of a black hole. Although the distance of his happening and the telescope was a massive five billion light years [...]
Jul
15
2010
15
2010
Poly9 goes to Apple, shifted to Silicon Valley as rift widens between Apple and Google
A Quebec based mapping company has been bought by Apple. The company in question is Poly9 and it’ rumored that its entire staff has now been shifted to Apple’s Silicon Valley office. This acquisition is fourth by the company this year. The news was made public by the French-Canadian news site Cyberpresse. However it was [...]