The nearest BROWN DWARF star ever found. Less than 10 light years away.
April 11, 2010
Brown Dwarf Neighborhood
'Dark sun' is one of our nearest neighbours - space - 09 April 2010 - New Scientist
April 6, 2010
Space shuttle Discovery, 7 astronauts blast off - World - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News
Space shuttle Discovery, 7 astronauts blast off - World - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News
Space Shuttle DISCOVERY carrying 7 astronauts, three of them were women were already launched into space by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Space Shuttle DISCOVERY carrying 7 astronauts, three of them were women were already launched into space by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
November 13, 2009
CONFIRMED: There is WATER on the MOON
It’s official: THERE WATER IN THE MOON. The data brought by two spacecrafts points out to only one conclusion, there is a substantial amount of water in the moon. The two satellites are the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter and the LCROSS satellite. But these two satellites just adds up to the data provided by three previous spacecrafts that shows some evidence of the existence of hydrogen-oxygen bonds on the surface of the moon.
India’s first ever lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1 launched October 2009 and began operating August 2009 was the latest among those three. Equipped with Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) it was able to detect certain wavelengths of light reflected in by the sun-lit surface that indicates a bond of hydrogen and oxygen, which can either be Hydroxyl or water.
In 1999, Cassini passed by the moon on its way to Saturn and gave back some evidence of hydroxyl/water presence which is slightly stronger near the poles.
Deep Impact spacecraft gives the same evidence when it used infrared to scan the moon’s surface.
Though evidence points to the existence of water in the moon, its origin is still fuzzy. It may either be brought from the outside through water containing comets or by solar wind. The other possibility is even more intriguing—that the moon was itself was the origin of water.
For more details on this, Google it!
Reconnaissance Orbiter and the LCROSS satellite. But these two satellites just adds up to the data provided by three previous spacecrafts that shows some evidence of the existence of hydrogen-oxygen bonds on the surface of the moon.
India’s first ever lunar probe, Chandrayaan-1 launched October 2009 and began operating August 2009 was the latest among those three. Equipped with Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) it was able to detect certain wavelengths of light reflected in by the sun-lit surface that indicates a bond of hydrogen and oxygen, which can either be Hydroxyl or water.
In 1999, Cassini passed by the moon on its way to Saturn and gave back some evidence of hydroxyl/water presence which is slightly stronger near the poles.
Deep Impact spacecraft gives the same evidence when it used infrared to scan the moon’s surface.
Though evidence points to the existence of water in the moon, its origin is still fuzzy. It may either be brought from the outside through water containing comets or by solar wind. The other possibility is even more intriguing—that the moon was itself was the origin of water.
For more details on this, Google it!
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