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Critical Data on the Universe May Have Been Lost

According to the results of a new, complex series of calculations, the best time to study the Universe has long since passed. The ideal moment for such research, when we could have obtained the largest amount of useful data, was around 500 million years after the Big Bang. Though we are more than 13 billion years l...

23 May 2012
05:00 GMT

NASA Releases iPhone App 2.0

The NASA Ames Research Center, which some time ago developed and deployed the official NASA iPhone app, is reaching out to space-loving audiences with the announcement of a 2.0 release which brings a completely revamped interface, a stories section, weather forecast, and a feeds button, to name some of the new additi...

22 May 2012
13:31 GMT

Star Walk 5.7.2 for iPad Fixes Wrong Positions of Stars

The popular star-gazing app from Vito Technology, Star Walk, has received a maintenance update this week which fixes the wrong positions of some stars, and addresses a few other problems too.The winner of Apple Design Award 2010, and featured by Apple as Best Apps of 2009, 2010 and in iPad TV commercials, “Star...

21 April 2012
16:41 GMT

Solar Walk iOS Adds Cassini Mission Movie, New Dwarf Planet

Vito Technology has rolled out a massive update for fans of its Cosmos app “Solar Walk - 3D Solar System model”, featuring a new movie about the Cassini mission, a new dwarf planet, better orbit calculations, improved animations, and more. Optimized for the new iPad’s Retina display, Solar Walk - 3...

9 April 2012
13:11 GMT

Particle Physicist Brian Cox Launches Cosmos App for iOS

Particle physicist Brian Cox wants to take iPhone and iPad owners on a journey to the stars to unravel the wonders of the universe with a new application that offers a “mind-blowing 3D tour of the Universe,” with the professor himself as your guide. Professor Brian Edward Cox is an English particle physi...

30 March 2012
14:11 GMT

The Scale of the Universe Is Simply Too Much to Grasp [Video]

When I first saw this video, I thought I had a very good grasp on the scale of things in the Universe. But the scale of planets, galaxies, clusters and superclusters, as presented in this video, is simply too much to grasp. If you can understand it, then treat yourself to a mint. We hear astronomers babbling about ...

19 January 2012
11:03 GMT

We May Be Living in a 'Biological' Universe

According to some of the latest investigations into the nature of molecular clouds, it would appear that we are living in a biological Universe, one that is capable of underlying life as we know it by default. The idea itself is somewhat new, but apparently most studies being carried out today contribute to confirmi...

16 January 2012
03:54 GMT

iPad Survives Free-Fall from Space Encased in 6oz Extreme Edge

Accessory maker G-Form has released a video featuring an iPad encased in the company’s 6oz Extreme Edge flying off into space and then free-falling back to Earth. The tablet computer survived the 100,000-foot fall. Thom Cafaro, G-Form’s VP of innovations, says his company is usually known for making the ...

6 January 2012
08:42 GMT

Universal Flatness May Be a Consequence of Accelerated Expansion

One of the most remarkable, yet unproven, tenants of the currently-accepted model of the Universe is that the entire Cosmos is geometrically flat. This may be a consequence of the fact that the entire thing is expanding at an ever-accelerated rate, but thus far no one has produced clear evidence of this. When astrono...

17 October 2011
10:43 GMT

Top-Tier Cooler Master Cosmos II Case in the Works

The whole point of making a high-end PC case is so that enthusiast-grade and/or gaming rigs can look as good as they run, and with performance levels going up, aesthetics and functionality have to do the same, hence Cooler Master's newest project.Cooler Master has made a name for itself on the international IT ...

7 March 2011
07:54 GMT

Experts Looking at What Ended the Cosmic 'Dark Age'

A group of investigators is currently trying to determine whether the dark age of the Universe was brought to an end by the earliest stars, or by other space objects that we're currently unaware of. The study is tremendously important for our understanding of the Cosmos. After the Big Bang exploded everything in...

9 February 2011
06:08 GMT

Simulation Shows First Stars Ever Are Still 'Alive'

Astronomers say it could be possible that at least a few of the earliest stars ever to appear in the Universe are still lit and alive, more than 13 billion years after they appeared. Some of them might even be inside our galaxy, the Milky Way.The Cosmos as a whole I more than 13.75 billion years old, but the first st...

4 February 2011
16:01 GMT

The Universe Is 250 Times Bigger than What's Visible

According to a new series of investigations, it would appear that the entire Universe, including both its visible and invisible components, is about 250 times than the visible Cosmos alone is. There are several misconceptions going around about how old the Universe is. Cosmologists have been able to refine their resu...

2 February 2011
03:33 GMT

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Confirmed for Europe and North America

Square Enix, the well known video game publisher, has announced that its new fighting game, Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy, which was initially shown at the Tokyo Games Show, will be launched on both North America and European markets in 2011, with the name staying the same.Dissidia 012[duodecim] Final Fantasy ...

23 September 2010
04:36 GMT

The Cosmic 'Skeleton' Revealed

The “Cosmic Web” is a concept that is often used to refer to the underlying support structure that our Universe has, which we cannot see with our eyes or scientific instruments but know it's there. This web, which is charged with keeping galaxies together, and at times channelling them into superclus...

3 November 2009
07:01 GMT

New Spore Video - Space Stage

Electronic Arts and Maxis have released a new gameplay video of Spore, featuring the game's Producer, Kip Katsarelis. The video depicts Spore's space stage, at which point the player will have evolved its creatures into complex society. The player becomes the leader of the spacefaring civilization / empire,...

27 August 2008
10:04 GMT

Forget MinWin and Microsoft Singularity - Download the Open Source Cosmos OS Microkernel

Forget about MinWin and Microsoft Singularity. You can now download the open source Cosmos operating system. MinWin is of course the kernel of Windows 7, the next version of the Windows platform and the successor of Windows Vista. Throughout 2007, Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Eric Traut and his teams have labored...

7 February 2008
11:42 GMT

Evesham's Line of Gaming Desktops

Evesham just announced the launch of a new gaming intended series of desktop computers after the company released not so long ago the ''Oxegen'' line of products that are aimed at the same market segment. The new range is called Cosmos and it comes as a higher end option for gamers, as it offers f...

27 September 2007
11:17 GMT


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