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QQ47 Asteroid Threat To Earth was downgraded 7 years ago In this Article – QQ47 Asteroid Threat To Earth was downgraded 7 years ago – we provide  the update from NASA in September 2003 and then following that is one of the many original news blurbs that indicated a potential earth impact by QQ47. There [...]

The NDM-1 Gene Makes Bacteria Antibiotic Resistant In this article, The NDM-1 Gene Makes Bacteria Antibiotic Resistant, we discuss how Scientists have discovered a gene that allows bacteria to resist antibiotics and give links to more information and sources. You may also be interested in clicking on this link and reading about a drug resistant [...]

The Last Space Shuttle Mission STS-135 In this article on The Last Space Shuttle Mission, we give a little history and then a review of the The Last Space Shuttle Mission. Most of this information is from the NASA website. If you haven't been there you have to go there and check out their info [...]

Planets Aligning 2012 – No!  But there is one in May 2011 ! In this article, Planets Aligning 2012, we discuss the alignment of the planets with FACTS courtesy of our friends at NASA and we talk about a real alignment in May 2011. and what to expect about planets aligning in 2012! First off [...]

SETI Allen Telescope Array Shut Down In this article, SETI Allen Telescope Array Shut Down, we provide information on the SETI Project and its recent shutdown and provide important links for more information and what you can do to help! SETI Allen Telescope Array Shut Down – About SETI From the NASA site at: http://history.nasa.gov/seti.html [...]

White Nose fungus Bats could cost agriculture Billions! In this article, White Nose fungus Bats could cost agriculture Billions!, we discuss the economic value that bats bring to the US agriculture and how it is threatened by the white nose fungus disease that has already killed an estimated 1 million little brown bats in the [...]

The NASA Glory Satellite crashes into ocean I am very disappointed to relay the news that the NASA Glory Satellite Mission failed when the Taurus XL rocket Carrying the Satellite had a malfunction before reaching orbit due to the failure of the rocket's fairing to separate. The fairing, which covers and protects the spacecraft during [...]

Near Earth Objects 2012 This Near Earth Objects 2012 article defines Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), NASA's Near Earth Object Program and the Near Earth Objects for 2012. The NASA Near Earth Orbit Website is located at: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/index.html. It contains a wealth of information on the NEO [roject, NEO tracking, etc. Most of the information in this [...]

Stardust Spacecraft Images and Stardust Next Mission Objectives Stardust NExT Mission Primary Science Objectives Document the surface changes on a comet's nucleus between successive perihelion passages. Measure Tempel 1's dust properties and compare with data taken from Comet Wild 2. Provide additional information on enigmatic layering and flow features discovered by the Deep Impact mission. [...]

Jetlev -The Water-Powered Jetpack is real and you can fly! OK here is a cool application of Scientific principles! The History of Jetlev OK this is real and goes on sale in a few weeks. $100k but go to their website (linked at the bottom of this article from their website), and watch their video. [...]

NASA Studies deflecting Asteroid like Apophis to avoid an Earth Impact 2029,2036 The potential change in Apophis' position by 2036 caused by altering energy absorption for the extreme spin pole and mass combinations shown (the most effective and least effective cases) starting in 2018. Figure by J. Giorgini (JPL). Summary: The Asteroid Apophis is a [...]

A hurtling Asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar that appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere on July 19, 2009 A hurtling asteroid about the size of the Titanic caused the scar that appeared in Jupiter's atmosphere on July 19, 2009, according to two papers published recently in the journal Icarus "Probably releasing at [...]

Betelgeuse,AKA Alpha Orionis, is set to go SuperNova! Betelgeuse (sounds a lot like "beetle juice"), also known as Alpha Orionis, is one of the largest and brightest stars known. The star is a familiar orange fixture easily visible to the unaided eye toward the constellation of Orion. It is also going to go SUPERNOVA sometime [...]

The ArkStorm – A California Superstorm of Biblical Proportions OK How Biblical can a stormreally be, I mean we're talking Noah and the flood Right?? The ArkStorm – A California Superstorm of Biblical Proportions is not just any storm and it is not a fake scenario. It is a computer model of storm events that [...]