Corvus Makes Its Appearance on the Night Sky
	Many of the constellations on the night sky have names associated to animals. Corvus, the Crow, is just one of them. It becomes visible in spring in the southern areas of the sky for people living in the mid-northern latitudes in the vicinity of the Leo constellation. It has a relatively small quadrilateral-like pattern formed of stars with moderate brightness, which can be generally used to identify the Spica star in the Virgo constellati ... [read more >>]
	23 May 2008, 08:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

When Going on the Moon, Remember to Take Duct Tape
	They say you can't build anything without it, and it is probably the best invention ever. I don't know about that, however duct tape saved the day during the Apollo 17 mission to the Moon. On 11 December 1972, the Apollo 17 mission landed on the Moon the lunar module Challenger, with astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt on board. It was the first lunar mission ever to carry a geologist to the Moon in order to explore ... [read more >>]
	22 April 2008, 05:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

NASA's Newest Concept Vehicle
	NASA's new lunar rover prototype is somehow different from the Martian rovers we are familiar with today. Unlike Spirit and Opportunity, NASA's Chariot will not conduct scientific missions. On the contrary, it will be used as a 'workhorse' on the lunar surface, building roads, trenches or as a drilling rig on the Moon. The build of the Chariot was completed in the month of September last year and has been into ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2008, 04:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Why are Seasons Associated With Constellations?
	How would we know when the winter comes, if it weren't for the seasons on Earth? One might say, well if there aren't any seasons, why would we even want to know such information? Let's say its kind of a mental exercise. The best way of finding out what season the Earth is in is by tracking the motion of the stars on the night sky, more precisely the position of our planet on the orbit around the Sun. Ancient civili ... [read more >>]
	01 March 2008, 06:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sun Releases Its Own Petaflop Capable Server
	This is probably the third news related to the supercomputer design I've come across in the latest 24 hours. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a sucker for really big systems but this is too much. Because only a day after IBM announced its Blue Gene/P design capable to scale up to 3 petaflops, Sun also issued a press release related to the launch of its newest supercomputer. Called "Constellation", the newest CPU mayh ... [read more >>]
	29 June 2007, 02:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Picture of Stars Hatching in the Orion Galaxy
	NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has delivered a spectacular image revealing the birth of new stars in the Orion galaxy, a famous constellation visible in winter from the northern hemisphere. They are the result of shockwaves that occurred 3 million years ago when a massive star exploded. The Orion constellation, also called The Hunter, is one of the largest and best-known in the sky. Located 1,300 light-years away, the region of spa ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2007, 07:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

"Star Wars" Revealed by Hubble
	Ophiucus is a large constellation 5,000 light years from Earth, located in the southern hemisphere near the center of the Milky Way, between Scorpio to the west and Sagittarius to the east. Of the 13 zodiacal constellations (which contain the Sun during the course of the year), Ophiuchus is the only one not counted as an astrological sign. Ophiuchus is depicted as a man supporting a serpent; the interposition of his body divides the sn ... [read more >>]
	20 April 2007, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Supernova Impostor Really Goes Supernova This Time
	The earliest recorded supernova, SN 185, was viewed by Chinese astronomers in 185 AD. Modern day scientists think they have pretty much figured its formation mechanisms. But recently-observed supernova is making some astrophysicists doubt prevailing theories for how stars die. The massive star, located in galaxy UGC 4904 about 77 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lynx, threw off a huge amount of material on Octobe ... [read more >>]
	06 April 2007, 05:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia