A spacecraft may be dispatched to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of earth impact.
Mission to Apophis
Category Archives: Science
Incredible Lectures
100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists.
Build a Solar System
If you build your solar system on a roll of toilet paper, you can make the Sun about .4 inches (10 mm) across and still fit the entire solar system on the roll.
Local Fluff
Astronomers believe that the Solar System entered the Local Fluff at some time between 44,000 and 150,000 years ago and it is expected to remain within this Local Interstellar Cloud for another 10,000 to 20,000 years.
The Known Universe
From the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang.
Orbo Technology
A revolution for energy production.
Kepler
You just might hear about phenomena so strange that the scientists can hardly believe their instruments.
Chromoscope
Chromoscope lets you explore our Galaxy (the Milky Way) and the distant Universe in a range of wavelengths from X-rays to the longest radio waves.
How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic
Battling Back the Asian Carp
If the fish were to reach the Great Lakes, it would be an ecological disaster.
The Great Lakes have struggled for decades from more than 150 invasive species brought in by ocean-going vessels dumping water from around the world. The Asian carp is the first major threat to come from the other direction, upstream from the Mississippi River.
They can be found about 45 miles downstream from Lake Michigan, squeezing aside native fish populations and ruining rivers for recreation because of their penchant for porpoising out of the water and battering boaters.