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Let the robots do it, say space shuttle critics The shuttle fleet may be grounded, but NASA's space science programs continue - lending support to scientists who favour robotic missions over more expensive and risky human ones. More Russia halts space tourist flights, game show Plans to send tourists into space have been frozen by Russia after the Columbia shuttle disaster left its Soyuz capsules as the only working link between Earth and the International Space Station. More Shuttle vital to science on Earth, say scientists From helping the Hubble Space Telescope peer back into time, to understanding osteoporosis in humans, space shuttle crews perform important research, scientists say. More Space shuttle disaster delays space station The fiery loss of the space shuttle Columbia threatens a shutdown of manned missions to the International Space Station and delays its completion, but the shuttle program will continue, officials said. More Star-eating monster born in a far away cluster The deadly embrace between a collapsing cannibal star and its hapless companion probably began in a globular cluster some 30 million years ago, a French-Argentinian team announced. More Mount Stromlo observatory to rise from ashes Australia's oldest observatory, almost completely destroyed by raging bushfires that surrounded Canberra on Saturday, will be rebuilt, officials said. More Burping Moon may solve magnetism mystery A mighty 'burp' early in the Moon's life may explain something that has puzzled scientists ever since Apollo astronauts brought back rock samples; why are there so many ancient magnetised rocks lying on the surface? More Ocean magnetic fields seen from space for first time The first global snapshot of the weak magnetic fields generated by the movement of salty water in the Earth's oceans has been obtained, creating a potentially powerful new tool for understanding climate. More Editorial: The good, the useful and the quirky Merry Christmas and New Year from The Lab. Our News in Science team will be back January 13th. Meanwhile, have a read of the News Editor's editorial on the year that was in Science News, including a look at why scientists are so obsessed with sex and disaster! More Microbes from edge of space grown in the lab Two new types of bacteria and a fungus, discovered high up in the atmosphere, have been grown and analysed by British and Indian scientists who argue that the microbes may have actually come from the edge of space. More Planet formation may be more commonplace Young stars with no visible disc of dust and gas, long dismissed as ever likely to develop planets, may still be breeding them - it's just that their planet-forming dust is hard to see, according to two American astronomers. More Jupiter's moon just loose rubble and holes Jupiter's potato-shaped inner moon Amalthea is so surprisingly light that scientists suspect it is made up of loose rubble and ice riddled with holes. More |
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