• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 22nd, 2012
NASA Spacecraft Images New Landscape Features on Vesta

NASA Spacecraft Images New Landscape Features on Vesta

The photo gallery was presented at a recent scientific conference

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 17th, 2012
Asteroid Impacts May Have Made the Moon Magnetic

Asteroid Impacts May Have Made the Moon Magnetic

Some parts of the lunar crust exhibit mysterious, strong magnetism

“2012 Near-Miss Asteroid” Will Return in 2013

“2012 Near-Miss Asteroid” Will Return in 2013

Experts complete calculations on the space rock's orbital path

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 15th, 2012
Near-Earth Object Search Gets More Money

Near-Earth Object Search Gets More Money

The survey looks for potentially-dangerous space rocks

End of the World? Nonsense, Says NASA Expert [Video]

End of the World? Nonsense, Says NASA Expert [Video]

Lately, people have been freaking out about the end of the world

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 7th, 2012
Earth Will Not Be Impacted by Asteroid Next Year

Earth Will Not Be Impacted by Asteroid Next Year

Various individuals have been speculating that this will happen

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2012
Countless Impacts Shape Up Cosmic Bodies

Countless Impacts Shape Up Cosmic Bodies

This holds true for all planets and space rocks alike

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 2nd, 2012
Asteroid Impact May Have Destroyed Mars' Magnetic Field

Asteroid Impact May Have Destroyed Mars' Magnetic Field

The collision occurred long ago and formed a massive impact crater

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 28th, 2012
Younger Lunar Craters Produced by Faster Projectiles

Younger Lunar Craters Produced by Faster Projectiles

The space rocks that created them moved faster than in the past

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 27th, 2012
Large Asteroid Could Threaten Us in 28 Years

Large Asteroid Could Threaten Us in 28 Years

Astronomers are not yet sure as to what path the space rock will take

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • February 10th, 2012
Xbox Creator Says THQ Lacked Digital Strategy

Xbox Creator Says THQ Lacked Digital Strategy

The company is now returning to its core franchises after uDraw failure

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 9th, 2012
Our Galactic Black Hole Is Gobbling Up Asteroids

Our Galactic Black Hole Is Gobbling Up Asteroids

This may help explain why it occasionally flares up

JAXA Gets Approval for Hayabusa 2

JAXA Gets Approval for Hayabusa 2

This will be the country's second sample-return mission

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 26th, 2012
Vesta May Be a Reservoir of Water-Ice

Vesta May Be a Reservoir of Water-Ice

Average temperatures on its surface certainly allow for that

Trojan Asteroids' Behavior Mimicked with Single Atom

Trojan Asteroids' Behavior Mimicked with Single Atom

Researchers use laser and atom beams to produce an interesting state

The Late Heavy Bombardment May Have Never Happened

The Late Heavy Bombardment May Have Never Happened

A NASA spacecraft produces datasets that doubt the theory

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 29th, 2011
Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Possibly Caused by an Asteroid

Triassic-Jurassic Extinction Possibly Caused by an Asteroid

Experts are currently looking for the potential crater's location

 
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